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Plan of that part of Canada and the River St. Lawrence which lies between Pointe du Lac and Repentigny on the North Shore and Nicolette and Varrenes on the South containing the Lake St. Pierre and all the islands ... formed by the rivers Nicolette St. Francois, Iamaska, Masquinonge &c. which empty themselves in to the lake ... containing also the River Sorrel from where it falls in to the St. Lawrence to the Isle des Noix on Lake Champlain where it takes its rise, and the River Assumption as far as the last settlements ... with all the villages, fortified posts, habitations, and cultivated country throughout the whole extent ... the whole from a survey carried on under the directions of the Honourable Brigadier General Murray Governour of Quebec &c. The tract of Country contained in this plan was surveyed by the following officers. viz, All the south shore from Varrenes to Nicolette and the River Sorel to St. Ours also the Islands Dupas, St. Ignace, Madame, de Grace, au Pierre, du Moine, and Isle de Barque, by Capt. Holland, of the Royal American Regiment ... The Islands of Bouchard, and Contrecoeur, by Lieut. Peach, of the 47th. Regiment...from Repentigny to Bertier by Lieut. Montresor Engineer ... from Bertier to Point du Lac, and the river Assomption, and Bertier and the rest of the islands at the entrance of the lake by Lieut. Fusier of the Royal American Regiment. as was also the remainder of the River Sorel as far as Isle aux Noix