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* The " Chaleur Bay Route "— surveyed in the 1840s by Major Robinson ( Royal Engineers ), running from " The Bend " ( Moncton ), north to Newcastle on the Miramichi River, Bathurst and Campbellton, to Canada East.

It would cross the Gaspé Peninsula using the Matapédia River valley before heading up the St. Lawrence River valley to the rail connection with the GTR at Rivière-du-Loup.