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The St. Croix and Calais De Monts-Champlain Tercentenary.

IT WAS certainly fitting that the de Monts and Champlain Tercentenary should begin at Annapolis, the old Port Royal, where de Monts and his little company first landed after their arrival upon the American coast in the summer of 1604. It was also fitting that the celebration should be continued at St. John, especially as the discovery of the St. John river by de Monts and his party occurred on June 24th. St. John's day, the river receiving the name which the discoverers gave to it because of the day. But the celebration would have been incomplete without commemorative services at St. Croix Island, where de Monts, after a further examination of the coast, decided to locate his colony; and such services were held Saturday, June 25th, on this interesting spot in the St. Croix river, followed by added services at Calais in the afternoon.

Many who had participated in the celebration at Annapolis and St. John reached Calais on Friday evening. Friday had been a perfect June day. Would the weather be equally favorable on Saturday?

The tide made it necessary that those who proposed to be present at the exercises on St. Croix Island should be early on their way Saturday morning. It was expected that the United States Revenue cutter "Woodbury" would take the invited guests from Calais to the island, the Collector of the port of Port-

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