The late Ernest Eaton once showed me a hand drawn map of an area near the Canard River in Upper Dyke that indicated possible Acadian homestead sites. Using old documents, Eaton had searched for the sites and apparently found areas where several cellars were visible. I saw the Eaton map over 40 years ago and have no idea if it still exists. The map Ms. Phinney's daughter showed her is probably still extant. I understand that this map was used for some amateur digging at the indicated sites of the cellars but without success.
Old maps are valuable historical records and in some cases are genealogical tools.
Maps such as those produced by Ambrose F. Church in the 19th century, for example, not only show old roads but are also directories. The Church maps indicate where families lived along 19th century roads, and include the name and occupation of the head of the household. Some of the Church maps also contained advertising for merchants, blacksmiths, carriage makers and so on. Recently a friend showed me a series of maps he discovered in some discarded furniture. Actually they are copies of maps that were probably used for geology courses at Acadia University.