shore on lake Superior, east of isle Grange, and surrounded by islands; between these points is a noted and safe harbour.

Crosby Township, in the county of Leeds, lies to the northward of Leeds, and to the westward of Bastard.

Crowland Township, in the county of Lincoln, lies west of Willoughby, and is watered by the Welland, or Chippewa.

Cumberland Township lies in the county of Russel, and is the sixth township in ascending the Ottawa river.

Cunningham's Island is situated at the western end of lake Erie, south-westerly of the Bass islands, and southerly of Ship island.

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Darling Island, the largest of two islands in the entrance of lake Simcoe.

Darlington Township, in the county of Dur ham, lies to the west of Clarke, and fronts upon lake Ontario.

Delaware Township, in the county of Middle. sex, lies on the east side of the river Thames, on the plains above the Delaware village of Indians.

Dereham Township, in the county of Oxford, lies to the west of, and adjoining to, Norwich. '

Detour, the entrance into lake Huron from Muddy lake, to the south and west of St. Joseph's island.

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Detour, on the north shore of lake Huron, lies a little to the east of the isles au Serpent.

Detour Point, is on the west main, in the strait made by St. Joseph's island, leading from Muddy lake to lake Huron.

Detroit, is in about 42 degrees 14 minutes of north latitude, and 82 degrees 33 minutes of west longitude. The French called it Fort Pontchartrain. It has accommodation for a regiment, and it consists of three parts; the town, the citadel, and fort Lanoult.

Detroit, turn of Little, is the eastern-most thereof, on the north shore of lake Superior.

Detroit, Little, on the north coast of lake Supe rior, west of Isle Grange.

Detroit, Petit, in the upper St. Lawrence. See the Narrows of Escott.

Detroit, le Petit, on the Ottawa river, is below the upper main forks of the Ottawa river.

Diable, Isles au, in the river St. Lawrence, lie between the Isle au Long Sault, and the township of Osnabruck.

Don River, in the East riding of the county of York, discharges itself into York harbour.

Dorchester Mount, is that ridge of mountain running through the county of Lincoln, parallel' to lake Ontario, and is supposed to be a spur of the Alleghany.

Dorchester Township, in the county of Middlesex, lies west of, and adjoining to, Dereham, fronting the river Thames.

Dover Township, in the county of Kent, lies on the north side of the Thames, opposite to Raleigh. Dublin, now called the township of York; which see.

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Dubois Lac, lies between 98 and 100 degrees west longitude from Greenwich, and between the 48th and 50th parallels of north latitude; it lies to the westward of lake la Pluie, and receives the waters of that lake, by river la Pluie, which are carried off again by the river Winipique into the great lake Winitapa, or Winipique, and from thence into Hudson's Bay. This lake contains some islands; it has also a back communication with lake la Pluie, to the northward, by inferior streams.

-Duck Cove, on lake Ontario, in Marysburgh, on the east shore, between Isle du Chêne and Tower Point.

Duck Islands, called the Real Ducks, in lake Ontario, lie between Wolfe island and Point Tra

verse.

Duck Islands, in lake Ontario, lie off Point Traverse, and north-easterly of it, not far from the Point. These are called the False Ducks.

Duck Islands, are situated between Muddy lake and Huron, southerly and easterly of St. Joseph's island.

Duck Point, on lake Ontario, in the township of Murray, is the first point west of the Portage that leads from the head of the bay of Quinté to the lake.

Duffin's Creek runs into lake Ontario in the township of Pickering (east of the river of Easy Entrance,) and is remarkable for the quantity of salmon which resort to it.

Dundas County is bounded on the east by the county of Stormont, on the south by the river St. Lawrence, on the west by the easternmost boundary line of the townships of Edwardsburgh and Gower, and on the north by the townships of Osgoode and Russel. The county of Dundas comprehends all the islands near it in the river St. Lawrence. It sends one representative to the provincial parliament.

Dunwich Township, in the county of Middlesex, lies to the west of Southwold, having the river Thames for its north, and lake Erie for its south boundary.

Durham County is bounded on the east by the county of Northumberland; on the south by lake Ontario, until it meets the westernmost point of Long Beach; thence by a line running north 16 degrees west, until it intersects the southern boundary of a tract of land belonging to the Missasaga Indians; and thence along the said tract, parallel to lake Ontario, until it meets the northwesternmost boundary of the county of Northum berland.

The boundaries of this county were established by Proclamation the 16th July, 1792. It sends, in conjunction with the county of York, and the

first Riding of the county of Lincoln, one representative to the provincial parliament.

Dyer's Island, in the head of the bay of Quinté, lies to the eastward of Missassaga island.

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East Bay, in Adolphustown, bay of Quinté, is where the forks of the north channel open, decending south-westerly from Hay bay.

East Lake lies between the townships of Marysburgh and Sophiasburgh, immediately to the northeast of little Sandy bay, on lake Ontario.

Eastern District, the, was originally constituted and erected into a district, by the name of the district of Lunenburgh, in the province of Quebec, by his Excellency Lord Dorchester's Proclamation of the 24th July, 1788, and was taken principally off the west end of the district of Montreal: it received its present name by an act of the Provincial Legislature. But the western part, containing the counties of Leeds, Grenville, and Carleton, now forms the district of Johnstown: it is bounded easterly by the province of Lower Canada; southerly by the river St. Lawrence; northerly by the Ottawa river; and westerly by the townships of Nepean, Gower, and Edwardsburgh. Ecors, Grand, the high lands to the eastward of York.

Ecors, Petit, on the north shore of lake Ontario, east of Salmon river, and between it and the river Ganaraska.