A Short Topographical Description of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada, in North America: To which is Annexed, a Provincial Gazetteer |
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... acre ; the timber is much like that of the other parts of the province , oak , elm , hickory , maple , & c . The bay is narrow throughout , and upwards of fifty miles long , all which distance it is navigable for those small vessels ...
... acre ; the timber is much like that of the other parts of the province , oak , elm , hickory , maple , & c . The bay is narrow throughout , and upwards of fifty miles long , all which distance it is navigable for those small vessels ...
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... acres are laid out on each side of Yonge - street , having a width of a quarter of a mile each on the street : in general the land is excellent , and fit for every purpose of husbandry . After leaving Gwillimbury you enter Holland river ...
... acres are laid out on each side of Yonge - street , having a width of a quarter of a mile each on the street : in general the land is excellent , and fit for every purpose of husbandry . After leaving Gwillimbury you enter Holland river ...
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... acres ; it lies opposite to Er- nest - town and part of Fredericksburgh , in lake On- tario , towards the entrance of the bay of Quinté . Amikoues , river of the , runs into lake Huron from the north shore , east of the Missassaga river ...
... acres ; it lies opposite to Er- nest - town and part of Fredericksburgh , in lake On- tario , towards the entrance of the bay of Quinté . Amikoues , river of the , runs into lake Huron from the north shore , east of the Missassaga river ...
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... acres of good land ; but little or no marsh ; it is covered with wood , chiefly white wood . The common ship channel is between it and the east shore , which is narrow , and forms the best harbour in this country . From the situation of ...
... acres of good land ; but little or no marsh ; it is covered with wood , chiefly white wood . The common ship channel is between it and the east shore , which is narrow , and forms the best harbour in this country . From the situation of ...
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... acres . The soil is good . Chatham Township , in the county of Kent , lies to the northward of the Thames , opposite ... acres of arable land ; the other parts are meadow and marsh .: ¡ .. Chenal Ecarté , Isle de , in the river St ...
... acres . The soil is good . Chatham Township , in the county of Kent , lies to the northward of the Thames , opposite ... acres of arable land ; the other parts are meadow and marsh .: ¡ .. Chenal Ecarté , Isle de , in the river St ...
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Amherst Island Bass islands bay of Quinté boundary called Chippewa Clair county of Leeds county of Lincoln county of Stormont county of York Cove Creek Detroit district Dundas-street east riding eastward Edwardsburgh empties end of lake entrance Francis Fredericksburgh fronts lake Ontario Gloucester Grand River Haldimand harbour head Indians Isle de Quinté Kingston lake Erie lake Huron lake Ontario lake Simcoe lake St lake Supe lake Superior land Lawrence lies west Long Point Marysburgh Michipicoten miles Missassaga Mohawk mouth Muddy lake north latitude north shore north side northward opposite Osnabruck Ottawa river peninsula Point Traverse portage province provincial parliament rear Regis rence Rice lake river Niagara river St river Thames river Trent river Welland runs into lake seigniory ship shore of lake situated small islands Sophiasburgh south by lake south-west southerly tario thence township in ascending Township lies Upper Canada vessels waters west side westernmost westward Wolfe Island Yonge-street
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Page 2 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie through the middle of said lake...
Page 1 - An Act to Repeal Certain Parts of an Act Passed in the Fourteenth Year of His Majesty's Reign entitled ' An Act for Making More Effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, in North America, and to Make Further Provision for the Government of the Said Province...
Page 47 - Nipissim; from whence the said line, crossing the River St Lawrence, and the Lake Champlain, in 45. degrees of north latitude, passes along the high lands which divide the rivers that empty themselves into the said River St Lawrence from those which fall into the sea; and also along the north coast of the Baye des Chaleurs, and the coast of the Gulf of St Lawrence to Cape Rosieres...
Page 48 - Vaudreuil, running north twenty-five degrees east until it strikes the Ottawa River, to ascend the said river into the Lake Temiscamingue, and from the head of the said lake by a line drawn due north until it strikes the Boundary Line of Hudson's Bay, including all the territory to the westward and southward of the said line, to the utmost extent of the country commonly called or known by the name of Canada...
Page 3 - Superior ; thence through lake Superior northward of the isles Royal and Phelipeaux to the long Lake ; thence through the middle of said long Lake, and the water communication between it and the lake of the Woods...
Page 47 - To commence at a stone boundary on the north bank of the Lake St. Francis, at the Cove west of Pointe au Bodet, in the limit between the Township of Lancaster and the Seigneurie of New Longueuil, running along the said limit in the direction of north thirty-four degrees west to the westernmost angle of the said Seigneurie of New Longueuil ; thence along...
Page 16 - Ed.] in the extent mentioned, on this river, the most remarkable of which are on the Gananoque. Good roads have been opened, and bridges well constructed; some of them over wet lands and the mouths of creeks and rivers of very considerable extent ; and the first settlers have been able, by their very great industry, to erect comfortable houses. In the rear of these townships, on the St. Lawrence, are...
Page 2 - N. until it strikes the boundary of Hudson's bay, including all the territory to the Westward and Southward of the said line to the utmost extent of the country commonly called or known by the name of Canada.
Page 1 - Cap. 31, by which the late Province of Quebec was divided into the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada. To this Division Your Petitioners ascribe the present ineffective state of the Legislature and the want of those necessary measures for diffusing throughout the whole population of the country feelings becoming their character as British subjects, and introducing that general spirit of improvement...
Page 115 - Huron by this short route, thereby avoiding the passage of Lake Erie. This street has been opened in a direct line, and the road made by the troops of His Excellency's corps. It is thirty miles from York to Holland's River, at the Pine Fort, called Gwillimbury, where the road ends ; from thence you descend into Lake Simcoe, and having passed it, there are two passages into Lake Huron ; the one by the river Severn, which conveys the waters of Lake Simcoe into Gloucester Bay ; the other by a small...