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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... Lake of the Woods ; thence through that lake to the most north - wes- tern point thereof ; and from thence a due ... Simcoe , Esq . the first Lieutenant Governor , had taken upon him the administration of the government of the province ...
... Lake of the Woods ; thence through that lake to the most north - wes- tern point thereof ; and from thence a due ... Simcoe , Esq . the first Lieutenant Governor , had taken upon him the administration of the government of the province ...
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... lake , but of a chain of lakes between it and lake Simcoe ; a few miles up the river , on the south side , are salt springs . 1 The fertility of the soil about the bay of Quinté is generally allowed ; the land is rich , easily work- ed ...
... lake , but of a chain of lakes between it and lake Simcoe ; a few miles up the river , on the south side , are salt springs . 1 The fertility of the soil about the bay of Quinté is generally allowed ; the land is rich , easily work- ed ...
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... lake Sim- coe , and from thence to Gloucester on lake Hu- ron , commences in the rear of the city . This great ... Simcoe , by the head of Cook's bay , to the westward of which are oak plains , where the Indians cultivate corn ; and on the ...
... lake Sim- coe , and from thence to Gloucester on lake Hu- ron , commences in the rear of the city . This great ... Simcoe , by the head of Cook's bay , to the westward of which are oak plains , where the Indians cultivate corn ; and on the ...
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... lake ; this is the nearest way to lake Huron . The river which falls from lake Simcoe into Matchedash bay , called the Matchedash or Severn river , making a more circuitous passage to the northward and westward . Black river joins the ...
... lake ; this is the nearest way to lake Huron . The river which falls from lake Simcoe into Matchedash bay , called the Matchedash or Severn river , making a more circuitous passage to the northward and westward . Black river joins the ...
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... Simcoe , the Lieutenant Governor . It is beauti fully situated at a small portage which leads from the head of a natural canal connecting Burlington- bay with lake Ontario , and is a good landmark . Burlington - bay is perhaps as ...
... Simcoe , the Lieutenant Governor . It is beauti fully situated at a small portage which leads from the head of a natural canal connecting Burlington- bay with lake Ontario , and is a good landmark . Burlington - bay is perhaps as ...
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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...