TRANSACTIONS 
THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE, 
SESSION 1891-92. 
SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING. 
Special General Meeting, 19th June, 1891, the President in the chair, 
to consider plans for the enlargement of the building, or the acquisition 
of a new site and other proposals connected with the extension or change 
of the buildings and work of the Institute. 
After discussion of various proposals the following resolution was car- 
ried :—That it be an instruction to refer the question of the alterations, 
or the selection of another site, to the Council to report to the Institute 
at a future meeting. 
SUMMER SESSION AT PENETANGUISHENE. 
First Meeting, 25th September, 1891, at 15.30 o’clock, in the Pavilion 
of “The Penetanguishene,” E. A. Meredith, LL.D., in the chair. 
Mr. A. F. Hunter, B.A., read a paper on “ Military and Naval Exploits 
on the Nottawasaga during the War of 1812.” 
Towards the end of the year 1813 the Americans began to make 
preparations for the re-capture of Michilimackinac, which had been taken 
from them the year before. A relief expedition left Kingston in Febru- 
ary, 1814, for that northern post, and halted on the Nottawasaga River. 
-lere they constructed batteaux for their transportation across Georgian 
Bay, and a few weeks later a blockhouse was erected near the mouth of 
the river. This blockhouse was attacked by American boats on August 
14th, 1814, and destroyed, as well as the Northwest Company’s schooner 
Nancy, which was lying in the river at that place Some extracts from 
books, now become rare, were given to throw light upon the incidents of 
that skirmish, besides two accounts from pioneers of the county. 
It was stated in answer to enquiries that ‘‘ Michilimackinac’”’ meant 
“Great Turtle” and was shortened to “ Mackinac ” by the French, that 
