68 CANADIAN LOCAL HISTORY. 



Edward and the townships on the north side of the bay ; its stream 

 is increased by the Appannee river running in from Camden, and 

 dividing Richmond from Fredericksbnrgh, joins the waters of the 

 bay near John's Island, a small isle opposite to a settlement of 

 Mohawks, so called after Captain John, a Mohawk chief, who resides 

 there, and who, with some others of that nation, had a tract of land 

 given them by his Majesty, of about nine miles in front on the bay, 

 and about twelve miles deep ■ preferring this situation, they separated 

 from the rest of their nation, who were settled on the G-rand River, 

 or Ouse. 



In Fredericksburgh and Adolphustown there are several fine bays 

 and coves ; and in the latter township there is a small town on the 

 bay opposite to Marysburgh. 



The River Shannon runs into the bay at the south-east angle of 

 the township of Thurlow, and the Moira River at the south-west 

 angle of that township. 



There are several small coves and bays also in the peninsula of 

 Prince Edward, and a small lake between Sophiasburgh and Marys- 

 burgh, which empties itself into a bay of Lake Ontario. 



There is an island in the bay between Sophiasburgh and Thurlow, 

 and between Killikokin Point and Point Oubesuoutegongs, of about 

 seven mUes long. 



Isle de Quints, now called Nicholas Island, lies off Ameliasburgh 

 in Lake Ontario ; and off Point Traverse in Marysburgh are the 

 Duck Islands. In the deep bay between Point Traverse and Point 

 Pleasant are Orphan Island and Isle du Chene. 



The River Trent, which falls into the head of the Bay of Quinte, 

 not only leads off the waters of the Rice 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. 



The fertility of the soil about the Bay of Quints is generally 

 allowed : the land is rich, easily worked, and produces several crops 

 without manure; twenty-five bushels of wheat are often produced 

 from one acre ; the timber is much like that of the other parts of the 

 Province— oak, elm, hickory, maple, &c. The bay is narrow through- 

 out, and upwards of fifty miles long, all which distance it is navigable 

 for those small vessels that are used on the lakes. 



An apparent tide is frequently noticed in the Bay of Quint6, not 

 dissimilar to those observed in some of the upper lakes. [Merely 



