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CANADIAN LOCAL HISTORY. 



Bass Island, in the Bay of Quinte, lies off near to the townplot in 

 Adolphustown. 



Bastard Township lies in the rear and to the northward of Lans- 

 down and Leeds. [From the name of a well-known ancient Devon- 

 shire family, seated in modern times at Kitley, near Plymouth.] 



Batteau Island, in the River St. Lawrence, above Bearded Island. 



Batture Grand, on the Ottawa river, below the Portage du 

 Chene. [Batture= Gold-lacquer.] 



\Bayham Township, in the County of Middlesex, lies between 

 Malahide and Houghton. 2nd Edition. From one of the titles of 

 Lord Camden, who was Viscount Bayham as well as Earl Camden.] 



Bearded Island, in the River St. Lawrence, above Lake St. 

 Francis. 



Beauharnois Isle, in the north-easterly part of Lake Superior, not 

 a great way from the shore, and eastward of Isle Hocquart. 



Beaver Greek rises in the township of Caistor, and running 

 through part of Gainsborough, empties itself into the Welland, to 

 which river it runs close and nearly parallel for almost four miles, 

 before it discharges itself into the river. 



Beaver Greek, in the township of Humberstone, runs into Lake 

 Erie, west of Row's Point. 



Beaver Greek runs into Lake Superior, on the north side, between 

 River Aupie and River Rouge. 



Beaver River empties itself into the Narrows a little below the 

 Falls of St. Mary, running from north to south. 



\Bedford Township, in the County of Frontenac, to the north 

 of Loughborough and Pittsburg and east of Hinchinbroke. 2nd 

 Edition.] 



Belle River runs into Lake St. Clair, to the eastward of River 

 aux Prices, and is navigable for boats some way up. 



Bertie Township is on the west side of Niagara river, in the 

 County of Lincoln; it lies south of Willoughby, and open to Lake 

 Erie. [From the family name of the Earls of Lindsey.] 



Beverly Township, in the West Riding of the County of York, 

 lies west of Flamborough, and opposite to Dundas Street. [From 

 Beverley, a borough and market-town in the East Riding of York, 

 in England, famous for its Minster, founded by King Athelstan.] 



Biche, Marais a, la, empties itself into Lake Ontario at the north- 

 east part of the township of Grantham. [Biche^^Hind.] 



