3-74 CANADIAN LOCAL HISTORY. 



Chaudiere Falls, on tlie Ottawa B/iver, 36 feet higli. They are a 

 little above the mouth of the River Rideau, and below Lake Chau- 

 diere. [Chaudiere=Caldron.] 



Chaudihre Lake is formed by the widening of the Ottawa river, 

 above the mouth of the River Rideau, and below Lake Chat. 



Chaudiere, Riviere a la, or Catfish Creek, runs into Lake Erie, 

 west of Long Point. 



Ghehoutequion is one of the lakes on the communication between 

 Lake Simcoe and the Rice Lake. [This is the Shebaughtickwyong 

 of Owen's Map. In Baraga, Tchibaiatig is a Cross : literally wood 

 of the dead ; i. e., wood to be placed on a grave. But the word 

 given by later Otchipway authority is Shebahtahgwayong=Full of 

 Channels. The present name is Buckhoi'n Lake.] 



Chenal Ecarte, Isle de, in the River St. Lawrence, opposite the 

 township of Cornwall, contains from seven to eight hundred acres : 

 the soil is good. 



Chenal Ecarte River runs nearly parallel to the River Thames, 

 and empties itself at the entrance of River St. Clair into Lake St. 

 Claii'. [Chenal Ecarte= Disused, discarded channel.] 



Ghene, Isle du, in Lake Ontario, lies off the easterly shore of 

 Marysburgh, and close to the land. [Cl)ene=Oak.] 



Ghene, Pointe au, on the River St. Lawrence, lies east of River 

 de la Traverse, and nearly opposite to St. Regis. 



Ghene, Portage du, on the Ottawa River, immediately below Lake 

 Chaudiere. 



Ghene, Riviere du, runs into the Bay of Michipicoten, Lake 

 Superior, west of River Michipicoten. 



Gheveaux, Pointe au, on the north shore of Lake Ontario, and to 

 the eastward of River G-anaraskee. [Cheveaux, perhaps for chevaux 

 =Horses. Ganaraskee=Smith's Creek at Port Hope.] , 



Ghippeioa Greek, (or Chipeweigh river,) called the Welland, by 

 proclamation, the 16th of July, 1792, discharges itself into the River 

 Niagara, a little above the great fails : it is a fine canal, without 

 falls, of forty miles in length. [The original pronunciation of the 

 final a was ay : as is shewn by Baraga's Otchipw^. A. Jones gives 

 the name of Chippewa Creek as Chonotauch ; but he omits the 

 interpretation.] 



Glaies, LaJce aux, now Lake Simcoe, is situated between York and 

 Gloucester bay, on Lake Huron : it has a few small islands and 



