CANADIAN LOCAL HISTORY, 



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Darling Island, the larger of two islands in the entrance of La^e 

 Simcoe, [Known at tlie present time as Snake Island, from Chief 

 John Snake, who lived there.] 



Darlington Township, in. the County of Durham, lies to the west 

 of Clarke, and fronts upon Lake Ontario. [From Darlington in the 

 English County of Durham.] 



Delaioare Township, in the County of Suffolk, lies on the east side 

 of the River Thames, on the plains above the Delaware village of 

 Indians. [From the Indian tribe of Delawares who migrated to 

 Canada with the Five Nations or Iroquois in 1783. The native 

 name of the Delaware Indians was Lennilenapee^ Original People.] 



Dereham Totonship, in the County of Norfolk, lies to the west of 

 and adjoining to, Norwich. [From Market Derehstm in Norfolk, in' 

 the ancient chiirch of which place the poet Cowper was buried in 

 1800.] 



Detour, the entrance into Lake Huron from Muddy Lake, to the 

 south and west of St. Joseph's Island. 



Detour, on the north shore of Lake Huron, lies a little to the east 

 of the Isles au Serpent. 



Detour, Point, is on the west main, in the strait made by St. 

 Joseph's Island, leading from Muddy Lake to Lake Huron. 



Detroit is iii about 42 degrees 38 minutes of north latitude, and 

 81 degrees 40 minutes of west longitude. The French call it Fort 

 Pontchartrain. It has accommodation for a regiment, and it consists 

 of three parts ; the town, the citadel, and Fort Lanoult. [The use 

 of Detroit, Strait, as the name of a town is an instance of the con- 

 version of a common into a proper noun. Thus Stamboul, for 

 Constantinople, conveys the idea simply of " the City," from a cor- 

 rupt modern Greek expression. The situation of Detroit somewhat 

 resembles that of Constantinople. The Otchipway for this locality 

 is Wawcatunong=Turned Channel] 



Detroit, Turn of Little, is the easternmost thereof, on the north 

 shore of Lake Superior. 



Detroit, Little, on the north coast of Lake Superior, west of Isle 

 Grange. 



Detroit, Petit, in the Upper St. LaAvrence. See the narrows of 

 Escott, 



Detroit, le Petit, on the Ottawa river, is below the upper main 

 forks of the Ottawa river. 



