578 ' CANADIAN LOCAL HISTORY. 



Diahle, Isles au, in the River St. Lawrence, lie between tlie Isle 

 au Long Sault and tlie township of Osnabruck. 



Don River, in the East Riding of the County of York, dis- 

 charges itself into York harbour. [Surveyor Jones notes that the 

 native designation of the Don was Wonscotiteouach=Back Burnt 

 Grounds, i.e., the Poplar Plains to the north, occasionally overrun 

 with fire.] ^ 



Dorchester Mount, is that ridge of mountain running through the 

 County of Lincoln, parallel to Lake Ontario, and is supposed to be a 

 spur of the Allaghany. [At the present day, Queenston Heights 

 and the " Mountain" generally, to Hamilton.] 



Dorchester Township, in the County of Norfolk, lies west of, and 

 adjoining to, Dereham, fi-onting the River Thames. [A compliment 

 to Lord Dorchester, i.e. Sir Gviy Carleton. There is a Dorchester in 

 Dorsetshire and another in Oxfordshire- — both, as indicated by 

 " Chester," ancient Roman fortified stations ; the former named 

 Durnovaria ; the latter Civitas Dorcinia.] 



Dover Townshif, in the County of Kent, lies on the north side of 

 the Thames, opposite to Raleigh. 



Dublin, now called the township of York : which see. [It is 

 difficult to conceive what the genius loci of Toronto would have been, 

 had the name Dublin continued to be attached to the locality.] 



Dubois, Lac, lies between 98 a,nd 100 degrees west longitude from 

 Greenwich, and between the 48th and 50th parallels of north latitude : 

 it lies to the westward of Lake la Pluie, and receives the waters of 

 that lake by River la Pluie, which are carried off again by the River 

 Winipique into the great Lake Winitapa or Winipique, and from 

 thence into Hudson's Bay. This lake contains some islands : it has 

 also a back communication with Lake la Pluie, to the northward, by 

 inferior streams. [Lake of the Woods.] 



Duck 'Cove, on Lake Ontario, in Marysburgh, on the east shore, 

 between Isle du Chene and Tower Point. 



Du,ch Islands, called the Real Ducks, in Lake Ontario, lie between 

 Wolfe Island and Point Traverse. 



Duck Islands, in Lake Ontario, lie off Point Traverse, and north- 

 easterly of it, not far from the Point. There are called the False 

 Ducks. 



Duck Islands, are situated between Muddy Lake and Lake Huron, 

 southerly and easterly of St. Joseph's Island, 



