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Duck Point, on Lake Ontario, in tbe township of Murray, is the 

 first point west of the portage that leads from the head of the Bay of 

 Quinte to the lake. 



Dttffin's Creek runs into Lake Ontario, in the township of Picker- 

 ing (east of the river of Easy Entrance), and is remarkable for the 

 quantity of salmon which resort to it. [From the name of an early 

 trader or settler. A. Jones says this stream was designated by the 

 natives, Sinquatickdequioeh=Pinewood running alongside.] 



Dundas County is bounded on the east by the County of Stormont, 

 on the south by the River St. Lawrence, and on the west by the 

 easternmost boundary line of the late township of Edwardsburgh, 

 running north 24 degrees west, until it intersects the Ottawa or 

 Grand river ; thence descending that river until it meets the north- 

 westernmost boundary of the County of Stormont. The County of 

 Dundas comprehends all the islands near it in the River St. Lawrence. 

 The boundaries of this county were established by proclamation the 

 16th July, 1792. It sends one representative to the provincial par- 

 liament. [From the Right Hon. Henry Dundas, Secretary of State 

 for the Colonies in 1794.] 



Dunwich Township, in the County of Suffolk, lies to the west of 

 Southwold, having the River Thames for its north, and Lake Erie for 

 its south boundary. [Viscount Dunwich is one of the titles of the 

 Earl of Stradbroke, whose family name is Rous.] 



Durham County is bounded on the east by the County of Nor- 

 thumberland ; on the south by Lake Ontario, until it meets the 

 westernmost point of Long Beach ; thence by a line running north 

 16 degrees west, until it intersects the southern boundary of a tract 

 of land belonging to the Mississaga Indians, and thence along the said 

 tract, parallel to Lake Ontario, until it meets the north-westernmost 

 boundary of the County of Northumberland. The boundaries of this 

 county were established by proclamation the 16th July, 1792. It 

 sends, in conjunction with the County of York, and the first riding 

 of the County of Lincoln, one representative to the provincial 

 parliament. 



Dyers Island, in the head of the Bay of Quinte, lies to the east- 

 ward of Mississaga Island. [Now Grape Island.] 



E. 



East Bay, in Adolphustown, Bay of Quinte, is where the forks of 

 the north channel open, descending south-westerly from Hay Bay. 

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