382 CANADIAN LOCAL HISTORY. 



annoyed the British shipping as they passed, shortly after the reduc- 

 tion of Detroit. [See Parkman's Conspiracy of Pontiac, p. 252.] 



Finch Township, in the County of Stormont, lies in the rear, and 

 to the westward of Osnabruck. [Probably from Heneage Finch, 

 fourth Earl of Aylesford, Lord Steward of the Household, temp. 

 Geo. III.] 



Flat Islands, lie towards the west end of the Manitou Islands, and 

 open to the Straits of Michilimackinac upon Lake Huron. 



Flamhorough Township, distinguished by East and WSst Flam- 

 borough, in the West Riding of the County of York, lies west of the 

 Mississaga lands, and fronts Dundas street. [Flamborough Head in 

 Yorkshire, England, forms the northerly side of Bridlington or Bur- 

 lington Bay.] 



Foin, Point au, in the River St. Lawrence, the first above River 

 k la vielle Galette, in Edwardsburgh. [Foin=Hay.] 



Force, Isle de la, a very small island oif the south-west point of 

 Isle Tonti. 



Foreland, North, (formerly called Long Point,) on Lake Erie : 

 which see. 



Foreland, South, (formerly called Point Pele,) on the north shore 

 of Lake Erie, west of Landguard. There is good anchorage for 

 vessels on either side of the point, which runs out a considerable 

 distance, but the best is on the east side, in clay bottom. Near the 

 extremity of the point, and on the east side, is a pond, where boats 

 in general may enter, and be secure from most winds. A long reef 

 runs out from the point. [The French name has prevailed.] 



Foret, Isle au, now called Gage Island by proclamation, 16th 

 July, 1792. See Gage Island. 



Foret, Isle la. See Isle la Force. 



Forks of the Bay of Quinte, where the East Bay unites with the 

 North Channel, a little to the northward of Grand Bay. 



Fort Amherst. See Amherst burgh. 



Fort George : the military post and garrison now building ,on the 

 heights above Navy Hall, at the entrance of Niagara river, in the 

 township of Newark, in the County of Lincoln. [In the edition of 

 1813 the words "now building" are omitted. This fort took the 

 place of the French fort on the opposite side of the river, relinquished 

 to the United States in 1796.] 



Francis Island is in the north part of Lake Simcoe. 



