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Francis, Lake St., is that part of tlie River St. Lawrence, which, 

 widening above the Coteau de Lac, loses its current and becomes a 

 long and narrow lake. 



Frangois River runs south-west from Lake Nipissing into Lake 

 Huron ; it has several portages : that nearest to Lake Nipissing is 

 called Portage de Trois Chaudiers, in length about half a mile. 

 [French river. Frangois, old French for Franeais.] 



Frederick Point is on the east side of Kingston harbour, and on 

 the west .side of Haldimand Cove, which is made by it and Point 

 Henry. [From the name of the Duke of York.] 



Frederickshurgh Township, in the County of Lenox, lies to the 

 west of Ernest Town, in the Bay of Quinte. 



French River. See River Frangois. 



Frenchman' s Creek, in the County of Lincoln, discharges itself into 

 the River ISTiagara, in the township of Bertie, a few miles below Fort 

 Erie. 



Frenchman' s River, or French river, or River Fran§ois. 



Frontenac County, is bounded on the east by the County of Leeds; 

 on the south by Lake Ontario ; on the west by the township of 

 Ernest Town, running north 24 degrees west, until it intersects the 

 Ottawa or Grand River ; and thence descending that river until it 

 meets the north-westernmost boundary of the County of Leeds. The 

 boundaries of this county were established by Proclamation the 16th 

 July, 1792. It sends, in conjunction with the County of Leeds, one 

 representative to the provincial parliament. [From Louis de Buade, 

 Count of Frontenac, Governor-General of Canada, 1672-1682, and 

 again 1689-1698.] 



Frontenac Fort, now comprehended within the Town of Kingston, 

 is just to be discovered from its remains, and an old fosse near the 

 present barracks. 



Frying-Pan Island, in Muddy Lake, to the northward of Point de 

 Tour. 



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Gage Island, lies off Kingston, in Lake Ontario, between Amherst 

 Island and Wolfe Island. [From General Gage, successor of Am- 

 herst, as Commander-in-chief of the British Forces in North Amer- 

 ica, in 1763. Its Fi-ench name was Isle au Foret.] 



Gainsborough Township, in the County of Lincoln, lies between 

 Pelham and Caistor, and fronts the Welland. [From Gainsborough 

 in Lincolnshire.] 



