384 CANADIAN LOCAL HISTORT. 



Galette, on tlie River St. Lawrence, in Edwardsburgh. 



Galette, Riviere a la vielle, runs into tlie River St. Lawrence above 

 Isle Fort Levi. [Galette=Broad thin cake.] 



Gallop, Point au, on the north shore of the River St. Lawrence, 

 just below Hospital Island, in Edwardsburgh. 



Galloos, les, or Gallops, on the River St. Lawrence, are the Rapids' 

 off Pointe Galloppe in Edwardsburgh. 



Gananoqui River discharges itself into the River St. Lawrence, in 

 the Township of Leeds. As high as the fii'st rapid the shore is bold, 

 and the water deep ; there is an excellent harbour in the mouth of 

 the river ; the water is from 12 to 1 5 feet deep in the channel, and 

 the current is very slow. This river was called the Thames before 

 the division of the Province of Quebec. [Gananoqm=Pla,ce of resi- 

 dence.] 



Ganaraska River, by some called Pemetescou-tiang, runs into Lake 

 Ontario on the north shore, eastward of the Petit Ecoi-s, and west of 

 Pointe aux Cheveaux. From the mouth of this river is a carrying 

 place of about eleven miles to the Rice Lake, through an excellent 

 country for making a road. [Pametescoutiang=High burnt plains.] 



Geneter, Isle au, in the River St. Lawrence, lies a little above Isle 

 au Chat. [Geneter=An implement used in grooming a horse.] 



Geneva Lake, called Burlington Bay by Proclamation, 16th July, 

 1792. 



George Lake is situated below the Falls of St. Mary, and to the 

 northward of Muddy Lake : it is about 25 miles long, and has very 

 shallow w"ater. 



Gibraltar Point iis the western extremity of a sand bank which 

 forms the harbour of York, and upon which block houses are erected 

 for its defence. [There is a Gibraltar Point near Wainfleet in the 

 English County of Lincoln.] 



Glanford TownsJiiiy, in the County of Lincoln, is situated between 

 Ancaster, Barton, Binbrook, and the Six Nations of Indians ; some- 

 times called the Grand River lands. [From Glanford in Norfolk.] ' . 



Glasgow ; now called the township of Scarborough. 



Glertgary County is bounded on the east by the line that divides 

 Upper from Lower Canada, on the south by the River St. Lawrence, 

 and on the west by the Township of Cornwall j running north 24 

 degrees west, until it intersects the Ottawa or Grand River, thence 

 descendins: the said river until it meets the divisional line aforesaid. 



