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Glengaiy County comprehends all the islands nearest to it in the 

 River St. Lawrence. The boundaries of this County were established 

 by Proclamation the 16th July, 1792; it consists of two Ridings, each 

 of which sends one representative to the Provincial Parliament. 

 [From the name of a Highland Regiment, afterwards disbanded and 

 principally settled here under the auspices of Bishop Alex. McDonelL] 



Gloucester, on Lake Huron, (formerly called Matchedash). 



Gloucester Fort, or Pointe aux Pins, the first point on the north 

 shore in the narrows leading from Lake Superior towards the Falls of 

 St. Mary. [Probably in honour of the Duke of Gloucester, brother of 

 George III.] 



Gloucester Townsldp, in the County of Dundas, is the seventh 

 township in ascending the Ottawa River : it lies eastward also of, and 

 adjoining, the River Rideau. 



Gorgontita, a remarkable high' rock on the north shore of Lake 

 Superior, lying at a smalL distance, and southerly of the point which 

 forms Michipicoten Bay ; to the southward and eastward the rock is 

 hollow with an opening into it. [Given by Capt. Bayfield as Gar- 

 gantua. In a late map, it is Cargantua.] 



Gosjield Township, in the County of Essex, is situated upon Lake 

 Erie, and lies west of Mersea. [From Gosfield Hall, a seat of the 

 Duke of Buckingham's, near Halsted, in Essex.] 



Gower Toionship lies on the west side of the River Rideau, and is 

 the second township in ascending that river. [Baron Gower is one 

 of the titles of the Marquis of Sutherland.] 



Grand Bay in the Bay of Quinte, lies immediately below the main 

 forks. 



Grand Isle, now called Wolfe Island, by Proclamation, 16th July, 

 1792, is situated between Cataraqui and Carleton Island, where Lake 

 Ontario falls into the St. Lawrence. 



Grand Marsh, in the western district, lies in the rear of the 

 parishes of V Assomption and Petite Cote, on the Detroit, and com- 

 municates with Lake St. Clair opposite to Peach Island, and with the 

 Strait opposite to Fighting Island. 



Grand River (Lake Erie), called the Ouse, by Proclamation, the 

 16th July, 1792, rises in the Mississaga country and running through 

 the West Riding of the County of York, divides Lincoln from ISTor- 

 folk, and discharges itself into Lake Erie between Wainfleet and 

 Rainham. [The Otchipway name was 0-es-shin-ne-gun-ing=It 



