386 CANADIAN LOCAL HISTORY. 



washes tlie timber down and carries away the grass and weeds. A. 

 Jones.] 



Grand, or Ottaioa River, is that channel which carries the waters 

 of Lake Tamiscaming till they make a junction with those of the St. 

 Lawrence, a little above Montreal. This river is the northern bound- 

 ary of Upper Canada, and the route which is taken by the Lower 

 Canada traders to the north- v,^est : there are a great many rapids on 

 this communication. 



Grange Isle, near the north shore of Lake Superior, west of the 

 Cris Points, and in front of G-range Bay. 



Grange River empties itself into a river of that name on the north 

 shore of Lake Superior west of the Cris. This river leads to Nepigon, 

 a place which was formerly remarkable for furnishing the best beaver 

 and martin, and was the farthest advanced post of the French traders 

 at the time that Great Britain conquered Canada. 



Grantham Townshijo, in the County of Lincoln, lies west of Newark, 

 and fronting Lake Ontario. [From Grantham, in Lincolnshire.] 



Grasse Bayede on the north shore of Lake Ontario, lies to the east- 

 ward of Point aux Cheveaux. 



Gravel Point, on Lake Ontario, in Marysburgh, lies between St. 

 Peter's Bay and Point Traverse. 



Graves Island, in the south-east part of Lake Simcoe. [From 

 Admiral Graves.] 



Gravois, Pointe au, is the west point of the Little Detroit, on the 

 north-coast of Lake Superior. [Gravois=Rubbish. Probably the 

 stream by Oakville — 16-mile creek — ^the Otchipway name of which 

 is given by A. Jones as Ne-sau-ge-y-onk, without its interpretation. 

 It is the same as Nassagawaya, the name borne by the Township in 

 which the west branch of the 16-mile creek rises. Its Otchipway 

 meaning is "Two Outlets."] 



Gravois, Riviere au, in the Mississaga land, in the north shore of 

 Lake Ontario, runs into that lake between Burlington Bay and River 

 au Credai. 



Grand Island, or Grand Isle, in the River Niagara, is situated in 

 front of the Township of Willoughby and is of considerable size : 

 below it is Navy Island. 



Great Cape, on the north side, where Lake Superior descends into 

 the narrows of the Fall St. Mary. [It is now better known by its. 

 French name, Gros Cap.] 



