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John's Island, in the Bay of Quinte, opposite to the Mohawk 

 settlement, west of Eichmond. [From the name of a Mohawk chief] 



Johnson Point, on Lake St. Francis, in the township of Charlotten- 

 hurgh, lies westward of River aux Raisiiis. [Marked Sir William 

 Johnson's Point in a map engraved by Faden, 1776. Sir W. J. was 

 Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Province of New York in 

 1756. He died at Johnson Hall, on the Mohawk PJver, in 1774. 

 He was the father of Major-Gen. Sir John Johnson, Superintendent- 

 General of Indian Affairs in British North America, after the war of 

 Independence.] 



Johnstoion, New, in the township of Cornwall, is situated upon the 

 River St. Lawrence, below the Long Sault, to the northward of 

 Grand Isle St. Regis, and is now called Cornwall. 



Johnstown, in the township of Edwardsburgh, is situated upon the 

 River St. Lawrence, above the uppermost rapids ia ascendmg to 

 Lake Ontario. 



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Kamanestigoyan, on the west shore of Lake Superior, now called 

 the Grand Portage. [The name has become familiar to the modern 

 ear as Kaministiquia. Baraga gives it as Gamanetigweiag, and inter- 

 prets the term to mean a region " where there is a scarcity of rivers," 

 i.e. navigable rivers.] 



Katabohohonh (or River of Easy Entrance), empties itself into 

 Lake Ontario, in the township of Pickering. [Perhaps Lyons' Creek. 

 An aiithority in Otchipway says the word properly is Atatabahkoo- 

 kong, and that the meaning is " Grassy Entrance." Was " Easy" a 

 misreading of " Grassy?"] 



Kempenfelis Bay, on the west side of Lake Simcoe. [From the 

 name of the Admiral who perished in the Royal George.] 



Kent County comprehends all the country (not being the territory 

 of the Indians), not already included iu the several counties herein 

 described, extending northward to the boundary line of Hudson's 

 Bay, including all the territory to the westward and southward of 

 the said line to the utmost extent of the country commonly known 

 by the name of Canada. The boundaries of this county were set 

 forth by Proclamation the 16th July, 1792. It sends two repre- 

 sentatives to the Provincial Legislatm-e. [In second edition : Kent 

 County is in the Western District, i-s bounded by the County of 



