CANADIAN LOCAL HISTORY. 637 



Stormont on tlie south, by tlie County of Exissell on tlie west, and 

 on the north by the river Ottawa, or Grand River. Second edition. 

 (From Gen. Prescott, who succeeded Lord Dorchester as Governor- 

 General of Canada, in 1796.) ] 



Presqu'isle Major, of the St. Lawrence, is in front of the township 

 of Matilda, above Point Iroquois. 



Presqu'isle, in the River St. Lawrence, is in Edwardsbui-gh, nearly 

 opposite to Jffospital Island, and above Pointe au Gallope. 



Presqu'isle de Quinte. See Newcastle. 



Presse Matouan, at the Forks of the Ottawa River, the northerly 

 branch leading from the Lake Temiscaming, the south-west branch 

 from the portage to Lake ISipissing : this is sometimes called the 

 Upper or Main Foi'k. 



Priest's Island, in the River St. Lawrence, above Point Gallo. 



Prince Edioard Bay, on the east shore of Marysburgh, is made by 

 Cape Vezey to the north, and Point Traverse to the south, in Lake 

 Ontario. [A compliment to the third son of George III., afterwards 

 Duke of Kent, and father of the Queen Victoria.] 



Prince Edward County is bounded on the south by Lake Ontario j 

 on the west by the carrying place on the isthmus of the Presqu'isle 

 de Quinte ; on the north by the Bay of Quints ; and on the east, 

 from Point Pleasant to Point Ti'averse, by its several shores and 

 bays, including the late townships of Ameliasbui-gh, Sophiasburgh, 

 and Marysburgh. The County of Prince Edward comprehends all 

 the islands in Lake Ontario, and the Bay of Quinte near to it. The 

 boundaries of this county wei-e established by proclamation the 16th 

 of July, 1792. It sends, in conjunction with Adolphustown, in the 

 County of Lenox, one representative to the Provincial Parliament. 



Prince William's Island, on Lake Huron (formerly called Isle 

 Traverse), in Gloucester Bay. [A compliment to the king's son, 

 afterwards William IV.] 



Puces, Rivilre aux, runs into Lake St. Clair, to the eastward of 

 Peches River. [Puces, inserts so named in French.] 



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Queenstovjn is situated upon the Niagara River, about seven miles 

 above Newark. It is at the head of the navigation for ships, and 

 the portage, occasioned by the Falls of Niagara, commences here. 

 There are huts enough here to receive a regiment. [A compliment 



