CANADIAN LOCAl, HISTOKY. 539 



Raiain, Pointe, in the Lake S*:. Fi-ancis, lies to the east of Pointe 

 au Lac. 



Raisins, Rivihre aux, itins through the townships of Osnabruck 

 and Cornwall ; the Indian land, opposite to St. Regis, and the town- 

 ship of Charlottenbiirgh, emptying itself into Lake St. Francis, near 

 the south-east angle of the latter township. 



Raleigh Township, iii the County of Essex, lies west of Harwich ; 

 the Thames bounding it to the north, and Lake Erie to the south- 

 ward. [From a well-known Devonshire family name, made illus- 

 trious by Sir Walter Raleigh.] 



Rapid Plat, Isle au, in the River St. Lawrence, in front of the 

 township of Matilda, contains about 200 acres. The soil is good, and 

 lies partly in front of the township of Williamsburgh also. [The 

 island retains this name on Bouchette's map. Plat = smooth.] 



Rawdon Township, in the County of Hastings, lies in the rear and 

 north of Sidney. [From a title of the second Eai-1 of Moii-a, who was 

 also Earl of Rawdon and Marquis of Hastings, " a gallant soldier, 

 an eloquent senator, and a popular statesman."] 



Red River, on the north-east shore of Lake Superior, runs into 

 that lake a little more to the northward than Isle Beauharnois. 



Regis, St., is nearly on the 45th parallel of north latitude, and a 

 considei-able village of Indians converted to the Roman Catholic 

 faith, situated on the south shore of the River St. Lawrence, above 

 Lake St. Francis. [From the name of Jean Frangois Regis, a Jesuit, 

 canonized June 16, 1737.] 



Remou, Grand, third township, River St. Lawrence. Lies between 

 the Isle de trois Chenaux Ecartees and the main land, about 44 degrees 

 50 minutes north latitude. [Remoi;s=eddy. Chenaux Ecartees= 

 disused channels.] 



Retreat, Pointe, in Marysburgh, is near the head of Traverse Bay, 

 behind the north end of the westernmost island, above Orphan Island. 



Rice Lake, in the Home District [second ed., Newcastle District], 

 from whence there is a portage of eleven miles to Lake Ontario. It 

 discharges itself by the River Trent into the head of the Bay of 

 Quinte. [The Otchipway word for wild rice is manomin. Rice 

 Lake was sometimes called Lake of the Rentes or Quinties, an Iro- 

 quois band mentioned above.] 



Richmond Township, in the County of Lenox, lies north of Fred- 

 ericksburgh, in the Bay of Quinte, and is watered in front by the 

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