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east side of the river, where a gaol and court-house have been 

 erected. [From Sandwich on the Stour, in Kent, the principal of 

 the Cinque Ports.] 



Sandy Bay, Little, on Lake Ontario, between Sophiasburgh and 

 Marysburgh, is supplied by the East Lake, lying also between these 

 townships, in the County of Prince Edward. 



Sandy Bay, Great : see Sandy Bay. 



Sandy Bay, on Lake Ontario, in the township of Ameliasburgb, 

 lies immediately east of, and close to, the Isle de Quinte. 



Sandy Point, at the easterly extremity of Isle Tonti, opposite to 

 the mouth of Tonegayon Bay. 



Sandy River, runs into the head of Little Sandy Bay, Lake Ontario. 



Sangas, or St. Busk's Creek, a small stream emptying itself into 

 Lake Brie, east of Sangas Point : it affords a hai-bour for boats, 

 having about three feet of water on its bar. [Possibly the humour 

 of some voyageur transform.ed Sangas into St. Dusk. In like mood, 

 certain American revolutionists made a saint of Tammany, a defunct 

 Delaware chief.] 



Sangas Point, or St. Btisk's Point, on the north shore of Lake 

 Erie, east of the River Waveney : this is the most projecting point 

 between the mouth of the Ouse and the North Foreland. [Sangas 

 may be connected with Sangwewessin=It rings (like metal when 

 struck.)] 



Saumon River, on the north shore of Lake Ontario, lies between 

 Pigeon Bay and Petits Ecors. [Not the Highland creek : it must be 

 farther to the east.] 



Sa'Q^t, Long, thii-d township. River St. Lawrence, is the greatest 

 rapid on this river. The current runs with great velocity ; very few 

 accidents, however, have happened in passing this rift, there being 

 no sudden fall in it, except at the foot of the Saiit. 



Savatte, Lsle d la, a very small island in the River St. Lawrence, a 

 little below Isle de Chenal Ecarte. [Savatte = old shoe.] 



Scarhorough Township, so noted for its high banks, is in the east 

 riding of the County of York, and lies to the west of the township 

 of Pickering, fronting Lake Ontario. [From the name of a seaport 

 and borough in Yorkshire.] 



Serpent Le, is on the north shore of Lake Huron, and lies east of 

 Mississaga River, and to the westward of Isle la Cloche. [This is a 

 river marked on Bouchette's maps.] 



