OANAjDtA!if LOCAL HISTOSY. 



Severn Mver, conveys the waters of Lake Simcoe from the aortli- 

 ern extremity of that lake into the head of Gloucester Bay and Har- 

 bour, Lake Huron. [The northern extremity of Lake Simcoe is now 

 known as Lake Gouchiching : said to denote *' where a river descends 

 from a lake." The Ochipway name for the Severn is Wanantgit- 

 cheang=The round-about river.] 



Shanguandc, on the north shore of Lake Superior, east of Black 

 Bay. [In Bayfield's charts Greater and Lesser Shaganash I^ishery; 

 Shaganash=i: Englishman. The word has reference to "the appear- 

 ance of a sail upon the horizon."] 



ShoMnon River, empties itself into the Bay of Quinte, ten or 

 twelve miles above the Mohavfk settlement. 



Shawnese Townshi]}, lies at the mouth of the River CheVal Ecarte, 

 on the east side of the River St. Clair. [This name has disappeared. 

 West Dover seems to have taken its place.] 



Ship Island, is of very small extent, and is situated between the 

 Bass Islands and CTinningh9.m Island, in Lake Erie. 



Short Point, on Lake Erie, township of Wainfleet, county of Lin- 

 coln : this is the fii'st point east of the Six iN'ations' land, Grand 

 River. 



Shyon Cape, in Michipicoten Bay, Lake Superior, between Gor^ 

 gontua Point and the mouth of the River Michipicoten. [In Bay- 

 field's chart marked Oheyye.] 



Sidney Township, in the County of Hastings, is situated at the 

 head of the Bay of Quinte, immediately above ThurloW. [Probably 

 from the first Yiscount Sydney, Thomas Townshend.] 



Simcoe Lake, formerly Lake aux Claies, Ouentironk, or Sheniong, 

 is situated between York and Gloucester, upon Lake Huron. It has 

 a few small islands and several good harbours : a vessel is now build- 

 ing for the purpose of facilitating the communication to Lake Huron 

 by that route. [Also called Lake Toronto. Ouentironk is probably 

 identical with Toronto, which, written more fully, was Atorontori 

 and Otoronton, denoting a place "^here there are many inhabitants^, 

 a rendez-vous of numerous bands, i.e., of Wyandots or Hurons. See 

 Sagard and Parkman. This lake was long the centre of a populous 

 i'egion. Appended to this article in the Gazetteer is the following 

 note : — -So named by Lieutenant-General Simcoe, in respect to his 

 father, the late Captain Simcoe, of the Royal Navy, who died in the 

 River St. Lawrence, on the expedition to Quebec, in 1759. In the 



