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yea? 1755, this able officer had furnished Government with the plate 

 of operations against Quebec, which then took place : at the time of 

 his death, Captain Cook, the celebrated oii'cumnavigator, was master 

 of his ship, the Pembroke.] 



Sinclair River [or St. dlavr, 2nd edition], runs fi'om north to souths 

 being the strait between Lake Huron and Lake St. Clair. [The cor- 

 rect form of the name is Sainte Claire, as given to the lake by La 

 Salle, in 1679.] 



Sinion, or Shertiong Lake, now Lake Simcoe ; which see. [Sheni- 

 ong possibly = Silver or silvery*] 



Sister^ East, The, a small island in Lake Erie, the easternmost of 

 the three islands called the Sisters, and to the north of the Bass Is- 

 lands. 



Sister, West, a small island at the west end of Lake Erie, being 

 the westernmost of the islands called the Sisters, and westerly of the 

 Bass Islands. 



Schlosser Fort, or Little Niagara. [From the name of a French 

 officer of Engineers.] 



Smith's Greek, runs into Lake Ontario, in the east part of the town- 

 ship of Hope. [The river at Port Hope : called elsewhere in the 

 Gazetteer, Ganaraska.] 



Sophiashurgh Township, in the County of Prince Edward, lies to 

 the northward of Hallowell, and in the Bay of Quints. [A compli- 

 ment to the Princess Sophia.] 



Sorcerer's Lake, or Lake Nipissing : q. v. [In Carver's map of the 

 Province of Quebec in 1763, the Lake bears both of these names.] 



Southwold Township, in the County of SuffiDlk, lies west of Yar- 

 mouth, having Lake Erie for its southern boundary. [From the 

 name of a seaport in Suffolk.] 



Sugar-loaf Hill, a small natural landmark, on the north shore of 

 Lake Erie, between Point Abino and the Grand E,iver, on the boun- 

 dary between the townships of Humberstone and Wainfleet. 



Sutherland's Creek, runs into Lake St. Francis, between Points ais 

 Bodet and Pointe Mouill^e in the township of Lancaster. 



T 

 Talbot's River, empties itself into Lake Simcoe, and on the east, 

 side thereof. [From Col. Talbot. The native name was Nummai- 

 bene-sippi, Sucker Elver.] 



