662 CANADIAN LOCAL HISTORY. 



Talons, Portage de, on the south-west branch of the Ottawa B,iver, 

 immediately above Rapides des Porches. [From De Talon, Intendant 

 under De Tracy.] 



Tegaogen, on the north shore of Lake Ontario, lies about half-way 

 between York and the head of the Bay of Quints. [At Port Hope. 

 It is a Mohawk word denoting a carrjdng-place.] 



Thames River, formerly La Tranche or Trenche, and by the Indians, 

 Esse-cunny-seepe, rises in the Chippewa country, and, running south- 

 westerly, washes the Counties of (the west riding of) York, Norfolk, 

 Suffolk, and Kent, and disembogues itself into Lake St. Clair, above 

 Detroit : it is a river of considerable extent, without falls. Prom 

 its upper branches it communicates by small Portages with Lake Hu- 

 ron and the Grrand River. The site of Oxford is on its upper Fork, 

 and that intended for Dorchester on its middle fork ; London on the 

 main fork, and Chatham on the lower fork. It is a fine inland canal, 

 and capable of being highly improved. The lands on its banks are 

 extremely fertile. [The native name, given above, means Horn River.] 



Thessalon Point, in Muddy Lake, is the angle made by that lake 

 and a channel leading to French River, Matchedash, &c., and lies 

 parallel to Caribou Island. 



Thessalon River, runs into Lake Huron, a little to the eastward of 

 Muddy Lake, on the north shore. 



Thompson' s Island, lies near the entrance of the River St. Clair : 

 it scarcely c®n tains 200 acres of dry land fit for tillage, but a great 

 many acres of marsh. 



Thorold Township, in the County of Lincoln, lies south of Gran- 

 tham, and is watered by_ the River Welland. [Probably from Sir 

 John Thorold, M.P. for Lincolnshire in 1793.] 



Thunder Bay, on the north shore of Lake Superior, opposite to 

 the east end of Isle de Minatte. There is a remarkable high moun- 

 tain at its easternmost cape. 



Thunder Bay, in Lake Huron, lies to the eastward of Cabot's 

 Head, and westward of Gloucester Bay. 



Thurlow Township, in the County of Hastings, lies near the head 

 of the Bay of Quinte, and eastward of Sidney. [A compliment to 

 Edward Thurlow, Lord High Chancellor of England, created Baron 

 Thurlow in 1792.] 



Tilbury Township, to. the western distiict, is situated upon Lake 

 St. Clair, west of Raleigh, where the Thames disembogues itself into 

 that lake. [From Tilbury Fort on the Thames.] 



