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TobacoJce: see River aiix Attokas. [Tlie Etobicoke or Alder 

 Oreek.] 



Tonagayon Bay, on Lake Ontario, opposite to the east end of Am- 

 iierst Island, lies between Kingston and Ernestown. [In the Seneca 

 dialect = Full of hickory bark.] 



Tonianta Creek, runs into the River St. Lawrence, in the town- 

 ship of Yonge. [Tonawanda in the Seneca dialect is Swift Water.] 



Tonti Isle, now called Amherst Island, by proclamation, the 16th 

 July, 1792. [From the Italian form of Henri de Tonty's name, La 

 Salle's companion and lieutenant. He had lost a hand, which was 

 replaced by one of iron, over which he wore a glove. Troublesome 

 Indians and otliers stood in awe of this mysterious hand.] 



Tonti, Petite Isle, opposite the mouth of Tonagayon Bay, and off 

 Sandy Point, the eastern extremity of Amherst Island. 



Tonti Rivev, runs into Lake Erie, west of Landguard. 



Toronto, now called York, q. v. [The site of Toronto derives ite 

 name from a fort or trading-post usually known as Fort Toronto, but 

 the official name of which was Fort Rouille, so called from Antoine 

 touis Rouille, French Colonial Minister in 1749. The fort or trad- 

 ing-house mai"ked the point of debarcation for the overland march to 

 the Toronto region, i.e., the populous Huron country round Lake 

 Toronto, the modern Lake Simcoe. The starting-place ultimately 

 usurped the name of the goal.] 



Toronto Bay, now called York Harbour. 



Toronto Lake (or Toronto), Lake le Clie, was formerly so called by 

 some : others called the chain of lakes, from the vicinity of Matche- 

 dash towards the head of the Bay of Quinte, the Toronto lakes, and 

 the communication from the one to the other was called the Toronto 

 River. [In the general map accompanying the North American and 

 West Indian Gazetteer, 1778, this chain of lakes is named Toronto 

 River.] 



Toronto River, called by some St. John's River, now called the 

 Humber. 



Tortue, Portage de la, at the head of the south-west bi-anch of the 

 Ottawa River, near to the small lake which joins the portage leading 

 to Lake Nipissing. [Tortue = Tortoise.] 



Tourtes, Isle aux, in Lake Ontario, lies off the south-west point of 

 Wolfe Island. [Tourtes = Wild pigeons.] 



Tourtes, Point aux, on the north shore of Lake Superior, is the 

 east point of a bay of the same name. 



