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tke Marsh of the River Canards : it lies in front of the north-west 

 angle of the Huron reserve. ['"On j trouve des Poules d'Inde et des 

 Gignes en quantity" : thus Hennepin reports of this neighbourhood. 

 Nouveau Yoyage, chap, xix.] 



TwrTcey Point, in the township of Charlotteville, situated in the 

 bay of Long Point, Lake Erie, affords a harbour with a channel to it 

 of sufficient depth of water for any vessel : above the point is the 

 town-plot and site for the barracks. 



Turtle Island. A small island at the entrance of the Miami bay. 



Two Rivers, The, run into Lake Ontario, near the centre of the 

 township of Darlington. [A. Jones gives as a conjoint term for the 

 15 and 16 mUe creeks (from Burlington Bay), Nan-swau-sink = Two 

 creeks near each other. Properly, Nah-sah-gah-way, Where the 

 Stream forks or divides.] 



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Urfe River, afterwards called Grand River, now the Ouse, Lake 

 Erie. [From D'Urfe, a French proper name.] 



Uxbridge, in the east riding of the County of York, is to the north- 

 ward in the rear of Pickering. Second Edition. [From Uxbridge 

 in Middlesex, or in compliment to the Earl of Uxbridge of the day.] 



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Vcmghan Township, in the east riding of the County of York, lies 

 on the west side of Yonge Street, in the rear of, and to the northward 

 of, the township of York. [From the fourth Viscount Vaughan, 

 (1793,) who was also Earl of Lisburn.] 



Vesey Cape, in the township of Marysburgh, on Lake Ontario, is 

 the northern point which makes Prince Edward's Bay. [From Tho- 

 mas Vesey, Baron Knapton, who was created Viscount de Vesci in 

 1776.] 



Wabuscommong, is one of the lakes on the communication between 

 Lake Simcoe and the tlice Lake. [ = Babbit Lake.] 



Wainjieet Township, in the County of Lincoln, lies west of Hum- 

 berstone, and fronts Lake Erie, being watered by the "WeUand to the 

 north. [From the name of a market town in Lincolnshire, situated 

 on a creek or inlet of the sea.] 



Walpole Township, in the County of Norfolk, lies west of Rain- 

 ham, and fronts Lake Erie. [From the distinguished English family 

 name.] 



