YORK. 



pofite to the Point is the garrifon, fituated on a point made York. iVif*. ono nf f»,= n ■. j o 



by the harbour and a fmall rivulet, which being improved f.tuated accoTdinrt„ ,h! ft."^'^ ^'ff^ °i America, 



by fluices, afford s an eafy accefs for boats to go%p to the 40"^ Vnd 4C° N^ lat and /° ITf °^. M^''"?' b«wee„' 



ftores. The barracks being built upon a knoll are well fTom^WafhinLn ' evtVS ^ «' E. and 2° 43' W. long, 



iituatedfor health, and command a delightful profpea of and from zfoW ",^^'^"'^'"g/'-°'" N. to S. ,98 milet, 



the lake to the weft, and the harbour to the eaft.'^ The 46^00 To LmiS' of^'l'LT^''^'"'^'"^^'^ T ^ "^ 



government-houfe has a ftriking appearance from the lake, bounded ^.7 he N^'byake'^nl^io ITc ^ ^"'' ^' 



and is well calculated for the refidence of a governor. Its S. by Pennfylvania. N^trffyTd th'e £ ate' orn'? 



^r-!"Tl:'.^'^?J"T"'!,'"?i; '^u^^liT"..""'"^?^"!" *^'. ^?'- °! !^" E Ky V^™ont,_Maffachufetts, and Connedicut ' 



fituation. The town is furnifhed with every convenience, 

 and the market is well fupplied with good ,beef, mutton, 

 venifon, fi(h, &c. The wheat fupply is from Montreal : 

 the land around York is in general fandy ; but bears good 

 crops of every defcription. The plan of the town is 

 one mile and a half in length : the ftreets are tolerably uni- 

 form ; and the river Don empties itfelf into the harbour, a 



tion mcludes all the inland rivers and lakes, one half of lake 

 Champlam, and the St. Lawrence ; excluding only all the 

 waters below New York ifland, and that part of ihe lakes 

 Ontario and Erie which belong to this ftate. This ftate- 

 ment gives 20.8 perfons to a fquare mile. New York 

 IS at prefent divided into 45 counties, and 452 townfhips, 

 including four mcorporated cities ; -viz. New York, 



little above the town, running through a marfh, which, Albany, Hudfon, and Scheneaadv 'as exhihit^ in^lhl 

 when drained, will afford excellent meadows. The country following ocnenectaay, as exhibited in the 



round this place is capable of great improvement, and 



renders it fit for a feat of government. See Boulton's 

 Sketch of Upper Canada, ch. viii. 



York, a river of Virginia, formed by the union of the 

 North Anna and South Anna, which runs into the Chefa- 

 peak, near its mouth. — Alfo, a river of America, in the dif- 

 tria of Maine, which runs into the fea, a little below York. 



York Bay, a bay on the fouth-weft coaft of the ifland of 

 St. Vincent ; 2 miles N.W. of Kingftown bay. — Alfo, a 

 bay formed by the union of the Eaft and Hudfon's rivers 

 below New York. It communicates with the fea by a 

 channel, called the Narrows. 



York Fort, a fortrefs at the mouth of Nelfon's river, in 

 Hudfon's bay. N. lat. 57° 2'. W. long. 92° 46'. 



York //land, a fmall ifland, near the eaft coaft of the 

 ifland of Antigua ; about half a mile N.N.E. of Frier's 

 Head. — Alfo, one of the Gallapagos iflands, in the Pacific 

 ocean. 



York IJlands, three fmall iflands, in the South Pacific 

 ocean, near York Cape, on the north coaft of New Holland. 

 York M'mjler, a lofty promontory on the coaft of Terra 

 del Fuego, fo called by captain Cook in 1774. It forms 

 the north-weft point of entrance into Chriftmas found. S. 

 lat. 55' 26'. W. long. 70° 25'. 



York Point, a cape in the ftraits of Magellan. N. lat. 

 53° 39'- W. long. 73° 32'. 



York River, a river of America, in the province of 

 Maine, which runs into the Atlantic, N. lat. 43° 7'. W. 

 long. 70° 40'. 



York Road, a road for ftiips in the ftraits of Magellan, 

 near the coaft of Patagonia. The only danger of failing 

 into the bay, that is formed by two points in this road, 

 .-irifes from a reef that runs off to about a cable's length 

 from the weftern point, which once known may be eafily 

 avoided. To anchor in this bay, it is fafeft to bring York 

 Point E.S.E. ; Bachelor's river N. by W. half W. ; the 

 weft point of the bay or reef N.W. half W. ; and St. 

 Jerom's found W.N.W. at the diftance of half a mile 

 from the flvore. There is good watering about a mile up 

 Bachelor's river, and good wooding all round the bay, 

 where the landing alfo is, in all parts, very good. There is 

 plenty of celery, cranberries, mufcles, and limpets, many 

 wild-fowl, and fome fifh, but not enough to fupply a fhip's 

 company with a frefti meal. S. lat. 53° 39'. W. long. 



73" 52'- '2 



Topographical Table. 



Countiei, 



Albany 



Alleghany 



Broome 



Cattaraugus* 



Cayuga 



Chatauque* 



Chenango 



Clinton 



Columbia 



Cortlandt 



Delaware 



Duchefs 



Effex 



Franklin 



Genefee 



Greene 



Herkimer 



Jefferfon 



King's 



Lewis 



Madifon 



Montgomery 



New York 



Niagara 



Putnam.* 



Oneida 



Onondaga 



Ontario 



Orange 



Otfego 



Queen's 



Renffellaer 



Richmond 



Rockland 



Saratoga 



Scheneaady 



Schoharie 



Seneca 



Steuben 



St. Lawrence 



Carry up 372 822,792 



Suffolk 



