UPPER CANADA. 



SITUATION AND EXTENT. 

 Miles. Degrees. Sq. Miles. 



Length 1090? , • C74 and 97 West Longitude.} - nn onrt 



Breadth 525 \ between J 42 and 52 North Latitude. \ 600 ' 000 



Boundaries. ...Bounded by New Britain on the north; by Lower 

 Canada, New York, and lake Ontario, on the east ; by the lakes Su- 

 perior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, and by New York and the North 

 W.st territory of the United States, on the south ; and by the lakes 

 Winnipeg, Huron, and St. Clair, and by Michigan territory and New 

 Britain on the west. 



Divisions... .Upper Canada is divided into nineteen counties, viz. 

 Glengary, Stormount, Uundas, Grenville, Leeds, Frontenac, Ontario, 

 Addington, Lenox, Prince Edward, Hastings, Northumberland, Dur- 

 ham, York, Lincoln, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Kent. These are 

 subdivided into townships. 



Mountains. ...The most considerable mountains of this province are 

 a branch of the rocky mountains, which extend from the principal 

 range in about long. 120° west, to the eastern coast of Labrador. 



Rivers. ...The principal rivers are ; the French, which connects the 

 small lake Nipissing with lake Huron ; the Severn, which joins lake 

 Simcoe to Huron; the Thames, which discharges into lake St. Clair; 

 the Ouse, which empties into lake Erie ; and the Trent, falling into 

 the Ontario. The Michipicoten empties into the N.E. corner of lake 

 Superior, and the Nipogon unites the small lake St. Anne with Su- 

 perior. The Albany and Moose take their rise among the rocky 

 mountains, and flow into Hudson's Bay. The waters of the Trent and 

 Severn are nearly united by means of a number of small lakes, thus 

 forming what is called a back communication between lakes Huron 

 and Ontario. 



Lakes.. .The description of the great lakes which divide Upper 

 Canada from the United States, will be given under the latter. The 

 division line runs through the middle of lakes Superior, Huron, Erie, 

 and Ontario. 



Lake Winnipeg lies between latitude 50° 37' and 54° 30' W. Next 

 to lake Superior, it is the largest body of fresh water in the world. 

 Its length is 280 miles, and its breadth about 150. Its southern bank 

 is flat and level, and its northern high and rocky. 



Parallel to lake Winnipeg, and not far west from it, are the two 

 small lakes of Red Deer and Manitoba. They are each about half 

 the length of lake Winnipeg, and about one fourth as wide. 



The Lake of the Woods lies in lat. 49° 37' N. and long. 94° 31' 

 W. According to the treaty of Paris, the boundary line between the 

 United States and the British possessions runs through this lake and 

 continues westward till it strikes the Mississippi. This was owing 



