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some persons who had obtained grants therein 

 were on these considerations permitted to locate 

 their lands in the township of Acton. 



Chatham is situated on the north side 

 of the Ottawa River, in the county of York, 

 bounded on the east by the seigniory of Argen- 

 teuil, on the west by Grenville, and in the rear 

 by Wentworth. It has been surveyed, divided 

 into farm lots, and all granted. Colonel Ro- 

 bertson, who obtained the largest proportion of 

 any person therein, has been the active pro- 

 moter of an extensive settlement along the 

 river, where the soil is well varied and good, fit 

 for grain, hemp, flax, or indeed most other pro- 

 ductions, and which is also the case with the 

 greatest portion of the township. There are also 

 many fine tracts of natural meadow, and some 

 rich pastures. In the rear the surface is broken 

 and uneven, the land inferior in quality, and 

 choked with rocks and other impediments to 

 cultivation. The timber in general is of the 

 best sorts, with much valuable pine and oak, 

 fit for naval purposes. By the side of the 

 Ottawa there is a good road, that is the main 

 route from Montreal to the upper townships on 

 the bank of that river. The Rivifere du Nord 

 and several smaller streams water it; by the 

 first mentioned, the timber felled in this and 

 some of the adjoining townships is floated down 



