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Smith's 1846 Canadian
Gazetteer
Geographical Names in the Gazetteer
Preface
Early History
Climate. . .
Divisions & Extent of the Upper Province
Bathurst District
Dalhousie District
Eastern District
Johnstown District
Midland District
Ottawa District

Smith's
CANADIAN GAZETTEER
COMPRISING
STATISTICAL AND GENERAL INFORMATION RESPECTING
ALL PARTS OF THE UPPER PROVINCE, OR
C A N A D A   W E S T :
DISTANCE TABLES;
GOVERNMENT AND DISTRICT OFFICERS AND MAGISTRATES IN EACH DISTRICT;
LIST OF POST OFFICES, WITH THEIR DISTANCES FROM SOME OF THE
PRINCIPAL TOWNS;
STAGE AND STEAMBOAT FARES; PRINCIPAL HOTELS AND TAVERNS;
RATES OF TOLL ON THE WELLAND CANAL AND SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL HARBOURS;
LISTS OF EXPORTS; QUANTITY OF CROWN LANDS FOR SALE IN EACH TOWNSHIP;
NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF LAND AGENTS AND FORWARDERS;
THE LEADING FEATURES OF EACH LOCALITY AS REGARDS SOIL, CLIMATE, &C.,
WITH THE AVERAGE VALUE OF LAND.

WITH A MASS OF OTHER DESIRABLE AND USEFUL INFORMATION FOR
THE MAN OF BUSINESS, TRAVELLER OR EMIGRANT.

THE WHOLE COLLECTED FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES, VERIFIED BY PERSONAL OBSERVATION AND
INQUIRIES, DURING NEARLY THREE YEARS DEVOTED TO THE SUBJECT, IN WHICH TIME THE AUTHOR VISITED EVERY DISTRICT, TOWN, AND VILLAGE, IN SEARCH OF INFORMATION.


WITH A
MAP OF THE UPPER PROVINCE,
COMPILED EXPRESSLY FOR THE WORK, IN WHICH ARE LAID DOWN ALL THE
TOWNS AND PRINCIPAL VILLAGES.

BY
WM. H. SMITH.


Dedicated by Permission to Lord Metcalfe, late Governor General
of British North America.

1846

TORONTO:
PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR, BY R. & W. ROWSELL.

Price: Ten Shillings