. Papers and records of the Wentworth Historical Society . amining the country aroundthe present site of the city of London, which in the opinion ofthe Governor was a very desirable situation for the metropolisof Canada. Lord Dorchester favored Kingston. A com-promise was agreed upon, and Toronto, then called York, be-came the capital. When the Governor returned to Niagara, he issued the fol-lowing instructions to Mr. Augustus Jones, Deputy ProvincialSurveyor: You are to proceed immediately to BurlingtonBay (formerly Lake Geneva), and from thence to the extentof bateau navigation in Cootes Par
. Papers and records of the Wentworth Historical Society . amining the country aroundthe present site of the city of London, which in the opinion ofthe Governor was a very desirable situation for the metropolisof Canada. Lord Dorchester favored Kingston. A com-promise was agreed upon, and Toronto, then called York, be-came the capital. When the Governor returned to Niagara, he issued the fol-lowing instructions to Mr. Augustus Jones, Deputy ProvincialSurveyor: You are to proceed immediately to BurlingtonBay (formerly Lake Geneva), and from thence to the extentof bateau navigation in Cootes Paradise, at or near a creek(Beasleys creek) which falls from the mountain, and thencecommence your survey by running, measuring and slightlymarking a line south 770 west, until you strike the riverThames, which it is conjectured, you will do near the UpperForkes. When Mr. A. Jones had completed this survey, andsent his report to the government, it was found that this line,instead of running south 77° west as conjectured, ran south COUNTY OF WENT WORTH, 65. CAPT. JOSEPH BRANT. 66 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE 780 30 west. These instructions bear the date of March 19th, J793- The first surveys made in the Niagara peninsula were twotownships fronting on the Niagara river, and extending as farsouth as the Welland river. These were known as Town-ships Nos. 1 and 2, in the district of Nassau. On the westside of No. 1, and extending westward to Cootes Paradise, arange of townships was surveyed, and wTere known as Town-ships Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, in the district of Nassau. In therear of No. 7 another township was surveyed. These surveyswere made in 1790 and 1791. On the north side of LakeGeneva a portion of a township was surveyed in 1791, andcalled the Township of Geneva. On the 18th December, Governor Simcoe issued a procla-mation designating these townships by names instead of num-bers, as follows: No. t, Newark, changed to Niagara in1800; 2, Stamford; 3, Grantham; 4, Louth; 5, Clinto
Size: 1421px × 1759px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidpapersrecord, bookyear1915
