Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning's lake and river guide; . at plies daily. Hamilton City, capital of Wentworth co., Canada West,delightfully situated on the south side, and at the head of,Burlington bay, and on the Great Western railroad, 52 milessouthwest of Toronto. It is well situated for, and has, alarge lake trade, being surrounded by a rich agricultural dis-trict. Pop. 19,500. TORONTO CITY, One of the capitals, and most populous city, of Canada West,is finely situated on a bay of Lake Ontario. The plan of thecity forms a parallelogram, with the streets intersecting atright angles. It is next t
Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning's lake and river guide; . at plies daily. Hamilton City, capital of Wentworth co., Canada West,delightfully situated on the south side, and at the head of,Burlington bay, and on the Great Western railroad, 52 milessouthwest of Toronto. It is well situated for, and has, alarge lake trade, being surrounded by a rich agricultural dis-trict. Pop. 19,500. TORONTO CITY, One of the capitals, and most populous city, of Canada West,is finely situated on a bay of Lake Ontario. The plan of thecity forms a parallelogram, with the streets intersecting atright angles. It is next to Montreal, in point of importance,in the province. It has excellent hotels, and several humaneand literary institutions. No town in either province has sorapidly advanced, in what constitutes a thriving city, asToronto. Steamboats ply constantly to all the ports on thelake during the season of navigation. Founded in 43,000. Coburg, capital of Northumbei-land co., Canada West, 65miles east of Toronto, is delightfully situated on the north. VIA LAKE OXTARIO AND ST. LAWKENOli KIVEK. 137 shore of the lake; well laid out, and enjoys a flourishingtrade. Pop. 5,360. Belleville, Hastings co., Canada West, 44 miles east ofCoburg; a pleasant, enterprising town at the mouth of theTrent river. Pop. 4,500. Kingston City, capital of Fontinac co., Canada West, 210miles southwest of Montreal, at the head of the river St. Law-rence, and the northeast extremity of Lake Ontario, has asafe harbor, and is now in a state of great prosperity, althoughthe removal of the seat of government to Montreal, in 1841,proved, for a time, a great detriment to its increase. It is alarge commercial port, enjoying great facilities for various literary and humane institutions, with which thecity abounds, are well sustained. Founded in 1784; incor-porated as a city in 1838. Pop. 19,000. Opposite Kingstonlies a large island, called Wolfes Island; it is well settled,having upward of six thousand a
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