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the present district of Huron, is bounded on the east by tlie Talbot and Hrock
Districts ; ou tlie nortli by the Huron District ; on tlio west by tlie VVt'steru
District; and o'.i the south by Luke Erie.
Tiie district is watered by tlie liiver Tliames, the north or principal branch
of whicii enters the district in the east of the township of l^oudon; in tiie south
of the township it receives the east branch; it tlien flows south, and afterwards
south-west, forming the dividing- boundary between the townships of Lobo,
Caradoe, Ekfrid. and Mosa, on tiie north; and Westminster. Delaware, Southwold,
Diinwich, and Aldboroujrji, on the south. Tlie district is also watered
by Oiler Creek, Kettle Creek, Bear Creek, Catfish Creek, and the River Aiix
Sables.
This is a district containing a large portion of very excellent land; there is
some poor laud in it, but t'le (juantity is com])arativel\' small, 'i'he land in the
district is mostly rolling, and on the banks of all the rivtrs and creeks there are
many beautiful situations for farms. Some parts of the disti'ict have been settled
abiuit forty years, and are now in a high SLate of cultivati m. The oldest settled
town in the district is St. Thomas, which was laid out about thirty years since. The
town of London, the present district town, was laid out in the y.'ar li2G, at which
time the " London" was declared a separate district. Previous to the building of
Lmdon the village of Vittoria, in tlie township of Charlotteville, now in the Talbot
District, was the district town. The best settled townsliips in the district, are
Yarmiuth, London, Westminster, Southwold, and Malaiiide. Yarmouih, J^ondon,
Delaware, ^Lllahide, Carradoc, Adelaide, Dunwich, Aldborough, and J^obo,
are settled principally by emigrants from (Jreat Jiritain and Ireland. Westminster
is settled principally by Americans and Pcnnsylvanian Dutch. Most
of the settlers in the Loudon District are in comfortable circumstances, and
many of them have become independent. Many of the farms have large clearings,
and are in a good state of cultivation, with flourishing orchards. Excellent
roads are made through the district, leading from the town of London to Brantford
and Hamilton, Gait and Guelph, and Goderich, Cliatliam, Port Sarnia, and
Stanley; the latter of which is planked, and passes through the flourishing
village of St. Thomas.
Large (juantities of fine wheat and other grain are grown in this district and
exported; and a considerable business is carried on, on the different m'dl streams,
in .sawed lumber, much of which is exported. Eighteen thousand acres of land
were brought into cultivation betw'een January, 184i2, and January, 1844.
The principal towns and villages in the district are London, in the township
ofLoad(m; St. Thomas and Port Stanley, in i'armouth; Delaware in Delaware;
and Uiehmoud and Vienna, in Bayham.
In the Loudon District 600 acres only of Crown lands are open for sale, at
8s. currency per acre, to purchase any of which application must be made to
the Crown lands agent at London.
Population in 1842, 31,350, since when it has probably increased on-fifth.
The following abstract from the assessment rolls will show the rate of increase
and improvement in the district.
I>atc.
of
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Acres
Cultivated.
Grist.
Saw.
,
O.-cpn, 4 years Horned Cattle, Amount of
Milch Cows. old, and 'J to 4 Ra'ablc
upwards years old. Properly.
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1842 35
1S43 119,803 34
1^44 130,329 35
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79
80
93
11.440
11,995
12,102
5299
5717
6096
6378
7049
603G
1
£408.330
427,216
I 455,373
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