Smith's Canadian gazetteer - ElectricCanadian.com
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Middleton is situated in the to-wnship. on the Talbot street. There are sereii<br />
saw mills in the township.<br />
Population in 1841, 555.<br />
Ratable property in the township, £7673.<br />
MIDDLETOWN.<br />
A Village in the township of West Gwlllimbury, two miles west of Bradford,<br />
on the Bond Head road, contains about fifty inhabitants. There is a good<br />
and <strong>com</strong>fortable tavei'n, one blacksmith, one wheelwright, one shoemaker, one<br />
carpenter.<br />
MILFORD.<br />
A small Village in the south-west corner of the township of Marj^sburgh.<br />
It contains about 100 inhabitants, grist and saw mill, one blacksmith, one shoe<br />
maker, one tailor.<br />
MILL CREEK.<br />
A Village in the township of Ernestown, situated on the eastern road thirteen<br />
miles Avest from Kingston, contains about 150 inhabitants, who have a Catholic<br />
clim-ch.<br />
Post Office, post every day.<br />
Prufcssions arid Trades.—One grist and saw mill, carding machine and fulUng<br />
null, planing machine, two stores, three taverns, two tailors, two shoemakers.<br />
MILLBROOK.^<br />
A Village in the township of Cavan, situated a little south of the centre of<br />
tlie township. It contains about 250 inhabitants, who have a Methodist chapel.<br />
Professiutis and Trades.—Two physicians and surgeons, one grist and saw<br />
mill, one distillery, one tannery, four stores, two taverns, two waggon makers,<br />
four blacksmiths.<br />
Post Office, post twice a week.<br />
MILLE ROCHES.<br />
A Village in the township of Cornwall, five miles from the town ot Cornwall.<br />
It is situated between the River St. Lawrence and the Cornwall canal. It was<br />
once flourishing, biit the formation of the Cornwall Canal has cut it off from<br />
the surrounding countiy. A quarry of splendid black lime stone, resembling<br />
black marble, and which takes a beautiful polish, is situated close to the village.<br />
Mille Roches contains a grist and saw mill, carding machine and fulUng rnill^<br />
and two stores.<br />
Po.st Office, post every day.<br />
MILTON MILLS.—(5ec Lambton.)<br />
MILLVILLE, OR ELLOTT'S MILLS.<br />
A small Village in the township of Darlington, six miles north of Bowman<br />
ville. It contains about 150 inliabitauts, grist and saw mill, two stores, one<br />
tavern, one blacksmitli, one tixilor, one shoemaker.<br />
MIMICO.<br />
A Village in the township of Etobicoke, situated on Dundas Street, on the<br />
Etobicoke Creek, nine miles and a half from Toronto. It contains about 150<br />
inliabitanls. A neat Wesleyan chapel is erected, and an Episcopal chm'ch is in<br />
course of erection.<br />
Jliniico contains two saw-mills, one store, one physician and surgeon, two<br />
tiiveiTiB, one blacksmith, one butcher, one baker, two shoemakers, two wheelwrights<br />
and waggon makers, two carpenters and joiners, one tailor.