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Waterloo; and on the south and south-east by Beverly and Fl;inihoronirh. In
Puslinch SOjlir).'} acres are taken up, of wliicli l.{,14n are under culli\ation.
There are two lakes in the township, about nine miles from (Jiielph—one of
wliich contains between 4 and 500 acriis—the other at a distance of a quarter of
a mile, contains about 50 acres. The land between the lakes is marshy. There
are two small islands in the larger lake. There are five saw mills in tl»e
township.
Popuiatioii in 1841, 1500; who are principally Highland Scotch.
Ii;itable property in the township, £59,8()t;.
QUEKNSTON.
A Village in the township of Niagara, seven miles from the town of Nia.aara,
seven miles fioni the Falls, and ibrty-seven miles from Hamilton. It is
pleasantly situated on the Niagara Hiver, below the Heights, and opposite the
American village " Lewiston." Before the opening of the Wellaiid Canal,
Queenston was a place of consldeiable business, being one of the jirincipal
de|>ots for merchandise intended for the west, and also for storing grain: as
nmeh as forty or fifty thousand bushels of wheat have been shijiped here in a
si.ason, which now finds its way by the Welland Canal. A rail-road from
Queenston to ChipiJcwa, /line miles in length, which cost about .i 19,000, was
commenced in 1S;55 by a con'.pany of proprietors, and completed in 1841. A
single line of rails was laid down, which passes close to, and above the Falls of
Niagara; and during the summer the cars run daily, (fare to Chippewa, iis. &d.
currency), and .steamboats from Buli'alo meet the cars at Chi|»pewa. A telegraphic
communication is about being established wltli Lewision; and a macadamized
road is being formed to St. Catharines. A horse ferry-boat plies acros"9
tlie river from Queenston to Lewiston. A handsome monument was erected on
the Heights above the village, to the memory of the late General Brock, who
was killed here on tiie l-'ith October, ISli, -while repelling an invading army of
Americans. This monument was blown up by some scoundrel during a night in
tlie beginning of April, 1841. A subscription has since been raised for tlie
purpose of rebuilding if; but the work is not yet commenced. The Niagara
River at Queenston is onl}- about GOO feet in width. The banks above the
town are 230 feet in height; and, below the Heights, they are only about 70
feet. From the Heights above the town a very fine view may be obtained of the
surrounding country. The Niagara River is supposed at one time to have been
precipitated over these Heights, instead of wliere the Falls now are. During
the season, boats ply here regularly from Toronto, and stages run from Hamilton
to meet the boats. A party of Bifles are stationed at Queenston. Churches
and chapels— Episcopal (gone to decay). Baptist, and Presbyterian (not completed);
Methodists use the school room.
Post Office, post every day.
Population about .300.
Professions and Trades.—One lawyer, one tannery, three stores, eight taverns,
one waggon maker, two blacksmiths, one baker, four shoemakers, one tailor.
Principal Tavern— " Queenston Hotel."
QFEEXSVILLE.
A small Village two miles above Sharon, in the township of East Gwillimbury;
c^mtains about fifty inhabitants, two stores, one ashery, one blacksmith, one
shoemaker, one pump maker.
QUINTE, BAY OF.
Is, properly speaking, an expansion of the River Trent ; at the mi'Uth of xvhicb
River it commences. It is very irregularly shaped, and forms the northern
boundary of the Prince Edward District; and enters Lake Ontario a little west
of Amherst Island. In its course it receives the Moira, Salmon and Nayanee