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UTie goTemment agent for disposing of Crown lands, Mr. J. Hawkins, reside*
here.
AI.LENBURG.
A Village in the township of Thorold, situated on the Welland Canal, 8 miles
from St. Catherine's. It possesses a town-hall for public meetings.
Population about 500.
Professions ajtd Trades.—One grist mill, one saw ditto, carding machine and
cloth factory, candle factory, pipe factory, four stores, two taverns, one waggon
maker, one cabinet maker, one blacksmith and one baker.
AMARANTH.
A Township in the Wellington District : is bounded on the east by the township
of INIono ; on the north by Melancthon ; on the west by Luther ;
and on
the south by Garrafraxa. In Amaranth 2,710 acres are taken up, ""1 of which
are under cultivation. This township is as yet but little sett i* 1. Fifteen
thousand and fifty acres of crown lands are open for sale in it, at 8s. i. ';
psr acre.
Population in 1841, 105.
Ratable property in the township, £1,295.
AMELIASBURGH.
A Township in the Prince Edward District :
is bounded on the north and east
by the Bay of Quinte ; on the west by Weller's Bay (with the exception of the
north-west corner, where it joins the township of Murray, and a small portion
of the south-east comer, which is bounded by Sophiasbursjh); and on the sou h
by Lake Consecon, Consecon Creek, and the township of Hillier. Ameliasburgh
contains 40,466 acres, 15,217 of which are under cultivation. Two portions of
the bay, which are bordered by marsh, extend for some distance into this township.
A creek, also bordered by marsh, runs across the township, north of the
centre, from west to east, and a small lake, called Roblin's Lake, is situated
about the centre of the township. There is a ferry established across the bay
from this township to Belleville. Population in 1841, 2,115, many of whom are
of Dutch extraction. There are two grist and three saw-mills in the township.
Ratable property in the township, £40,400.
AMHERST ISLAND.
An Island in Lake Ontario, situated opposite the township of Emestown, so
called from the Earl of Amherst ; the name originally given it by the French,
being " Isle of Tanti." It was originallj' granted by the Crown to Sir John
Johnston, for military services. The upper portion of it has been settled about
70 years, and the remainder about 25 years. The principal part of the island
is now owned by the Earl of Mountcashel. The land is generally of very good
quality, and the tenants are in comfortable circumstances. The steamboats
touch here on their passages to and from Trent and Kingston. Amherst island
forms a township of the Midland Distr""' ; 13,.'87 acres of land are taken up
in the island, 50.30 of which arc under cultivation. There is a Post Office on
the island, and an Episcopal Church. There are also on the island, one physician
and surgeon, one store, two taverns, three ship-builders, five tailors, seven
ihoemakers, five carpenters, twelve weavers, two blacksmiths.
Population, 1104.
Ratable property, £11,185.
AMHERSTBURG.
A garri.son Town, in the township of Maiden, in the county of Essex:
gixteen miles from Sandwich, on the Detroit River. It was commenced in the
year 1798, soon after the evacuation of Detroit. The situation is good, but
most of the streets arc rather narrow. The banks of the river, both above and
b«low the town, hut particularly the latter, where the river emerges into Lake