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SCARBOROUGIL
A Township in the Home District; is bounded on tlie east by the township
of Pickerinfi; on tlie north by Maritham; on the west by Yorii; and on the
south by Lake Ontario. In Scarborough 38,709 acres are taken up, 1G,083 of
which are under cultivation. Tiie River Don runs through the west of the
township, and the River Rouge through the east. Tlie land l)ordering on the
lake is nuistly poor, and the timlier princijjally pine; in the rear of the township
the land improves, and the tini])er is mostly hardwood. Scarborough is well
settled, and contains many good farms: a large portion of which are let to the
occupants; the average rent being .l!2 per acre. There are one grist and
ei^jhteen saw mills in the township, and large quiintities of sawed lumber are
exported.
Population in 1842, 2750; who are principally English, Irish, and Scotch
emigrants.
Ratable property in the township, £42,181.
SCOTLAND,
A Village in the south-west of the township of Oakland. It contains about
150 inhabitants.
Piqfetmions and Trades.—Two stores, two taverns, one tannery, one saddler,
one chair maker, one cabinet maker, one blacksmith. There is a carding
machine and fulling mill near the village.
SCOTT.
A Township in the Home District ; is bounded on the east by the townships
of Reach and Brock ; on the north by Georgina ; on the west by East Gwillimbury;
and on the south by Uxbridge. In Scott .5078 acres are taken up. 4.50
of which are under cultivation. The township is well Matered by numerous
small streams running through it. It is as yet but little settled. Six hundred
acres of Crown lands are open for sale in Scott, at 8s. currency per acre.
For population of the township, see Uxbridge.
Ratable property in the township, £2063.
SELBORNE, or TALBOT MILLS.
A Village in the townships of Yarmouth and Soutlnvold, situated on Kettle
Creek, close to the plank road—one mile and half from Port Stanley.
Professions and Trades.—One grist mill, two distilleries, one foundry, two
physicians and surgeons, one druggist, two stores, two taverns, two blacksmiths,
one waggon maker, one shoemaker, one tailor.
SENECA.
A Township in the Gore District , is bounded on the east by the to^mship of
Canboro'; on the north-east by Caistor, Biubrook, and Glanford ; on the northwest
by Onondaga ; on the south-west by the Grand River ; and on the southeast
by the township of Cayuga. In Seneca 6182 acres are taken up. 3063 of
which are under cultivation. There is a large proportion of good land in the
township: it is mostly rolling; and the timber principally hardwood, with a
small quantity of jiiue intermixed. There is abundance of fine large white-oak
within convenient distances of the river. The villages of Caledonia, Seneca,
York, and Indiana are in the townshi]i. all situated on the Grand River. There
are four grist and eleven saw mills in the township; and large quantities of sawn
lumber are exported from it.
Population in 1841, 831.
Ratable property in tlie township, .£16,316.