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TEOUMSKTH.
A Township in the Simcoe District ; is houndi'd on the north by tlie township
of Essa ; on the west by Adjaia ; on the south by Albion and Kinj:; ; and
on the east by Gwillinibury West. In Teciunseth 40,768 aeres are taken up,
11,576 of wliich are under cultivation. The township is well watered by
numerous small streams which unite in the north of the township, forming the
Nottawasaj];a River. A larjje swamp is situated on the town-line between
Tecuinseth and West GwiUinil)ury. wliich borders the Nottawasa;;a River, and
is joined in the north of the township by another swam|), whieli extends into
Adjala. Tecumseth is well settled, and contains many fine farms ; the land is
generally rolling-, and the timber of f>ood (lualiiy. There are in the township
one grist and six saw mills. In Tecumsetli 8,UU0 acres of Crown lauds are open
for sale, at Ss. c'y per acre.
Population in 1842, 2,491, who are principally Scotch, Irish, and Americans.
Ratable property in the township, £27,790.
TEMPERA NCEVILLE.
A Settlement in the township of Malaliide,
on Talbot Street, about ten miles
east from St. Thomas, situatid on Catfish Creek, or River liarbu. It contains
about 100 inliabitants, one store, two taverns, one waggon maker, one tailor,
one blacksmith,
THAMES, RIVER.
One of the principal rivers in Canada West, formerly called La Tranche.
The north, or principal branch, takes its rise in the great swamp, north of the
Huron District; passes through McKillop and Logan, into the north corner of
FuUarton, where it is joined by a branch from Hibbert. Lower down in the
township it is joined by a small bri;ncli; it then passes out of the south comer
of FuUarion, cuts across the east corner of Ulanshard into Nissouri, where it is
joined by a branch, called the " Avon." which runs through Easthope and
Zorra. It then tiows into the township of London, where it is joined by a
branch from IJsborn and IJiddulph. At the town of London it is joined by the
east branch, which takes its rise in Easthope forms the dividing line between
Blandford and Zorra, separates \V'esi from North Oxford, North from South
Dorchester, and then flows along the south border of the townshi]) of London,
separating it from Westminster. After joining the north brancli, the united
stream continues its course in a south-westerly direction, forming tlie dividing
boundary between the townships of Lobo, Carradoc, Ekfrid, Mosa, Zone, Camden
West, Chatham and Dover, on the north; and Delaware, Southwold, Dunwieh,
Aklboro, Orford, Howard, Harwich, Raleigh, and East Tilbury, on tlie
soutli; between which last township and Dover, it discharges itself into Lake
St. Clair. It is joined by many small streams in its course, and at Chatham it
is joined by M'Gregor's Ch-eek.
On the upper portions of tiiis river are numerous grist and saw mills.
At and above Delaware, it aii'ords fine trout fishing; and below, during the
spring, (|uantities of white fish, pike, pickerel, and maskelonge are taken, with
occasionally sturgeon. Several hundred barrels offish are frequently cui'ed at
and in the neighbourhood of Chatham.
The Thames is navigable for steamboats and schooners to Louisville, a
village nearly tliirty miles from its month, and might be made navigable to
London, at no very- great expense. To Louisville, it is of an average depth of
16 feet, and in breadth from 200 to 300 feet. The river passes tlirough some
of the fin^'st country in Western Canada; the banks on the upper portion being
high and rolling; while below, for a distance of about thiriy-five n\iles, the land
is mostly level and rich, forming some of the best fainiing laud in the Western
District; and noted for its sujiei-ior growth of wheat. Many of ihe farms ou
this portion of the river, have been settled for fifty years, and are in a high stateof
c-ultivation, with fine orchards.