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ENNISKILLEN.
A Township in the Western District; is Ijomided on the east by the township
of Brooke; on tiie north by Plynipton; on tlie west by Moore; and on the south
by Dawn. In Knniskillen, 2450 acres are taken up, 347 of which are under
cultivation. The north brancli of Hear Creek runs across the township, entering
it at its north-east corner, and making its exit at its south-west corner. This
township possesses a larjj;e portion of excellent land, but it is as yet but little
settled. Seven thousand five hundred acres of Crown lands are open for sale in
Enuiskillen, at S.v. c'y per acre. There is a grist and saw- mill, and tannery in
the township.
Population taken with that of the township of Moore.
Ratable property in the township, X 1,2 12.
ERAMOSA.
A Township in the Wellinijton District; is bounded on the north-east by the
township of Erin; on the north-west by Garafraxa; on the south-west by Nichol
and (Juelph; and on the south-east by Nassagaweya. In Eraniosa 28,701 acres
are taken up, 7,285 of which are under cultivation. A branch of the Grand
River passes through the township. The upper portion of the township, to the
bank of the river, is excellent" land; below, it is broken and stony. Eramosa is
thickly settled, principally by Scotch and Irish, many of whom have fine farms.
In tlie south-east of the townshiji, on a brancli of the Speed, there are "Strange's
Mills " and shingle machine, and at the same place a last factory, blacksmith,
and Quaker meeting-house. At " Murphy's Mills," or "Little Falls," there are
a saw mill, carding macliine, fulling mill, and store. At "Cripp's Mills," on
the town line between Eramosa and Nassagaweya, a grist and saw mill, and
Store. Altogether there are six saw mills in the township.
No census has been taken since 1841, wiien the population amounted to 935.
Ratable property in the township, 20,839.
ERIE, LAKE.
The most southerly of the Canadian lakes; and also the most shallow. It
forms the soutiiern boundary of the Niagara, Talbot, London and Western Districts.
It is 231 miles in length; and, in its widest part, about 70 miles in
breadth. It receives the waters of the upper lakes from the Detroit River; and
discharges itself into the Niagara River. It is 564 feet above the level of the
6i-a; and thirty feet below Lake Huron. Several small islands are scattered
over the western extremity of the lake; only one of which, " Point Pele Island,"
is inliabited. This is the most dangerous of all the lakes to navigate in stormy
weather, jn consequence of the ground swell, from the shallowness of the lake,
being very heavy. The banks vary in height; no portion of them, however, is
above a hundred feet in height There are considerable quantities of red cedar
on particular jjortions of the coast. The principal harbours on the Canadian
side of Lake Erie are Port Dover, Port Stanley, and the Rond 'Eau.
ERIEUS.
The name of a post office, in the township of Raleigh, on Talbot Road—ten
miles from Blenheim. There is a tavern two miles farther west.
ERIN.
A Township in the Wellington District; is bounded on the north-east by the
township of Caledon; on the north-west by Garafraxa; on the south-west by
Eramosa; and on the south-east by Esqmsing. In Erin 32,447 acres are taken
up, 7,945 of which are under cultivation. Much of the land in the township is
hilly and stony. There is a small settlement in the south-west of the township
called •' McMullen's Mills," where are a grist and saw mill, tavern and blacksmith's
shop, and between forty and fifty inhabitants. There are one grist and four