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mill, two tanneries, and two distilleries. There are also in the to'wnship one
Presbyterian church, and one Methodist chapel.
Population in 1841 (since when no census has been taken), 2,428.
Ratable property in the township, £54,272.
FLOS.
A Township in the Simcoe District; is bounded on the north by the township
of Tiny ; on the west by Sunnidale ; on the south by Vespra ; and on the
east by Medonte. In Flos, 5,749 acres are taken up, 685 of which are under
cultivation. The Nottawasaga river runs through the south west corner of the
township, and its north west corner is cutoff by the Nottawasaga Bay. A small
lake containing about 500 acres is situated in the north west of the township
about two miles from the bay; and another lake of the same extent in the north
of the township, on the town line between Flos and Medonte. The township
is well watered by numerous small streams. That portion of the township
bordering on the Penetanguishine Road, is light and sandy, and the timber
principally pine and hemlock. A short distance back from the road, the land
becomes heavy, and the timber good. The lower portion and the centre of the
township are level, the upper portion rolling. In Flos 24,000 acres of Crown
lands are open for sale at 8s. currency per acre.
Population in 1842, about 200.
Ratable property in the township, £2,536.
FORT ERIE.
A Fort situated in the south east corner of the township of Bertie, on the
Niagara Rivei% noted as being the scene of several severe engagements between
the British troops, and the invading Americans, during the last American war;
The principal of which took place, on the 28th October, 1812, when the fort
was captured by a large force of the enemy, and retaken by the British troops,
at the point of the bayonet; and again in August 1814, when, the fort having
previously fallen again into the hands of the enemy, General Drummond. at
the head of a party of British troops, advanced upon the fort for the purpose
of investing it. On the 13th August, having completed his batteries, he commenced
a brisk cannonade on the position of the enemy, which, with
a few intermissions, was continued for two days, after which it was determined
to carry tlie fort and outworks of the enemy by a nocturnal assault;
about two o'clock on the morning of the 15th the attack commenced; and after
a desperate conflict, the fort was carried, the enemy driven from the ramparts
at the point of the bayonet, and the guns of the fort turned upon the garrison ;
but at the very moment of victory, a large quantity of annnunition accidentally
took fire and exploded, by which the greater portion of the British forces, who had
entered the fort, were blown into the air; the fcAv British troops who survived
the explosion, were insufficient to maintain their position, and they were consequently
obliged to retire under shelter of their own works. On the 17th
September following, a large American force attacked the British batteries, and
succeeded in destroying the works; but before they could make good their retreat,
a reinforcement of British troops arrived, and they were soon obliged to make
a precipitate flight before the British bayonets, after losing nearly 600 men.
The American general soon after evacuated Fort Erie, and retreated across the
river to the United States, which ended the campaign.
FRANKVILLE.
A Settlement in the township of Kitley, situated on the Perth road, twentytwo
miles from Brockville. It contains about fifty inliabitants, one store, two
taverns, one saddler, and one blacksmith.