Archive Record
Metadata
Accession # |
A2010.126 |
Title |
Smith's Canadian Gazetteer comprising statistical and general information respecting all parts of the upper province or Canada West, 1846. |
Date |
1846 |
Description |
Smith's Canadian Gazetteer comprising statistical and general information respecting all parts of the upper province or Canada West, 1846. Photocopies of the preface, map, and Wellington District entries from "Smith's Canadian Gazetteer comprising statistical and general information respecting all parts of the upper province, or Canada West [including]: - distance tables - government and district officers adn magistrates in each district. - list of post offices, with tehir distances from some of the principal towns. - stage and steamboat fares. - principal hotels and taverns. - rates of toll on teh welland canal and some of the principal harbours. - lists of exports. - quantity of Crown lands for sale in each township. - names and addresses of land agents and forwarders. - The leading features o feach locality as regards soil, climate, etc with the average value of land. with a mass of other desirable and useful information for the man of business, traveller, or emigrant, with a map of the upper province compliled expressly for the work, in which are laid down all the towns and principal village." Written by Wm. H. Smith whose methodology for compiling this information is laid out in his preface. He states that he was drawn to compiling this first gazetteer of the province because he was so taken aback by all of the misconceptions about Ontario's land and climate that he encountered by Americans and the British. Note: Bon Accord is listed as "Irvine Settlement"; Rockwood is listed as "Strange's Mill". |
Creator \ Maker |
Smith, W. H. [Author] |
Creator \ Maker |
H. and W. Rowsell [Publisher] |
Item Name |
Gazetteer Statistics Map |
Person \ Organization |
Armstrong, George Bottschin, Jacob Buist, William Clark, William Cowan, James Davidson, George Durnford, A. Drysdale, Alexander Ferguson, Adam Fordyce, Alexander Dingwall Heming, Edward Francis Hewat, William Hobson, William Hodgskin, Thomas Inglis, John Jackson, Richard Martin, E. McGlashen, L. McKee, John Mickle, Charles Mockridge, James Murton, Edward Palmer, Arthur (Rev.) Parkinson, Joseph Paterson, Archibald Phinn, James Reynolds, William Smellie, George (Rev.) Strange, Henry Thurtell, Benjamin Trout, Henry Webster, James Webster, Thomas |
Place |
Canada West Upper Canada Amaranth Twp. Arthur Arthur Twp. Conestoga River Credit River Egremont Twp. Elora Eramosa Twp. Erin Twp. Fergus Garafraxa Twp. Gore District Grand River Guelph Guelph Twp. Bon Accord Luther Twp. Maitland River Maryborough Twp. Minto Twp. Nichol Twp. Paisley Block Peel Twp. Puslinch Twp. Saugeen River Speed River Waterloo Waterloo Twp. Wellesley Twp. Wellington District Wilmot Twp. Woolwich Twp. |
Subject |
Immigration Law Religion Agriculture Property Geology Geography |
Photo, Map # |
MAP |
Year Range from |
1846 |
Year Range to |
1846 |
Accession # |
A2010.126 |
Containers |
MU 985 |