Smith's Canadian gazetteer : comprising statistical and general information respecting all parts of the upper province, or Canada West ... With a map of the upper province, 1846

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Smith, William Henry, Author

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This publication - "Smith's Canadian gazetteer : comprising statistical and general information respecting all parts of the upper province, or Canada West ... With a map of the upper province" - contained early references to the present day Municipality of Brighton and those references have been gathered into this catalogue record to help document the history of Brighton.

Toronto: Pub. for the author by H. & W. Rowsell, 1846

Contents (with pagination of the original publication):
Title page
p.19 Brighton
p.95 Lake Ontario Presqu'Isle
p.120 Murray Township
p.153 Presqu'Isle Harbour
p.247 Smithfield cattle show

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Located on the right hand side of this catalogue record (and on the BDA homepage) is a heading entitled "Groups of Related Records" - "Directories and Gazetteers" - click on this link to view the other publications related to this larger subject matter.

(The complete title of this publication is: "Smith's Canadian gazetteer : comprising statistical and general information respecting all parts of the Upper Province, or Canada West: distance tables; government and district officers and magistrates in each district; list of post offices, with their distances from some of the principal towns; stage and steamboat fares; principal hotels and taverns; rates of toll on the 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 of each locality as regards soil, climate, &c., 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, compiled expressly for the work, in which are laid down all the towns and principal villages.")

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