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names according to the distance from the mouth of the Niagara River. The principal ones are: One Mile Creek, Two Mile Creek, Four Mile Creek, Eight Mile Creek, Ten Mile Creek, Twelve Mile Creek, Fifteen Mile Creek, Sixteen Mile Creek, Eighteen Mile Creek, Twenty Mile Creek, Thirty Mile Creek, Forty Mile Creek. The name of the inlet soon was attached to the stream running into the inlet. Geography of Lincoln County The County of Lincoln is divided into three parts: (1) the higher land above the "mountain," and (2) the lower land below the mountain, and (3) the hilly strip along the face of the mountain. The Niagara escarp¬ment runs east and west across the County at a distance from Lake Ontario of about seven miles at Queenston to about one mile at Grimsby. The mountain or escarp¬ment is about 200 feet high, and along most of the dis¬tance of nearly thirty miles, the limestone rock appears along the face of the escarpment. At many points, streams flow from the higher land over the escarpment to Lake Ontario, and where these streams fall over the steeper parts of the mountain, waterfalls are formed, several being smaller reproductions of Niagara Falls. The more important of these falls are DeCew Falls, on the Twelve; Adam's Falls, on the Fifteen; Ball's Falls, on the Twenty; and Beamer's Falls on the Forty. The scenery along the escarpment and especially around these falls is very fine. The County of Lincoln is shaped like a broad axe, with the handle towards Niagara and the edge of the blade along the Chippewa River. It is about thirty miles long from east to west, and about nine miles wide along the Niagara River, and fifteen miles wide along the western side. The boundaries are: (1) on the north, Lake On¬tario; (2) on the east, the Niagara River; (3) on the south, Welland County and Haldimand County; (4) on the west, Wentworth County. The County contains eight townships, which are: Niagara, Grantham, Louth, Clinton, North Grimsby, South Grimsby, Gainsboro, and Caistor. The County Town is St. Catharines. At St. Cath¬arines is the Court House, which contains the offices of (1) The County Judge, (2) The Sheriff, (3) The County Clerk and Treasurer, (4) The County Road Superintend¬ent, (5) The County Court Clerk, (6) The Police Magistrate, (7) The Crown Attorney, (8) The Agent of the Children's Aid Society, as well as the room where the County Council meets, and the Court Room. At St. Catharines is also located the County Gaol, and the County Home for Aged Persons and the County Registry Office. The Towns in Lincoln County are: Grimsby, Merrit-ton, and Niagara-on-the-Lake. The incorporated villages are: Beamsville, and Port Dalhousie. The police villages are: Queenston, St. Davids, Jordan, Vineland, Smithville, Campden and Jordan Station. Other smaller villages are: Virgil, Homer, Grimsby Beach, Silverdale, Silverdale Station, St. Anns, Bismark, Wellandport, Boyle, Port Davidson, Elcho, Wilcox, Warner's, Caistorville, Abingdon, Caistor Centre, Ful¬ton, Grassie. Surface of Lincoln County Below the mountain the land is fairly level and slopes gently towards Lake Ontario. Along the lake the