Map of Elmsley North and South by John Stegmann, 1804

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John Stegmann

, Surveyor

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Catalogued by Archives of Ontario and downloaded from their site.

Digital Image Number: I0050666.jpg
Title Elmsley Township North and South
Place Elmsley Township North and South
Creator Ontario Government Record
Format Map
Reference Code RG 1-100
Item Reference Code RG 1-100-0-0-550
Subject Maps Crown Lands
Title Elmsley Township North and South
Dates of Creation [178?]-[ca. 1978]
File/Item Ref. Code RG 1-100-0-0-550
Creator Code Map 13
File or Item Forms a Part of This file or item forms a part of the following group of records:
RG 1-100 Patent plans

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.

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A detail of this map was illustrated in Glenn J. Lockwood's "Smiths Falls: A Social History of the Men and Women in a Rideau Canal Community 1794-1994", p.17 - plate 9 - the caption reads: "Detail from map of Elmsley township showing the eastern section of concessions one to six, prepared by the surveyor John Stegmann, 1804. This map is of interest for two reasons. It offers a rare depiction of the original dimensions and course of the Rideau River and its tributaries in the immediate region around Smyth's falls before the mill dam of 1823 and canalisation beginning in 1827 altered forever the configuration of the waterway. The east end of the lower Rideau Lake can be seen in the upper left hand corner, and Lock Island is clearly discernible, but Jason Island is obscured under the second S of the name SMITHS FALLs added at a later date. The map shows the stranglehold that the Smyth, Arnold and White families had on land around Smyth's falls, preventing the village from developing. On various lots the notation "The Heirs of Geo. Smith" has been crossed out and replace by the name of his son Thomas."

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