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Ttto  Imagof  appooHno  hara  are  tha  bait  quality 
poaalbia  oonaldarln^  tfia  condition  and  lagibllity 
of  tha  original  copy  and  In  kaaplng  with  tha 
filming  corTiract  apaolfloatlona. 


Original  oopiaa  in  printed  paper  covert  are  filmed 
beginning  with  the  front  cover  and  ending  on 
the  laat  page  with  a  printed  or  lliuf  treted  iniprea- 
aion,  or  the  back  cover  when  appropriate.  All 
other  original  coplaa  are  filmed  beginning  on  the 
firat  page  with  a  printed  or  lliuttratad  imprea- 
aion,  and  ending  on  the  laat  page  with  a  printed 
or  illuatratad  impreaaion. 


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ahaH  contain  tha  aymboi  -^>  (meaning  "CON- 
TifAjfiO"),  or  the  aymboi  V  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  appliaa. 

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different  reduction  ratioa.  Thoae  tdo  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  expoaure  are  filmed 
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right  and  top  to  b.ottom,  aa  many  framea  aa  ; 
raquirad.  The  following  diagrama  iliuatrata  tiia 
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de  la  nettet«  de  I'exemplaira  fllm4,  et  en 
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orlginaux  aont  film*a  mn  commenqant  par  la 
premlAre  pege  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impreaaion  ou  d'llluatratlon  et  en  termlnant  par 
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lai  iKiiNt  atUoatra  bodj  of  Lakaa  yat  diaM>«ar«d  on  (ha  faaa  ol  Um  Oloko,  »iU  «mM«  Imt  !•  Im  thit 
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•  K«y  of llM  imUnti  Waotara  CooaaMraa  by  (onaiop  aaay  aoMaa  from  tbo  iatoriW  to 
h  li,  tlMr«(br«^  oa  «»•  ttt4UI<Ma  a|iflteatloa  of  liar  phyiksal  adraiUacaa  lo  tbia  olijaot,  tkM  I 
■Mrity  wUt  abtoflv  dapand. 

"   Tliara  ar4  two  Uam  of  navkabla  Watara  tlurough  Canada,  aaoabia  of  Iwing  oooTortod  iato  < 
«Ml  Lako  HafM.     Oaa  on  (ka  diroction  of  tha  OtUwa  to  Montraal,  lo  aecompUah  wUalk,  i 
atMoiaiac  aouatry,  a  Cooapaay  ia  now  forminc  in  Enftand  and  IraUnd  on  •  vary  broad  aad  i 
tL  otlMT  ia  by  Lak*  Mawaa,  Ibo  miatlow.  Lakaa  aad  Rivar  TiMt,  lo  Laka  Oatario,  ia  rafcranaa  t«  frUa^ 
ftaaolulloaa  baVa  iaoaad  troim  a  maoliBg  of  Iba  inbabitanU  of  ibat  quartar.  rl 

DaMlad  by  tba  loaal  advaatagaa  wbCb  atay  raaoll  from  tba  aadortaking.  thar  oom*  to  \mf  ImI  ^if  if 
ftHMal  lapartant  poiat.  wbieb  a  OMro  aalar|ad  aatioaal  viaw  of  Iha  aubjaet  nlg^t  bay*  toi  tlwa  to  ( 

flato.    At  Am  atobt  tba  aMoaura^  "Pf*"  '**  '"'*  *^  *""*''*  *'**  **"**  "'^^t  '''**  alaMOt  tba  ( 
aaaaa  to  ba,  wlkiab  ia  BMal  praetiaabia ;    but  upon  eloaar  ioapcction  tbay  will  ba  fouad  of 
obaraatar,  ia  rtopabt  to  Ibair  futura  baariag  and  aflact  on  tha  gaaaral  interaato  of  Iba  aouatry> 

A  eo«iaiar«tal  eowauaiaatioa  bj  tha  OttoWa,  baiag  through  ito  wbofe  liaa  aa  diataat  froaa  tha  frwiltor,  aai 
ta  Biaah  ahortor  thaa  aay  Routo  wUeh  tha  Amarieana  ean  oooiaMnd  frooa  Naw  Vork  to  tW  Upp«r  Lakaai 
Miat  aaaara  a  graal  proportioa  of  tboir  trada  ta  Montreal,  and  prove  bar  graat  aot^atorbalaaaa  agyaal  Ika 
kiaal  advaatacaa  whkh  Na#York  poaaaaaas  in  olhar  raapecla.  Ilul  if  tba  toaiaiuniaaliaa  ba  mmt»  by  litka 
MaMaa  to  Laka  Ontorio,  notUof  would  ba  gained,  and  much  oiight  be  (oat.  We  thould  Mafalj  laaak  ifeU  ' 
■MM  poiat  to  wbieb  tba  Weilaad  Caiul  already  leaida— Iha  (ower  end  of  Lake  Ontario,  when  i^Akotoa  Migr 
h«  made  between  New- York,  by  Oawego,  or  Montreal,  by  the  St.  Lawrence.  It  ia,  ao  doubt,  traa  thai  tha 
■aw  route  would  ba  ahortor  and  ufar,  but  ao  much  the  worae  in  a  naliooal  point  of  view ;  nr  wa  ihaaM 
aaly  hold  out  thf.  ftroeger  temptation  to  Iho  Americana  to  enlarM  (heir  Canal  from  Oawego  to  Alheay, 
iHuBh  tbay  hate  inaady  in  eontam^Uon,  and  which  they  will,  no  uoubl,  place  on  such  a  footlag  m  to  aialia 
the  afipinMa  of  trenait  within  the  limita  of  (he  ehargirs  on  our  St.  Lawruncu  Canal,  (akould  it  aver  be  aaaa- 
|litod,)  ao  thiA  tha  ehanea  of  any  trade  from  (he  .Vmerican  aide  of  (he  Lakea,  by  (he  SiaMiba  routo»  will  h4 
MiHaA  to  the  oomparative  atate'H)f  the  marketi  at  Montreal  and  New- York. 

la  «^r  Aillv  to  Uluatrate  A  eaM  so  inunensely  important  to  the  country,  it  nay  ba  naeaaaary  to  alaitll 
■era  nofrapMeally . 

0ur  loeaf  advaatage  conaiata  in  the  great  winding  in  (he  chain  of  the  Lakea,  in  the  eztraordiaary  < 
•isn'  of  Lake  Huron  to  (he  Eastward,  and  in  (bat  of  l^ka  Erie  to  the  Wealward.  The  Amarieaa* 
•peaad  a  commaaieatk»  to  Lake  Erie,  the  second  in  (he  chain  of  about  Ave  hundred  milea  to  their 
Be»«ort.  We  have  it  in  our  power«  by  an  Interior  comniuniealion  along  the  Ottawa  of  about  four  huridiad 
and  illy  milaa  from  Montreal,  to  enter  ihe  third  Lake  ((ho  Huron)  at  a  point  aix  hundred  aMhlMiq^  ttj^- 
vanead  in  our  American  JfrrftfammeoM.  Thus  we  can  reach  (hat  central  poaition  wheni^HLHMaia,* 
Miehican  and  Superior  may  be  said  to  meet,  by  a  route  li((le  exceeding  five. hundred  miUaH^Htoa  Iha 
Amerieaaa  lauat  wind  their  tedious  way  eleven  or  twelve  hundred  milea  to  the  aante  ooinl.  ^^^at  tha 
bthiaua  between  Lakes  Huron  and  Ontario  be  onco  penetrated  by  a  navigation,  and  our  advanla^^oUi  grwMll 
'k  loat,  a  diraot  inlet  ia  unfolded  from  OiiWe(p  to  the  I^Uron,  and  thus  assiatad,  Iha  narilfaBf  tJayMlifH  af 
Naw-York  would  no  doubt  absorb  from  all  rivals  (he  trade  of  the  Weat.  , 

Aoaa  who  aro'  inlerMted  in  the  im^vementa  on  the  St.  Lawrence,  any  tnippQea  that  a  Cothf  Laka 
i  wooM iHltelirilyiBerease  their  rev«nue,biit  tboy  may  find  tkemaelves greatly  mialakan..  Ill 


aad  ia  all  probabUity  wouMi,  have  a  contrarv  eflee^.    The  Ainerieans  would  then  nava  the        ^ 

■obitMMial  toAteaaMnts,  aa  already  remarked,  to  enlarge  the  Canal  iron  Oawego  to  Albany ;  aad,  if 
tdtf  toaaeaia  tha  trade,  they  might  throw  it  entirety  Tree  of  toll.    It  would  not  ba  too  gra*k  • 


tha'ahjaet  wa  ahonld,  by  a  needf^as  Mt,  present  to  them ;    andl  it  is  a  aacrifiee  whiah  Ihair  grMt 
and  fraadon  firoai  daot  would  enable  them  to  make  without  finaneial  inconvenienea. 

TIm  aaeomiBodatioit  given  to  our  neighboura  by  the  Welland  Canal,  on  their  paeeage  to  OnMjMu  ii  aaa* 
ToUAto,  there  being  no  other  way  of  forming  a  navigable  communication  with  cor  owB  aUa  af  Laka  Wi* 
But  in  tba  prMent  eaae  we  are  under  no  such  necessity,  for  we  can  commaiMl  a  Una  toLdkaHanadf  llhilll 
no  rival  could  take  ani^  advantage.  Were  there  no  other  means  of  reaching  Laka  Hmaa,  hv  a  ihartar 
dfaaal  reoto,  hot  bj  Laaa  Simeoe,  something  inicht  be-  Mid  in  favor  of  tbo  meaauia.  If  IIm  liUht  hamMk 
ridge  wMah  girds  the  lands  along  the  waters  of  (he  Trent,  were  the  northern  eonfinas  of  tha  fnllla  laait  af 
Ca«lda^  wa  might  submit,  as  we  have  been  obliged  to  do  on  the  Welland  C«nal,  to  divide  Um  tmtIMm  af  , 
oiir  aaproaah  to  Laka  Huron  with  our  neighboura.  But  the  case  is  wonderfullv  diflbrent  whaa  i*a  aaadiav 
thill  air  inuaaaM  bAdv  of  fertile  land  lies  be  vend,  or  to  the  northff  ard  of  that  rM«,  throq|ii  ^ihUk  tttt  gN** 
rivar  af  tha  Ottawa  flowa,  fMininjr  neariy  of  itMlf  a  apaeious  and  unbroken  aav%abla  eMMaaalMlha  la  (ia 
va^r  fcaiM  af  tha  aonntiy  frink  Mka  Hnroa  to  Montreal,  whkh  moet  aiwaya  ba  aoaaidaiad,  Ami  ttt  had 
(JtaiHlBttba  awMMiaiil  feeua  af  both  tha  Caaadw. 

Tba  aatarprMag  spirit  of  the  peopla  of  tha  Uaitod  Stataa  baa  bean  olton  aotiaad,  aal  I  l|pii  wtmtif  pM^ 
laadki  Ibat  thaf  watild  molt  readily  provide  the  neeeaaarr  fnads  for  a  eemmwaieatfoa  hj  Laka  Naaaa'  as 
Iha  laitaM.  aaala;  Thaf  wouM  tlink  na  for  tha  parmiiaion  to  da  ao,  and  ebudkla  ataor  rie^Mlg  ii 
waaU  aaaipbto  fair  thaia  a  ready  and  diraet  hidiway  flma  NandTork  to  thair  fawaaan  aad  MRl  Maik 
\Waatorii  poHiMMlons,  aad  wa  should  thusbavaflw  hobor  of  crowning  tba  graad  aUafit' af  iMf  aalUMMItpl 
a,  Da  WHt  Clinton,  in  a  osora  perfect  manner  than  hia  most  saaguina  liews  aaaUavw  baf«  aalMifilai. 
■MiapiMb  tktt  tba  assaathl  advantage  wMeb  Caaada  may  darira  flma  bar  aftWiiaBiiiwU  N  MllHN 


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mmmlM  pftedfal  soat,  aad  awiat  aoatinuo  to  ba  00,  tha  eo^otry  panotratod  by  t|«^  rivar  and  Ma  trlbata* 
Hte  hofcf  iaaoaqaMhly  lamr  aad  a^on  abundant  in  timbar  than  any  othor  tuaibariq^  ra|ioa  in  Caaada. 
VW  Am  f«r»dMl  of  a  aiOtafr  highwav,  tha  Maa  by  tha  Ottowa  would  ba  ^al^  aupaftor,  (or  tha     ' 
wltotorar  wfth  tha  Ridaau  Canal,  bainc  out  off  from  it  by  aa  axpoaad  naviption  on 
f  of  Qninto  of  Mly  or  aixir  nflaa,  and  thoralwt  it  would  atOl  «•  ba  Uabla  to  ha  intan 


OatafloapthaBay 

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intarraplad 


Tiw  Out  by  Laha  •faaeoo  would  do  roiy  little  towarda  hnprorin^  tha  ahapa  of  tha  oouatry.  •  it  ia  atfll  iaa' 
i#«lMM|hirlalri(litoaatttbaehanetaror  "awaakaiidnarrowatrip."    But  tha  Una  hy  tha  OttoVa 


whMH  it  aMM  hatoadtataly  oaoaaetad,  baing  aaparatad  froai  tha  Shallow  Lakaa  by  a  hMi  1 

•gMbft  •■  hM  kaaa  aaeartalnad  by  two  axploriag  partlaa  of  tha  Enginatra  atai  out  by  Qovai 

Wmi^ptd  to  Iba  ataipiratNo  axpanaa  of  tha  two  linaa,  their  natural  faeiUtiaa  ara,  parhnpi 


anairela  the  aoun(ry,  and  gira  to  tha  Uppar 
inaiaaaa  ito  atrancth  and  ataUIUjr. 
I  of  tha  HoBM  and  Naweaatle  DMrieta,  anal  ba 
with  take  Hunm  wooM  bo  IbraMT,  and  with 

1  Uf^  ridga  of  Moky 

Qovaniiaant 
^"nariw|ia,  naarty  aqoal. 
I  howatar  of  tha  int  one  hondrad  aad  twenty  milaa  from  Montiaal  ia  already  aoMplotad  oil 
Ika  OMm,  axlaadlng  to  Bytown,  and  if  tha  expenaa  of  iaaproVing  the  8L  Lawronea  bO  added,  m  tt  anat 
te  •»J*^^.«ka  •■?"»»««•»»  '»«•  *>>•  B^y  •'  <l«lBta  upwards,  in  ealeuktink  the  whoto  outlny  on  ttiat' 
M»,i  iKHlH^ba  Mtad  to  MMadmatty  the  soni  whieh  ,would  ho  required  to  open  a  mapiilirtrBt  aarlartka' 
MpB^tomi  ta'  laika  HnroH.  a  dManee  of  little,  if  any,  naora  than  three  huiyifed  nileaT^ 
)  mtmfwtfMi^/f  y  Urn  dHfemnt  liaaa  ean  have  no  waighf  «r  all  fq  a  qoMoa  Involtlni  nati 
dtaviir. I*W19M«- imfuAmk  Hhaa infv>V»mt ormoney  whieh eaoM  ha raquimd to 

■■•Xmmi  'iHlil  MMbbil  thnt*  nbaaures,  stands  on  most  eritkal  groqnd.    She  ea«  »ew  • ^ 

M''!"»lj>^J''«"i'''"''lL  "«■»«>«»  tf^.  *M«1>  WbuW  raiae  her  to  the  hi^hett  pitehof  eoaimanini  pirn- 
paillf.  «riha  May  lo^a  K  for  Avar^  OMnly  by  the  ehoiee  ahe  mkk»a  between  tha  two  aoiamunlaaHoiii  in' 
fMMM.    MMy.fHHriakthe^nloth^eooMrTwithadiivetareniie  |brhoreon«M«o  to  thavartkfeart 


.  >*tf^¥^>  **r^*«  P*rP;««^ph/*iJ  baitiar  artintt  ai>  ^^  lafriSo.  c^HSnoai, 

fMAMfito  INUm  M  iMif  M  Nf  «P 

itflMMMlil'  W(Mm,>  if  Mew  Toi)c,  a  distlngulahed  Engineer,  who  .waa  eatplQyA^  by  oqr  Ooyennaent' 
^'SLSJ^^!^r?!^  T  l'^  W^lUnd  Canal,  makn/  fraqueqt  alhidoB  to  tbajatfn^  nail 
■  ^-^-^-^  In  the  tHkiM  of  thefa-  Weatom  trade  beiif  di^^tocTftom  NawvTaA  to  MaLaot 


,  alii  Mf  il  M«  to  he  wondered  at,  that  wfth  thefr  9jaa  open  to  ilafutnta  iiApartaMa,  thw  ahonM 
"~^"""  '  ' .'^Northof^STOdapaaof  Laliladi 

DOBT  MOOnann  i«  a  vaat   HKMIIM  nr  r^Anntirr 


tmht tha  BMaai  of  presenring  it  Mr.  Wright  saya,  <•  Hi 
tt«'IMk<r  M^Akdn  i«  a  raat  emnae  of  Country,  eapi 
uvMllMUih  M  tlMa^-flim  yadn  nfll  have  a  population  of 


ipnble  of  sustaining,  a  nopulatiaa  of 
'MmthafttoawBUaM^    Witktyi 


iiASiMA?**iJ^y^^^  •»**V  their  Cnnal  IkaatOnMHbla 

Iqi^l<|iyi4  lit  toBi^fo  tllb  lowaS  adnimum,  to  map  that  faaaaaia  {atom^TSaM; 


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