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 To the Iloiiorahh Ulic Legislative Covndl and House of 
 ' »AssemUy of Upper^Canada in Frotindcd Parliament 
 assemhled^Ths Memorial of ike undersigned mladnt- 
 ■ ants of the District of Core, and others. 
 
 lIuTnhh/ Shcivcihf 
 
 T-AT .-rvr MrnionuV.sl. view wiih c;rrp,t snli.fnctlon the mr.Rur.B n.lopto.l 
 b/^' n;^-rul>!e Hodi.. with a vi.w to a.cer.an. ll.e P-;;^-'' "^^^ 
 opening a Ca„al N Miration hoturr.i l•^"l<^•^ .^!''>«'-'« ^"^\ i;"" ; "\; f 
 
 bcr»e-e'to call your atter.tu,.. to the latter object ;-'<^ [-^--^; 4 '^ '^^ 
 tommendits immed.ate o^ecution,-the advantage to I.C P "^ .^.'^^^^^^^^ 
 e'Pted from the uudertaki.g, both in a comme.ca ->';^ "V'^ '« '^^ ^, .^'^^^ . 
 of view, being great; ...d the money reqms.te tor Us coin^.let.on ><.thin 
 reach of the means possessed hy tlie Province. 
 
 The iniDortanc e of Burli. irton Hei-ht. as a ir.ilitary position is well known, 
 
 ';:?: -^elhe' ;,^ o^. CanJI^'aLtl. sl>e n.ight take shelter in tl. Bay^, ^k1 
 lie . .alt .11. he lempe=t had .ub^drd ; hnd .n t.nu ot ^ ^ ^^ ^«;. 
 rnr V w nnMot the i ountrv possess, in havn.g a harbour. «"«'^'^^'^'{ ^y^''", 
 ^•lonito < 'ntain all the «hippingo.. the Lake, safe Irorn '^^'-y ^^^^^^^^ 
 biovv, a:>d protected by the impregnable fortress ot Bnrh^gtonl.e.gbt^.. 
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 ■ 1 • I c •^„. »Kfl ^.IvontnoTB are BO obvionS aft to render 
 In a cimmernal point of view, the adNontageH ait. .u 111 i,.,. .,,, 
 
 in .i tiii.iiii-n t „„,,♦, V dpterid iiir npon a distant Miurket lor 
 
 con:m.'M)t unnecessary. ) o a < ountiy oejtnnniL, '4" ..ii;„,r..,"- everv 
 
 t',« di.msalof itsPiirpluspndutions. the nr.portanee ol •.'»^'^'"'f^ . ;^ '^ 
 pos. !e irchvto tran.poVta-ion is evident, ior whatever .s -;- " » 
 J^pJne^ of transport is added io the valne ot .he -•^-'^/^-P; ' :; ;, J ;^ 
 bv choinonirnr the rate of carnage, many a-tules are u^r ia .. ( > aUm k 
 w^neh orberwis^ won'd I five remained worthless. Your ^-^"^^''^^'r^J'^ 
 LlBt .enLbly the fre.uer. complaints made in Lower Canada, reg.ru.ng tae 
 
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 nmn,^Hsa»c,nwh,chthe.rpror!ace, especially flonr, comes to that mar- 
 kot ; tlu. iUcy imd themselves wholly unable to remedy «o long as the ir" ,e 
 IS ohhgec to be unloaded at the beach, ther. carted acres, ft to the Lake 
 Bhore whe.0 ,t has to be again put into boats to be taken to the roadsTead 
 and sInppeJ or. boaru of the vessels lyn.g there. In these ..umerous boat^is 
 curtingK, oad.ngs, and unU.ad.ngs, tUe cargoes are Irequeotly h.jured a« 
 Avell by the jvaves of the Lakefas by ra.T. and the elk^ct ^l iXe st; to 
 which they tlui3 become unavoidably exposed. ' 
 
 The exprnce of making a Canal throngh the beach, connecting Lake 
 G.tanoand ? unngtor Lay, on a scale calenlated to attain li.e aofve ,.a! 
 portantndvantages.yon.- Memorialisfs are infonnrd, irom good autl.,.nlv 'v I 
 
 i!o oTT 1 T ^ '""' "i ''rr''^ ""''^ '^'^y "'•^ ^^'^^ ^^^^ ^^at perhaps U m y 
 be eftected lor a coiisidcsable less sum. ^ ^ ^ 
 
 Your Memorialists bog leave to observe that even if it were necessary fo 
 ra.se the above sum by nay of Loan, for wa..t of funds in -.my other slmpo 
 atoll or dues m.ght be levied on the goods passing thro-.gh the CaT,l' 
 sufficient, even at the preset early period, to pav the in.ere oHno su n 
 .vh.lst a great augmentation may with certainty beVelied on 's l"e i pr^ve 
 ment of the country ad vances For the last three years, on an avV.X ten 
 Oiousand barrels of flour have been siHppe.l a.^nally, from the ou?!^, of 
 Burlington Bay, besidr. a very considerable cp,anU ty of pore, ItLsh 
 staves whiskey and other articles of produce. The present ev once oa 
 each barrel of flour, from the embarquier at Dun las, toX outlet XpeU 
 ^ one sh.lhng and three-pence, of ^vhich one sh.ll ng wo:iid be a ed if 
 Vessels could enter the Bay Although it mnst rema.^. .vilh t!.e wisdom of 
 your Honorable Bodies, to fi, what proportion of this ,t would be prorr "o 
 levy as a rate, ye, your Memorialists do ..ot hesitate to sav that even ff Ihe 
 whole shilling per barrel were levied, much woul I be gained by h"c,nl 
 navigation, both to the owners of the vessels, and to the shippers of he 
 cargoes uiasmnch as thev would be enabled to load and unload.Ta H m's 
 and ,n all weathers ; and thus there would be not only a great deal d" delay 
 and detention avoided but the vessels and cargoes, would be free from he 
 danirer of damage, and indeed, of total loss, to which they are now exposed 
 on a lee shore and roadstead without protection. exposea 
 
 These and other advar.tagps which must attend the completion of the pro, 
 posed undertaking your Memorialists humbly concoivp render it u.irXT 
 sary for them to enlarge further on the snbj.ct' The sum re n,ired"o effect 
 he nndertaking^is not vory great ; the toll might nearly, if not wholly! 0^^ 
 the mterest atthe very first ; a.,d from the advancing state of the Co, ,ar7 
 aiKl the benefits that would accrue to its trade and agriculture from the un' 
 dertaking itself, it might with crtainty be relied on for the liquidaHo, of U e 
 principal at no very distant period. With these advantages onTs side aid 
 no disadvantages to detract from them, your Memorialists fee ;: tkdeS 
 that they shall not have made the appeal to your Honorable Houses inTain. 
 
 Your Memorialists are every way disposed to contribute their share 
 either as Members of the District, or individually towards the pro ecuUon 
 of the objects proposed: but in a measure in which the general hUerests of 
 he Province are so int.matelv blended with theirs, , hey deem it their duty 
 to make this application, soliciti.ig vour Honorabj; Bodies to make such an 
 appropriation to eflfect the proposed u.,derta king, as you r^our w .do™ 
 
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