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UPON THE mH l^lie foiiowing Itepori iipon the Township of Tinv, will be useful and interesting to Settlers and Emig^cints, enabling the Settlers to send informa- tion to their friends at home, upon that particular part of Canada in which they are located ; the femigrahts to form their own opinion upon the advan- taged the Township oiTeis to them for settlement. The Report was drawn tip last autumn, by a very experienced and intelligent Deputy Provincial SurVey^or, from actual observation, during an inspection of the Canada Com- panjr's Lands in Tiny. I^IlIP(DMir'o ; \: The Township of Tiny is about seventeen miles in length, and averages about seven miles in breadth It is bounded on the west and north by Lake Huron, on the east by Penetanguishene Bay and the. Penetanguishene road, and on the south by the Township of Flos. The Village of Penetanguishene is situated in the east side of this Township, near the southern extremity of Gloucester Bay. In this Village there are four merchant's stores ; but their trade is chiefly with the Indians for fur. The buildings, with the exception of about four or five, are all of log. The inhabitants, in all, are probably about one hundred, and are chiefly composed of French Roman Catholic Canadians, a good deal intermixed with half-caste Indians, and are principally dependent on the fur trading and fishing for their support. There is a Catholic Church and clergyman in the place, and a rather large congregation is afforded between the Village and neighbouring settlement. About two miles further north or up the Bay, on the Township of Tay Side, there are Government Barracks and a military establishment, which, together with the demands of the Village, requires annually about five hundred barrels of flour, over and above tM surplus produce of the surrounding farmers, which shows that agriculture is but indiflferently attended to. The southern half nearly of the Township of Tiny, is principally sandy, and timbered a good deal with pine. The northern is principally alternately saildy and clayey loam, margined largely, for the most part, along the Lake ahd Bay shore, with granite stone, besides being interspersed, in various other parts, with large patches of the same, of various si^es; and so thick together as to put cultivation, in those particular places, out of the question ; but which, very surprisingly, produce good timber ; and this being the case, the stony portion will not form so much obstruction to a good settlement as might be at flrst vieW imagined, as a certain quantity of bush must needs be ]iireserved for fuel and other purposes, under any circumstances. r» 2 There are tliree streams in this Township capable of propelling machinery; one running diagonally in a northeasterly direction, from near its southern boundary until it crosses the Penetanguishene road, within about six miles of the village ; another running in a similar manner, from near the centre of the Township until it enters the southern extremity of Gloucester Bay; and the third stream is situated within about five miles northwesterly of the one last mentioned, and runs in an opposite direction until it enters the Nottawasaga Bay. The time may arrive when pine, which is in places prettv abundant, can be manufactured advantageously in various parts of the Township. There is a saw-mill already built on the second mentioned stream, near the Penetan- guishene Village, and a grist mill is in course of being put up, which will be a great acquisition, as there is none at present within many miles of the place. The best land is in the neighbourhood of the last mentioned stream, and is getting well settled. Indian corn is successfully cultivated in places, which speaks well for the climate ; and although the soil of this Township is, to a great extent, of a light and sandy description, it is, when once cleared, easily worked, and would, under good management, produce better grain than other lands of more apparent promise. Plaster of Paris and ploughing in of clover would most likely make this land produce well. Great quantities of fish, salmon trout, herring, Sec. Sic. ; are, at certain seasons of the year, caught in the Bay, at the north end of this Township. The portion of the Penetanguishene road along the easterly side, is, for about the first six miles next the village, under all circumstances, pretty well made and occupied ; but the remaining fivb miles is a mere sleigh or waggon track, and all bush. A survey, however, has been made, not long since, by order of the Board of Works, of the road from the Flolland Landing to Pene- tanguishene, with a view of course, to its improvement as a Provincial road ; and should this object become soon accomplished, the lands of the adjoining Townships would, at the same time, become much enhanced in value. The Population of Tiny, in the year 1842, was about 266 souls. Acres under Cultivation in 1843, .... 643 Grist Mill, ..-..-.. i Saw and Grist Mills, - - - ... 2 Horses, .^....., 80 Oxen, 5( Milch Cows, - - -- ... . 77 Young Cattle, - - - - ... 37 The distance from T(t. 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