Excerpt from The Algoma District, and That Part of the Nipissing District North of the Mattawan River, Lake Nipissing and French River, Their Resources, Agricultural and Mining Capabilities: Prepared Under Instructions From the Commissioner of Crown Lands Far as the heart can wish, the fancy roam, Survey our empire, and behold our home. HE Algoma District is one of the most important divisions of the Province of Ontario.* Its boundaries, as originally defined, were as follows Commencing on the north shore of the Georgian Bay of Lake Huron at the most westerly mouth of French River, thence due north to the northerly limit of the Province, thence along the said northerly limit of the Province westerly to the westerly limit thereof, thence along the said westerly limit of the Province southerly to the southerly limit thereof, thence along the said southerly limit of the Province to a point in Lake Huron opposite to the southern extremity of the Great Manitoulin Island, thence easterly and north-easterly so as to include all the islands in Lake Huron not within the settled limits of any county or district, to the place of beginning. By Proclamation of 13th May, 1871, the Territorial District of Thunder Bay was defined as All that part of the District of Algoma lying west of the meridian of 87 Degrees of west longitude. This meridian is a little to the east of the Slate Islands in Lake Superior, and near the mouth of Steel River. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.