The history of the county of Bruce and of the minor municipalities therein, province of Ontario, Canada /cby Norman Robertson . ields chart it is named Collins Harbor.) The three lakes on concessions 5, 6, 7 and 8,east of the Bury Eoad, were intended to bear the names of the patronsaints of England, Scotland and Ireland. This was carried out tothe extent of St. George and St. Andrew, but a young man namedEmmett Smith, working in the office of B. B. Miller, the IndianLand Agent, persuaded Mr. Miller to let one of the lakes be calledafter him, so as Lake Emmett it will probably be always
The history of the county of Bruce and of the minor municipalities therein, province of Ontario, Canada /cby Norman Robertson . ields chart it is named Collins Harbor.) The three lakes on concessions 5, 6, 7 and 8,east of the Bury Eoad, were intended to bear the names of the patronsaints of England, Scotland and Ireland. This was carried out tothe extent of St. George and St. Andrew, but a young man namedEmmett Smith, working in the office of B. B. Miller, the IndianLand Agent, persuaded Mr. Miller to let one of the lakes be calledafter him, so as Lake Emmett it will probably be always town plot is named after Viscount Bury, Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs in 1855. The entrance of the telegraph and telephone wires into Tobermoryhas brought what was the jumping-off place of the county into touchwith the rest of the world, and if the proposed railway ever reachesthere we shall look for great things in the township of St. Edmunds. ^After being in charge of Cove Island lighthouse for twenty-five years,George Currie retired in the snmnior of 1903. He was succeeded bjKenneth McLeod, of Photographed by H. G. Tucker Flower Pot Island, Township of St. Edmunds. p. 261 THE FLOWER POT 261 There are extensive caves to be seen in St. Edmunds. The lime-stone rock, so common throughout the peninsula, seemingly has heresuffered from the erosion of water more than elsewhere. Possiblythe largest of these caves is to be seen on Flower Pot Island, theextent of which is not known, as it has not been fully explored. Theisland takes its name, that of Flower Pot, from a peculiar shapedrock standing about fifty feet in height. The illustration here givenshows what a natural curiosity it is and how appropriate is the name. CHAPTEE OF AERAN} Extract from the Report of County Valuators, 1901. Stone is the chief drawback to this township, and while there hasbeen a large quantity gathered into heaps and fences, yet there is agreat work to be done in
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