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Island Nomenclature. Wolfe Island was called by the Indians “Ganowakoueanot,”” by the French ‘“Grande.”” Governor Simcoe in his pro clammation of 1792 named it Wolfe The title of Long Island was purely lo cal. Howe Island was no named by Sim coe, the French having called it ‘‘Isle Cauchois.”’ Simcoe Island was once named ‘‘iage’ after General Cage, per haps one of the progenitors of a numer ous family now ripening in Kingston. The French called it Iele aux Foret. Amherst Island was the Indian ‘‘Kaone neage, the French ‘‘Iale de Tonto,” af ter a brave officer, still later ‘‘Isla Tan ta' and ‘Island of Fortune.” = It was granted to Sir John Johnson in 1783, and bore his name till 1792, when it was called after General Ambherat for his bravery. The French in their maps of 1770 called Garden Island “Isle la For eat,’ Cedar Island ‘‘Isle aux Cachons, and Milton Island ‘‘Tauxcerfa.' Some of the sudden deaths of old inhabitants of this section were due, tradition says, to their efforts at pronouncing the In dian name of Walfe Island.
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Kingston Daily British Whig
Kingston, Ontario, CA
Wed, Aug 06, 1879
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