THE COUNTRY OF THE NEUTRALS
(AS FAR AS COMPRISED IN THE COUNTY OF ELGIN)
FROM CHAMPLAIN TO TALBOT
By
JAMES H. COYNE.
ST. THOMAS, ONT.
TIMES PRINT.
1895.
This is a copy of Galinee's map of 1670, the first made from actual exploration in which Lake Erie appears. It was printed in Faillon's "Histoire de la Colonie Française," and in "The History of the Early Missions in Western Canada." The plate was very kindly placed at the service of the Elgin Historical and Scientific Institute, for use in this work by the Very Reverend Dean Harris, the author of the last mentioned book.
The following explanations refer chiefly to the western portion of the map: