Lennox and Addington Historical Society, Vol. 1: Papers and Records (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Lennox and Addington Historical Society, Vol. 1: Papers and Records The flourishing Town of Napanee is very pleasantly situated in the County of Lennox and Addington, (of which it is the County town), on the Napanee river, six miles from its confluence with the Bay oi_' Quinte, to which it is accessible by large vessels. It lies midway between Kingston and Belleville, on the Grand Trunk railway, in the midst of an exceedingly rich and enterprising farm ing community. Napanee possesses an excellent water power of some thirty feet fall, capable of driving a large number of mills and manufactories, and as a grain market is unrivalled by any between Toronto and Montreal. The town is one of the most healthy and picturesque in Central Canada, and is becoming the centre of a large trade and commerce, and a place of no inconsiderable importance. 'at the present time it has a population of about which number is very rapidly increasing. 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.