Here are several messages answering the question about the location of Crinan, Ontario. ------Johnnie ------------------------------ [log in to unmask] 25 Aug 93 16:17:34 CST Re: Crinan, Ontario > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > Can someone find the location (ie. county and township, lat/long) of > Crinan, Ontario for me? A user has come in with a letter postmarked from > there, dated 1881. I can't find the town on the current road map, and it lists > places with populations as little as 10, so maybe this town no longer exists. > > Thanks in advance. > > Jim Coombs > Map Librarian > Southwest Missouri State University Quoted from Lovell's Gazetteer of British North America, 1895: "CRINAN, a post office in Elgin co., Ont., 5 1/2 miles from Bismarck Station, on Michigan Central Ry. It contains 1 Presbyterian church, 1 cheese factory and 1 brick and tile yard. Pop. 50." Chris Baruth AGS Collection ------------------------------------------ Wed, 25 Aug 93 16:31:00 EST "Dan Seldin, G-M Library, 855-1108" <[log in to unmask]> RE: Crinan, Ontario According to the 1974 edition of the Ontario valume of the Gazetteer of Canada, Crinan Ontario is in Aldborough Township of Elgin County at 42 degrees 40 minutes North Latitude and 81 degrees 39 minutes West Longitude. Dan Seldin Geography and Map Library Indiana University --------------------------------------------------- 25 Aug 93 17:38:39 EDT [log in to unmask] (R. Todd Minsk) Re: Crinan, Ontario The Gazetter of Ontario, 1988 shows it at 42deg.39', 81deg.39'. It appears to be a crossroads about four miles north of West Lorne, on Highway 76. Todd Minsk, ferro-bibliographer ------------------------------------------- Thu, 26 Aug 1993 07:50:26 -0400 "Alberta Auringer Wood, Map Librarian, Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland" <awood@ kean.ucs.mun.ca> RE: Crinan, Ontario According to the Canadian government gazetteer for Ontario (1988, 4th ed) Crinan is a community/agglomeration at 42 39 lat and 81 39 long and is on NTS sheet 40 I/12 (1:50 000). In the 1962 ed of the gazetteer it is listed as a post office in Aldborough Tp., Elgin Co. Hope that this helps. Alberta Alberta Wood, Memorial University, St. John's, Nfld. ([log in to unmask]) -------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] 26 Aug 93 08:54:38 EST Re: Crinan, Ontario Crinan is located in southwest Ontario, 42 degrees 39'N, 81 degrees, 39'W. It is in Aldborough Township, Elgin County. If you have the Canada NTS 1:50,000 series, it is on sheet 40 I/12. Source: Gazetteer of Canada: Ontario Grace Welch University of Ottawa Map Library