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gore Hist. in Upper Canada 
1 n. a parcel of land remaining after a region had been surveyed into townships, concessions, and lots of uniform size, such parcels being usually unassigned and frequently a bone of contention.
- 1791 (1905) Such a direction if extended . . . throughout the Settlement will cast the whole country into Confusion, by cutting the farms . . . into small gores, or Angles, besides not agreeing to the general course of the Lake for any distance.
- 1821 Four hundred and twenty-five acres of Land, for sale, in a Gore between the Townships of Kingston and Earnestown, bounded on the East by the Township road, and on the north by a small lake.
- 1896 North Gower is one of the three gores in the County of Carleton containing about 33,000 acres.
2 n. often Gore, a specific tract of such land.
- 1833 For Sale. The North West Half of Lot No. 97, in the 10th Concession, Gore of Toronto, containing 100 acres.
- 1853 The expression of the public is evidently in having the Gore unencumbered by buildings of any kind and that it be converted into a park, or promenade.
- 1909 In the old days this street was the scene of a hot contest between citizens and soldiers, when the latter extended their pine stump fence across the street and enclosed the gore in their barrack grounds.
- 1791 (1905) Such a direction if extended . . . throughout the Settlement will cast the whole country into Confusion, by cutting the farms . . . into small gores, or Angles, besides not agreeing to the general course of the Lake for any distance.