MERSEA. A Township in the County of Essex; is bounded on the north by the township of Tilbury West; on the West by Gosfield; on the south by Lake Erie; andon the east by Romney. In Mersea 20,574 acres are taken up, of which 2,593 are under cultivation. An extensive, triangular-shaped point of land, embracing about one-third of the township, called “Point Pelé,” runs out into the lake. This is principally sand and marsh, and incapable of being cultivated. A small stream, called “Sturgeon Creek,” on which is a grist mill, runs from about the centre of the township into Lake Erie. The Talbot Road runs through the township. Five thousand eight hundred acres of Crown lands are open for sale in Mersea; and the Canada Company possess about 7,500 acres in the township. Population of Mersea, 798. Ratable property in the township, £9,723. (Smith's Canadian Gazetteer, 1849)