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[Illustration: (cover)
THE NEW BOOK OF
NIAGARA
_Scenes in Summer and Winter_]
[Illustration:
THE NEW BOOK OF
NIAGARA
_Scenes in Summer and Winter_]
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“_Niagara is an awful symbol of Infinite power--a version of Infinite
beauty--a shrine, a temple erected by the hand of the Almighty for all
the children of men._”--_Oration by Jas. C. Carter._
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BUFFALO, N. Y.
ROBERT ALLAN REID, PUBLISHER,
253–257 ELLICOTT STREET.
Copyrighted, 1901, by Robert Allan Reid. All rights reserved.
[Illustration: GENERAL VIEW OF THE FALLS.
Favorite positions for this view are Hennepin View in Prospect Park and
the New Steel Bridge. At the left is the American Fall with Luna Island
and Goat Island dividing it from the Horseshoe Fall. The Maid of the
Mist, near her landing, and the inclined railway are minor objects of
interest.]
[Illustration: CANADIAN FALL, AND MAID OF THE MIST.
A trip on the “Maid of the Mist” past the Falls is one of the most
fascinating of the experiences to be had at Niagara. The views of the
descending floods, the swirling water below and the rainbow through the
mist all lend enchantment to the trip.]
[Illustration: AMERICAN FALL FROM PROSPECT POINT.
It is while standing at or near Prospect Point that the very large
majority of people who visit Niagara get their first view of the
wondrous cataract. At one wide sweep of vision Niagara is before you
and you see the water pour over the edge of the precipice, falling with
stupendous power on the rocks below.]
[Illustration: AMERICAN FALL FROM BELOW.
Standing on the rocks at the foot of the Inclined Railway in Prospect
Park and looking at the down-pour of water over the American Fall, a
new impression of Niagara’s greatness comes over you, and you marvel at
the beauty of the mighty flood.]
[Illustration: THE FALLS BY MOONLIGHT.
Under the light of the full moon of summer time, when Nature has done
her best to make the locality all about delightful, the mind is made
receptive of the moonlight softness, and the beauty of the scene
impresses all with its magnificence.]
[Illustration: PROSPECT POINT IN WINTER.
In winter and summer alike Prospect Point is one of the main vantage
spots from which to view Niagara. Immediately below the Point the
mountain grows to an unlimited size as the spray freezes, and builds it
by night and by day. In the ice bridge season there is no better place
to view it than Prospect Point.]
[Illustration: TERRAPIN ROCK AND HORSESHOE FALL FROM GOAT ISLAND.
The Horseshoe or Canadian Fall, as a single object, is regarded as
the sublimest thing in Nature. The Canadian Rapids have a fall of 55
feet in three-quarters of a mile before reaching the Falls, while it
is estimated that the volume of water is ten times greater than that
passing over the American Fall.]
[Illustration: HORSESHOE FALL FROM BELOW.
The height of the Horseshoe Fall is 165 feet and the stupendous nature
of the Fall is more impressive when the visitor stands at the water’s
edge in the gorge and looks upward at the flood descending in such
graceful lines.]
[Illustration: TERRAPIN POINT IN WINTER.
The scene at Terrapin Point in winter is one of brilliancy and
splendor. The spray-cloud of the Horseshoe Fall is wafted to the
shores of Goat Island where King Winter’s breadth congeals it all to
a marble-like formation, and the snowy whiteness of the spectacle is
dazzling in the bright sunlight.]
[Illustration: ICE MOUNTAIN AND ICE BRIDGE.
The beauty of this scene varies yearly, for the wind and weather have
all to do with the magnitude of the formations. When the weather is
exceedingly cold the ice mountain, between the American Fall and the
Inclined Railway, attains a magnificent height. The ice also forms from
shore to shore, enabling people to pass at will to the Canadian side,
and forming what is popularly called the ice bridge.]
[Illustration: OBSERVATION TOWER VIEW OF GOAT ISLAND AND RAPIDS.
This view shows “the dividing of the waters” of Niagara River, and in
the immediate front the American Rapids are seen flowing tumultuously
onward towards the towering cataract. Far across beyond Goat Island are
the Canadian Rapids. The greater grandeurs and immense boundaries of
which are best seen from Victoria Park on the Canadian side.]
[Illustration: BRINK OF THE AMERICAN FALL.
Probably there is no one sight which impresses itself more strongly
upon the great majority of beholders than this view of the brink of
the American Fall. Such mighty on-rushing torrents, so powerful, yet
so smoothly and alluringly moving on over the precipice, and so near
is the visitor to what seems an abyss of destruction that the scene is
never forgotten.]
[Illustration: THE AMERICAN FALL FROM GOAT ISLAND.
This view across American Fall is one never to be forgotten. Here the
brink of the Fall is seen in all its beauty, while far across the Fall,
Prospect Park, with its constant crowds, forms part of the picture. A
fine view of the Upper Steel Bridge is also here enjoyed.]
[Illustration: HORSESHOE FALL BY SEARCHLIGHT.
This photographic masterpiece, the crest of the Horseshoe Fall by
searchlight, taken from Falls View, is the only one of its kind ever
made. “The scene is entrancing as the searchlight kisses the water into
new beauty.”
ON THE BRIDGE AT MIDNIGHT. This is a night scene, the Upper Steel
Bridge, made possible by the recent advancement in photography.]
[Illustration: WHIRLPOOL RAPIDS.
The Whirlpool Rapids begin within sight of the Falls. The gorge narrows
to 300 feet and the current rushes onward at a speed of 40 miles an
hour and the foam-crested waters are entrancingly beautiful.]
[Illustration: THE WHIRLPOOL.
The Whirlpool is about two miles below the Falls and is the greatest
known river pocket. Into it the Rapids plunge in all their fury, and a
gyrating motion is given the entire body of water. Here the river turns
at right angles, causing one of the most mysterious and fascinating
features of this mighty stream of water.]
[Illustration:
INCLINED RAILWAY.
AMERICAN FALL.
LUNA ISLAND.
CAVE OF THE WINDS.
GOAT ISLAND.
HORSESHOE FALL.
TABLE ROCK.
VICTORIA PARK.