NiagaraUniversity of Toronto Press, 1969 - 184 Seiten |
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... Hennepin ' view became not only the European image of Niagara , but a symbol of America itself . Another famous early traveller , Baron de Lahontan , visited the Falls in 1688. The very popular account of his travels added to the ...
... Hennepin ' view became not only the European image of Niagara , but a symbol of America itself . Another famous early traveller , Baron de Lahontan , visited the Falls in 1688. The very popular account of his travels added to the ...
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... Hennepin here too : ' You may remember , to what great distance Hennepin says the noise of this fall may be heard . All the gentlemen who were with me , agreed , that the farthest one can hear it , is 15 leagues , and that very seldom ...
... Hennepin here too : ' You may remember , to what great distance Hennepin says the noise of this fall may be heard . All the gentlemen who were with me , agreed , that the farthest one can hear it , is 15 leagues , and that very seldom ...
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... Hennepin : ' What troops of tourists have encamped upon the river's brink ; What poets shed from countless quills , Niagaras of ink ; What artist armies tried to fix the evanescent bow Of waters falling as they fell two hundred years ...
... Hennepin : ' What troops of tourists have encamped upon the river's brink ; What poets shed from countless quills , Niagaras of ink ; What artist armies tried to fix the evanescent bow Of waters falling as they fell two hundred years ...
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American Falls American side Babbitt bank Bath Island became Black Rock Blondin boat British Buffalo & Erie built Canadian side Cataract House Chippawa Clifton House Company construction County Historical Society electrical engineer engraving erected Erie Canal Erie County Historical establishment Falls of Niagara Farini feat feet Fenian ferry Fort Erie Fort Niagara Goat Island gorge Hennepin Horseshoe Falls hundred Indian International Niagara Commission John Lake Erie Lake Ontario land later Lewiston Lockport London miles militia mill Mohawk Power Corporation Niagara Falls Niagara Falls Railroad Niagara frontier Niagara Mohawk Power Niagara River Photograph Platt D port portage Power-House Number Prospect Park rail railway rapids reservation Roebling Roebling's rope Royal Ontario Museum Sam Patch scenery shore steamer stereograph by George stereograph by Platt Suspension Bridge Table Rock Toronto tourists travellers trip troops United Upper Canada visited the Falls visitors water power Watercolour Welland Canal wrote York