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. PANORAMIC VIEW OF NIAGARA FALLS FROM THE CANADIAN SIDE.] [Illustration: THE CANADIAN RAPIDS AND HORSESHOE FALL, FROM FALLS VIEW STATION. This is one of the grand views to be had from the Canadian side of the river. The rapids, by their great descent and vastness, convey an impressive effect to the mind, and, together with the Falls and scenery of Victoria Park, combines to make one of the most pleasing pictures about Niagara. The entire length of the park is traversed by the electric cars, which are so great a convenience about Niagara, for tourists.] [Illustration: AMERICAN FALL FROM CANADIAN SIDE. Standing in Victoria Park, one gets a full front view of the American Fall, while at the right of the scene is Center Fall, flowing between Luna and Goat Islands. The American Fall has a width of 1,000 feet, a height of 158 feet, while the Rapids above descend forty feet in a half mile. All visitors should go to the Canadian side for the Canadian Fall and Rapids, the most imposing features of the Falls, are there best seen with their wonderful rainbow and mist effects, while the beauties of Victoria Park itself well repay a visit.] [Illustration: THE GORGE. The life work of Niagara River has been and continues to be the digging of the Niagara Gorge through which it flows. Those who have studied the subject thoroughly have reached the conclusion that the great trench was excavated by the running of the river itself. In its length, the gorge is in one sense a measure of the age of the river.] [Illustration: SCENE ON THE “GORGE ROUTE.” This Electric road runs along the New York Shore, for much of the way, about twenty feet up from the water, and affords unequaled views of the Whirlpool Rapids, the great bridge and cliffs, the Whirlpool and all scenic features. The objects of interest along the Gorge Route are only second to the two great cataracts themselves.] [Illustration: HORSESHOE OR CANADIAN FALL IN WINTER. The intensity of the mighty grasp of winter is at no point better portrayed than in its effects on the Horseshoe Fall. Gradually the waters are chilled and frozen until where yesterday the river plunged over the precipice in gleeful, laughing manner, huge stalactites of ice are hung reaching from the cliff-top to the slope below.] [Illustration: ICE FORMATION AT CAVE OF THE WINDS.