Goat Island Bridge and Rapids 24 Horseshoe Falls from Below 26 "The Shoreless Sea" 28 From a photograph by Notman, Montreal. Rustic Bridge, Willow Island 30 The Cave of the Winds 32 The American Fall 36 From a photograph by Notman, Montreal. Remains of Stone Piers of the "First Railway in America"--the British Tramway up Lewiston Heights, 1763 38 Amid the Goat Island Group 40 From a photograph by Notman, Montreal. Horseshoe Falls from the Canadian Shore 44 From a photograph by Notman, Montreal. Looking up the Lower Niagara from Paradise Grove 46 From a photograph by Wm. Quinn, Niagara-on-the-Lake. The Mouth of the Gorge 48 From a photograph by Notman, Montreal. The Whirlpool Rapids 50 The American Fall, July, 1765 54 From an unsigned original drawing in the British Museum. The Horseshoe Fall, July, 1765 60 From an unsigned original drawing in the British Museum. Ice Mountain on Prospect Point 64 Cave of the Winds in Winter 66 "Maid of the Mist" under Steel Arch Bridge 70 Beacon on Old Breakwater at Buffalo 72 Winter Scene in Prospect Park 74 Bath Island, American Rapids, in 1879 80 From New York Commissioners' Report. Path to Luna Island 86 Green Island Bridge 92 Bird's-eye View of the Canadian Rapids and Fall 100 From a photograph by Notman, Montreal. American Falls from Below 106 The Riverside at Willow Island 118 Goat Island Bridge, Showing Niagara's Famous Cataract and International Hotels 124 The Path to the Cave of the Winds 130 From a photograph by Notman, Montreal. American Falls from Goat Island 136 Horseshoe Falls from Goat Island 142 Ice Bridge and American Falls 148 Colonel Römer's Map of the Country of the Iroquois, 1700 154 Champlain 160 Map of French Forts in America 164 Niagara Falls by Father Hennepin 166 The first known picture of Niagara, dated 1697. R. Réné Cavelier, Sieur De La Salle 172