88 NIAGARA RIVER. 



CHAPTER XII. 



Niagara River and Falls Carving Entrance to Canada 

 Cavern beneath the Falls Rapids City Building Stage 

 Passenger General Brock s Monument Letters Maps 

 Queenstown and Niagara Agricultural Notices King Old 

 Settlers Disappointment with Canada. 



AWARE of being near the Niagara river, which connects 

 Lake Erie with Ontario, and which forms the St Lawrence, 

 my first proceeding in the morning was to obtain a sight of 

 this stream, from the window. The sun shone brightly, and 

 displayed to advantage the white painted houses and endless 

 forest, but there was no feature indicating a river. On walking 

 a short distance from the hotel I unexpectedly found myself 

 on the banks of the Niagara, moving in the midst of a flat 

 country, betwixt low woodless banks void of beauty. On the 

 opposite side lay Upper Canada ; the village of Queenstown 

 was seen in the distance, over which Sir Isaac Brock s monu 

 ment was towering. I looked on the scene with feelings of a 

 British subject, and, with a thousand associations rushing oil 

 niV mind, anticipated new enjoyment from mingling with the 

 inhabitants . 



After breakfast we were seated in a stage on the way to 

 the Falls of Niagara, winding up a steep hill, correspond 

 ing with elevated ground on the Canada side, called the 

 heights of Queenstown. From the summit, the passengers 

 expatiated on the extent and beauty of the prospect, but being 

 unfortunately seated between two stout individuals, I was 

 deprived of seeing objects at a distance. I could, however, 

 perceive that the banks of the river, along which we travelled, 

 underwent a change on reaching the height, being rocky, preci 

 pitous, and deep. It is conjectured, and appearances support 



