By permission of the Ontario Government Office. 



NIAGARA FALLS AS VIEWED FROM THE AIR 



The quantity of water passing over these magnificent falls averages 275,000 cubic feet per second, and its energy 6,000.000 

 horse-power. The falls have already been " tapped " to the extent of 500.000 horse-power, to furnish electric current to an area 

 equal to that of the British Isles. When works already in hand are completed, this total will be doubled. 



The greatest of all water-power schemes yet inaugurated connects the Welland River, which enters the Niagara River above the 

 Falls, by means of a long canal running through Canadian territory with a huge power-house at Queenston, several miles below 

 Niagara. In this way a drop of 305 feet is secured, as compared with one of about 150 feet at the Falls themselves. 



