﻿NIAGARA 
  FALLS 
  AND 
  VICINITY 
  

  

  25 
  

  

  Chapter 
  i 
  

  

  PHYSICAL 
  GEOGRAPHY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NIAGARA 
  REGION 
  

   The 
  physical 
  geography 
  of 
  the 
  Niagara 
  region 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  relatively 
  

  

  simple 
  type, 
  its 
  main 
  topographic 
  features 
  being 
  readily 
  interpreted. 
  

  

  Unfortunately 
  no 
  very 
  satisfactory 
  birdseye 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  

  

  Fig. 
  2 
  Birdseye 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  Niagara 
  region. 
  (After 
  Gilbert) 
  The 
  Niagara 
  escarpment 
  is 
  shown 
  

   in 
  the 
  foreground, 
  with 
  the 
  lower 
  plain 
  sloping 
  to 
  Lake 
  Ontario. 
  The 
  third 
  upland 
  belt 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  

   the 
  distance 
  beyond 
  Lake 
  Erie. 
  The 
  second 
  escarpment 
  Immediately 
  north 
  of 
  Lake 
  Erie, 
  is 
  noi 
  

   shown. 
  

  

  region 
  can 
  be 
  obtained 
  from 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  elevated 
  points 
  of 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   trict; 
  for 
  the 
  chief 
  features 
  are 
  delineated 
  on 
  a 
  scale 
  too 
  vast 
  to 
  be 
  

   visible 
  from 
  a 
  single 
  vantage 
  point. 
  The 
  best 
  available 
  spot 
  from 
  

   which 
  a 
  comprehensive 
  view 
  may 
  be 
  obtained 
  is 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  

  

  