Niagara — Historical and Reminiscent 



ravines, not knowing where we were going. The ice was liable 1899 

 to break up at any moment. From our position we could see the M,8ner 

 thousands who were watching us and could hear the encouraging 

 shouts as we neared the Canadian shore. It was necessary for 

 me to leave Miss Hall at times in order to determine our best 

 course. 



After crossing about fifty yards of the slush ice we reached 

 the Canadian shore, after being about forty-five minutes on the 

 ice bridge struggling for our lives. There willing hands stood 

 waiting to receive us and to congratulate us on our almost miracu- 

 lous escape from certain death. 



PORTER, Peter A. Champlain not Carrier made the first reference 1899 

 to Niagara Falls in literature. Niagara Falls. 1899. Porter 



ATKINS, Barton. The river Niagara: descriptive and historical. 1899 

 Pan-American ed. Buffalo. 1899. Atkin. 



1900 



DUNLAP, ORRIN E. Niagara in winter. (Cosmop., Apr., 1900. 1900 

 28:593-604.) Dun,a P 



An account of Niagara as a winter resort together with a description 

 of the wonderful ice formations there. 



When zero has prevailed for days; when the wind has been 

 shifting, now blowing the spray-cloud this way, now that 

 way, touching everything all about as though by liquid marble 

 which hardened as it fell, then is the time to visit Niagara if you 

 wish to dwell in a fairyland where the Ice-King reigns in all his 

 glory. The familiar rocks, the familiar shrubs, the familiar 

 trees, have all disappeared, and in their place there is a forest 

 and setting of purest marble. 



The proper conditions for Niagara ice-bridge formations are 

 then at hand also. Weeks of severe cold weather result in the 

 formation of large bodies of ice in Lake Erie. Then comes a 

 thaw to rot the ice, followed by a high wind from the west to 

 break it and sweep it down the lake to the entrance to the Niagara. 



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