Niagara Falls 



1884 

 Hallett 



1884 



1884 



Wright 



HALLETT, P . Notes on Niagara. (Brit. Assn. for the A. S. 



Rep't of 54th meeting. 1 885. Pp. 744-745.) 



This paper was read at the Montreal meeting in August and September 

 of 1 884. The author feels that " material argument in favour of utilisa- 

 tion, great as it is" is not conclusively "in favour of the utiliser." The 

 preservation of the Falls plays an important part in the circulation of the 

 entire Great Lake region. 



[Review of George Frederick Wright's article on "The Niagara 

 gorge as a chronometer."] (Sci., May 2, 1884. 3:556.) 



Wright, George Frederick. The Niagara gorge as a chrono- 

 meter. (Bibliotheca Sacra, Apr., 1884. 41:369-376.) 



The author holds that the preglacial drainage of the lake region was 

 not through the present channel of the Niagara River and that in the 

 present Niagara River the portion of the gorge below the whirlpool is 

 postglacial. He then reviews various estimates of recession and concludes 

 as follows: " From the best light we now have, it seems altogether prob- 

 able that the cataract is receding at a rate that would suffice to produce 

 the whole chasm from Queenston up in less than twelve thousand years; 

 and if, as is not unlikely, any considerable portion of the gorge above 

 the whirlpool had been formed by preglacial agencies, even that relatively 

 short period must be considerably abbreviated." 



The Niagara river and the glacial 

 128 (ser. 3, 28):32-35.) 



Wright, George Frederick. 

 period. (Am. jour, sci., July, 188 



It seems to me probable that the Niagara River has itself worn 

 the whole of the gorge from Queenston to the falls, with, per- 

 haps, a very little help from preglacial erosion above the whirl- 

 pool; though this is a point difficult of absolute determination. 



1885 



1885 GARBETT, E. L. The recession of Niagara Falls in one hundred 



Garbett thirty-three years. (Nature, July 16, 1885. 32:244-245.) 



Comments on Kalm and Wesson. 



1885 Wesson, EDWARD. Niagara Falls: the rate at which they recede 



Wesson southwards. (Nature, July 9, 1885. 32:229-230.) 



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