Niagara

(ni-ag'a-rah,) a river of N. America, forming that portion of the St. Lawrence (q. v.) which connects Lakes Erie and Ontario. It is only remarkable for its famous FALLS-the Horse-shoe, on the Canadian side, and the American, on that of the U. States. These cataracts are separated by an island in the centre of the stream. The first-named fall is 600 yds. in width, and has a vertical descent of 158 ft.; the latter, 200 yds. broad, is 164ft. in perpendicular height. The depth of water is much greater on the Canadian than the American side, and from thore, too, the coup d'œil is the finest. Somuch has been written about these Falls, which, so to speak, " beggar description," that, in a work of the present kind, a detailed description of them is felt to be out of place. Niagara, [late NEWARK,] a town of Canada, in Ontario co., on Lake Ontario, 36 miles S. by E. of Toronto. Pop. 3,693.-In New York, a W. co., b. N. by Lake Ontario, and drained by Niagara River; area, 490 sq. m.; C. Lock port. Pop. 50,437.-A village in the above co. Pop. 2,276. Niagara Falls, in New York, a town of Niagara co., 22 m. N. by W. of Buffalo. Pop. 3,006. [s. 645]