tailieunhanh - The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts

The writer, having resided in the village of Niagara Falls for more than a third of a century, has had opportunity to become thoroughly acquainted with the locality, and to study it with constantly increasing interest and admiration. Long observation enables him to offer some new suggestions in regard to the geological age of the Falls, their retrocession, and the causes which have been potent in producing it; and also to demonstrate the existence of a barrier or dam that was once the shore of an immense fresh-water sea, which reached from Niagara to Lake Michigan, and emptied its waters into the Gulf of Mexico | The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous by George W. Holley 1 THE FALLS OF NIAGARA AND George w. Holley The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous by George W. Holley The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts by George W. Holley This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts Author George W. Holley Release Date March 24 2011 EBook 35669 Language English Character set encoding ASCII START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FALLS OF NIAGARA Produced by Steven Gibbs Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http NIAGARA. Illustration NIAGARA FALLS FROM THE CANADIAN SIDE - FRONTISPIECE. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous by George W. Holley THE FALLS OF NIAGARA 2 AND OTHER FAMOUS CATARACTS. BY GEORGE W. HOLLEY. With Thirty Illustrations. London HODDER AND STOUGHTON 27 PATERNOSTER ROW. MDCCCLXXXII. Hazell Watson and Viney Printers London and Aylesbury. CONTENTS. PAGE PREFACE xiii PART . CHAPTER I. CHAPTER I. 3 First French expedition--Jacques Cartier--He first hears of the great Cataract--Champlain--Route to China--La Salle--Father Hennepin s first and second visits to the Falls