See also:

• NIAGARA
• NIAGARA, FORT

NIAGARA FALLS (formerly See also:

• CLIFTON

Clifton or Suspension See also:

• BRIDGE

Bridge)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and See also:

• PORT

port of entry of Welland See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• ONTARIO
• ONTARIO, LAKE

Ontario, See also:

• CANADA

Canada, 40 M . S.S.E. of See also:

• TORONTO

Toronto, on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• NIAGARA
• NIAGARA, FORT

Niagara See also:

• RIVER

river and opposite the Falls . Pop . (1901) 4244 . It is a station on the See also:

• GRAND

Grand See also:

• TRUNK (Fr. tronc, Lat. truncus, cut off, maimed)

Trunk, See also:

• MICHIGAN
• MICHIGAN, LAKE
• MICHIGAN, UNIVERSITY OF

Michigan Central and St Catharines & Niagara Central See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, and has electric railway communication with the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief towns in the neighbourhood . Three large See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel See also:

• BRIDGES
• BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844– )

bridges connect it with the See also:

• AMERICAN

American town of Niagara Falls on the opposite bank . Its importance is chiefly due to the tourist See also:

• TRAFFIC

traffic, but the unrivalled See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power is being more and more employed . Factories have sprung up, and power is transmitted to Toronto and other cities . A beautiful See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park, named after 1 On the See also:

• NIGHT

night of the loth of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1813 the American See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George McClure (1771-1851), upon abandoning Fort George, set See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire to See also:

• NEWARK
• NEWARK (NEWARK-UPON-TRENT)
• NEWARK, DAVID LESLIE, LORD (1601-1682)

Newark, almost destroying the town and causing See also:

• GREAT

great suffering among the inhabitants . McClure attempted to justify this See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act by a strained construction of a See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter to him from the secretary of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, but it was promptly disavowed by the See also:

• UNITED

United States See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . The burning of Newark led to severe See also:

• REPRISALS (Fr. represailles, from reprendre; Lat. reprehendere, to take back)

reprisals on the See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• BRITISH

British . above the Falls .