Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Lakes and Canals of Canada: A Paper Read at the Royal United Service Institution
The waters of Lake Erie pour down the Niagara River into Lake Ontario, but its celebrated falls separate the navigation of these lakes, excepting for vessels not beyond the capacity of the locks of the Welland Canal. There is a difference of 330 feet between the levels of these lakes. A descent of about 50 feet takes place in the rapids above the falls, and the vertical fall of the cataract itself is 165 feet. The torrent is hemmed in for seven miles below the falls in a gorge from 200 to 400 yards in width. There the river Opens into a ?at country, and ?ows with a diminished current for 12 miles more, where its waters reach Lake Ontario, the least. Although probably the best known, of the great Canadian lakes.
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