Niagara - The Falls

Niagara Falls

"...the fall is said to be but 170 feet in height, the River previously rushes in the most rapid manner on a declivity for 3 miles & those rapids are a very fine sight - the fall itself is the grandest sight imaginable from the immense width of waters & the circular form of the grand fall...the whole center of the fall.. is frequently seen a Rainbow."

- July 30^th, 1792

"I rode to the whirlpool, a very grand Scene half way between Queenstown & the Falls, where the currrent is so strong that Eddies are formed in which hewn timber trees are carried down the Falls from a Saw Mill upright."

- April 23^rd, 1793
Whirlpool Below the Falls

"...vast rocks surround this bend of the River & they are covered with Pine & hemlock spruce, some Cascades among the Rocks add to the wild appearance these scenes have afforded me so much delight that I class these days with those in which I remember to have felt the greatest pleasure from fine objects whether of art or Nature..."

Whirlpool
- March 23^rd, 1793

"I rode to the whirlpool, a very grand Scene half way between Queenstown & the Falls, where the currrent is so strong that Eddies are formed in which hewn timber trees are carried down the Falls from a Saw Mill upright."
- April 23^rd, 1793	Whirlpool Below the Falls

	"...vast rocks surround this bend of the River & they are covered with Pine & hemlock spruce, some Cascades among the Rocks add to the wild appearance these scenes have afforded me so much delight that I class these days with those in which I remember to have felt the greatest pleasure from fine objects whether of art or Nature..."
Whirlpool	- March 23^rd, 1793