Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
1/5
Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Ebook579 pages8 hours
Niagara: A History of the Falls
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
Full of heroes and villains, eccentrics and daredevils, scientists, and power brokers, Niagara has a contemporary resonance: how a great natural wonder created both the industrial heartland of southern Ontario and the worst pollution on the continent.
Unavailable
Read more from Pierre Berton
The American Invasion of Canada: The War of 1812's First Year Vimy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Klondike Fever: The Life And Death Of The Last Great Gold Rush Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to Niagara
Related ebooks
The Niagara River Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSummary of Kevin Fedarko's The Emerald Mile Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Lake Erie Shore: Ontario's Forgotten South Coast Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrom Queenston to Kingston: The Hidden Heritage of Lake Ontario's Shoreline Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lighthouses of Eastern Michigan Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Final Voyage of the Valencia Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Mystic Mid-Region: The Deserts of the Southwest Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSummary of Simon Winchester's A Crack in the Edge of the World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHistoric Photos of Lake Tahoe Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Columbia River: Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCanadian History, Two Books Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThree Sheets to the Wind Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Dawn of Canadian History : A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Western United States: A Geographical Reader Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHard Road West: History and Geology along the Gold Rush Trail Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Spirits Along the Columbia River Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAlong Alaska's Great River Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Frances Smith: Palace Steamer of the Upper Great Lakes, 1867-1896 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIndustry in the Wilderness: The People, the Buildings, the Machines — Heritage in Northwestern Ontario Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDowntown Vancouver Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Western United States A Geographical Reader Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Grand Canyon of Arizona Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSheboygan Tales of the Tragic & Bizarre Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCanada and the Canadians, Vol. 2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBoom Copper - The Story Of The First U.S. Mining Boom Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSummer Provinces by the Sea Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Bark In The Park-Doggin' America's Waterfalls Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTrail Tales Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
History For You
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5100 Things You're Not Supposed to Know: Secrets, Conspiracies, Cover Ups, and Absurdities Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters--And How to Get It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The ZERO Percent: Secrets of the United States, the Power of Trust, Nationality, Banking and ZERO TAXES! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Whore Stories: A Revealing History of the World's Oldest Profession Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Richest Man in Babylon: The most inspiring book on wealth ever written Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England: 400 – 1066 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lessons of History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Awakening: Defeating the Globalists and Launching the Next Great Renaissance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Reset: And the War for the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary of The War of Art: by Steven Pressfield | Includes Analysis Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Secret History of the World Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Library Book Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related podcast episodes
Case File 236-The Curse of Lake Lanier 0% found this document usefulKings of the Yukon: A 2,000-mile Alaskan River Paddle with Best-Selling Author Adam Weymouth 0% found this document useful104) A Broken Dam Leads to a 60 Foot Water Wall that Pummeled a Town: The Johnstown Flood 0% found this document usefulThe Great Portage of 1829 | North Coast Chronicles 0% found this document usefulThe Titanic 0% found this document useful#212 Bronx Trilogy (Part One) The Bronx Is Born 0% found this document usefulCretaceous Capilano Fossil Field Trip 0% found this document usefulMartin Gibling on Rivers in the Geological Record - Part 1 0% found this document usefulBritish Maritime History: Is it even possible to imagine what Britain would have been without seafaring? 0% found this document usefulThe Titanic 0% found this document usefulLevel 4-Day 23.The Welland Canal 0% found this document usefulIf Life is a Journey on Water… 0% found this document usefulDan Snow: Searching for Endurance 0% found this document usefulMaritime Disasters: Empress of Ireland: Canada's Titanic 0% found this document useful
Related articles
A History Written In Stone WanderlustArticle
A History Written In Stone
Nov 24, 2022
13 min readNevertheless, Caddo Lake Persisted Texas Highways MagazineArticle
Nevertheless, Caddo Lake Persisted
Oct 15, 2019
11 min readWRECKommendations Wreck Diving MagazineArticle
WRECKommendations
Jun 30, 2017
Written and Illustrated by Tom Hemphill and Floyd Holcom Arcadia Publishing is the largest publisher of local history books and regional content guides in America and is located in my hometown, Mount Pleasant, SC. Over the years, they have brought a
8 min readDiscoveries Revealed Through Drought Newsweek InternationalArticle
Discoveries Revealed Through Drought
Nov 11, 2022
2 min readDiscoveries Revealed Through Drought NewsweekArticle
Discoveries Revealed Through Drought
Nov 11, 2022
2 min readThe Slow Death Of The Po Guardian WeeklyArticle
The Slow Death Of The Po
Jul 15, 2022
10 min readA Climate Catastrophe Paved the Way for the Dinosaurs’ Reign The AtlanticArticle
A Climate Catastrophe Paved the Way for the Dinosaurs’ Reign
Oct 22, 2018
8 min readHighland Settlement in Northern Cape Breton Island: Pollett’s Cove, Bay St Lawrence and Meat Cove History ScotlandArticle
Highland Settlement in Northern Cape Breton Island: Pollett’s Cove, Bay St Lawrence and Meat Cove
Dec 12, 2020
6 min readThe Birth and Death of a Landscape: A trip to a Louisiana river delta reveals an ecosystem that is growing up. NautilusArticle
The Birth and Death of a Landscape: A trip to a Louisiana river delta reveals an ecosystem that is growing up.
May 12, 2016
To reach the youngest land in the United States you need a boat. Robert Twilley still vividly remembers the first time he made the trip. The Louisiana State University coastal ecologist piled into a 24-foot Boston Whaler with a bunch of geomorphologi
8 min readThe Big Chill Adirondack LifeArticle
The Big Chill
Oct 31, 2019
7 min readIn Search Of Dickensland Country LifeArticle
In Search Of Dickensland
Aug 23, 2023
6 min readForce of Nature Texas Highways MagazineArticle
Force of Nature
Jun 20, 2023
2 min readWRECK Ommendations Wreck Diving MagazineArticle
WRECK Ommendations
Aug 30, 2018
Florida’s Lost Galleon: The Emanuel Point Shipwreck Edited by Rodger Smith Florida waters have long been considered a treasure hunters’ paradise as there are many Spanish Galleons and other historical vessels that have met their fate and wrecked ther
6 min readWorkhorse In The Wilderness Wreck Diving MagazineArticle
Workhorse In The Wilderness
Feb 22, 2016
11 min readDescents Kayak Session MagazineArticle
Descents
Mar 12, 2019
Dupont State Forest, NC: Mid-spring Ryan Mcavoy and Michael Ferraro began scouting High Falls like a sick obsession, drawing lines down photos of the rock dome trying to negotiate a path down. This slide drops a total of 300 feet in elevation in abou
18 min readThe Real Landscapes of the Great Flood Myths: In Tibet, a geologist learns how folk stories may record actual catastrophes. NautilusArticle
The Real Landscapes of the Great Flood Myths: In Tibet, a geologist learns how folk stories may record actual catastrophes.
Jun 18, 2015
I came to Tibet in the spring of 2002 to investigate a geologic mystery: How had the mighty Tsangpo River cut through the rising Himalaya to carve the deepest gorge in the world? Origin questions like this one fascinate me. I’m a geomorphologist—I st
8 min readAll That Glitters History RevealedArticle
All That Glitters
Apr 16, 2020
9 min readTo The Mainland New Zealand ListenerArticle
To The Mainland
Dec 6, 2020
5 min readDescents Kayak Session MagazineArticle
Descents
Nov 22, 2019
13 min readShipwrecks At The Top Of The World Wreck Diving MagazineArticle
Shipwrecks At The Top Of The World
Aug 5, 2016
16 min readThe great White South Travel & Leisure India & South AsiaArticle
The great White South
May 19, 2023
11 min readDescents Kayak Session MagazineArticle
Descents
Mar 15, 2024
9 min readPure Waters BBC Countryfile MagazineArticle
Pure Waters
May 5, 2022
4 min readWill Climate Change Force This Alaska Village To Relocate? The Christian Science MonitorArticle
Will Climate Change Force This Alaska Village To Relocate?
Jul 1, 2019
To the people of Quinhagak, Alaska, climate change is not a scenario far off in the future, but something they live with every day.
11 min readDescents Kayak Session MagazineArticle
Descents
May 15, 2022
8 min readFrom the Debris Field... Wreck Diving MagazineArticle
From the Debris Field...
Jun 30, 2017
Wreck divers from everywhere on the planet are invited to submit newsy tidbits of timely information (also called “short, sharp, shipwreck shout-outs”) about a wreck in their area. Perhaps there is not enough information, or enough archival and/or un
4 min readThe View From The Middle Of Everything Literary HubArticle
The View From The Middle Of Everything
Apr 25, 2019
7 min readSee The Ties That Bind Antarctica And Louisiana Through One Photographer's Lens NPRArticle
See The Ties That Bind Antarctica And Louisiana Through One Photographer's Lens
Nov 17, 2022
3 min readWhen a Hurricane Hits: A Story of America’s Urban Rise and Fall Literary HubArticle
When a Hurricane Hits: A Story of America’s Urban Rise and Fall
Oct 9, 2019
7 min readWhat Happens When Icebergs Collide With Art NautilusArticle
What Happens When Icebergs Collide With Art
Nov 2, 2022
4 min read
Reviews for Niagara
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
1 rating0 reviews