Niagara River

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a river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario

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Drummond then dispatched his troops across the Niagara River northward with the aim to laying waste the settlements in the region.
The plant collapsed into the Niagara River Gorge in the 1950s.
Brooklyn Bridge The company produced the cables that were used in the construction of the Roebling-designed bridges across the Monongahela River, the Niagara River, the Ohio River and New York City's East River.
For Tonawanda, being stewards of the environment extends to the preservations of natural resources such as the nearby Ellicott Creek, which discharges into the Niagara River that flows north from Lake Erie draining into Lake Ontario.
He fishes for bass and pickerel on the Niagara River while being shot at by enemy soldiers, steals peaches from gardens in the ruins of Queenston, and has a "capital" picnic of steak, potatoes, and brandy with a Yankee officer while trying to spy on American positions in Fort George.
Montreal, Kingston, the fortified posts from Fort George to Fort Erie on the Niagara River and Fort Amherstburg on the Detroit River were directly threatened as they lay along the best avenues of approach from the United States.
55 Hexham Known as 'The Yankee Leaper', Sam Patch became the first famous American daredevil after successfully jumping 120ft from a raised platform into the Niagara River near the base of Niagara Falls in 1829.
But as long as you have a US visa, it's slightly easier to cross one of the three bridges spanning the Niagara River to New York State.
There is no doubt that in the course of rescuing enslaved African Americans before the Civil War and moving them safely to Canada, Harriet Tubman crossed the Niagara River by the Suspension Bridge.
At one of the leading ice wine vineyards, the ear lifts to discern an accent with roots closer to Offa's Dyke than Ontario's border with New York on the other side of Niagara River.
DeSantis said discussions with Amtrak, CSX railroad, the departments of Transportation and others involved in the project have reached the point where groundbreaking for renovation of the Customs House and for a new bridge across the lower Niagara River gorge near the foot of Ontario Avenue could take place in August.
Lying in the shadow of the mighty Niagara Falls, the town built on the banks of the Niagara River acts like an antidote to the falls.
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