Saturday, July 11, 2009

The Unique Islands In The Upper Niagara River

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There are seven major islands in the upper Niagara River above the falls: Grand Island, Beaver Island, Buckhorn Island, Navy Island, Cayuga ...

The Former Upper River

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There is one prominent feature of the gorge and the physical geography of Niagara Falls, NY that never seems to get a mention as a prominent...

The Portage Ridge

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Keep in mind that there is also a Portage Ridge that I have named on the Canadian side in the posting on this blog, "Secondary Glaciati...

The Sanborn Valley And The North Tonawanda Moraine

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There is a glacial moraine that I have found in the City of North Tonawanda, not far from Niagara Falls. It was formed in a way similar to t...

Natural History In Niagara County

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There is some outstanding examples of natural history, concerning the end of the last ice age 12,000 years ago, elsewhere in Niagara County,...

Secondary Glaciation In Lewiston

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THE LEWISTON MORAINE The ridge upon which Ridge Road in Lewiston, NY lies is known as Bell's Terrace, after the scientist who noticed it...

The Glacier And The Escarpment

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My postings concerning the natural history of the Niagara Falls area have thus far been limited to events in the relatively recent past. Mos...

The Lewiston Glacial Impact Crater

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Glacial impact craters are a land form that I have identified and which are formed when a glacier presses up against a large land mass such ...

Tonawanda And The Niagara River

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I cannot see that anyone has ever explained why the Niagara River formed where it did and why. Also, the terrain of the City of Tonawanda is...

The St. Catharines Falls

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The formation of the Niagara River system of today which drains water from the upper Great Lakes into Lake Ontario was by no means a foregon...