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1900 Map of Niagara Falls

Name: 1900 Topographic Map of Niagara Falls
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The Niagara River serves as the focal point of this late 19th-century survey, detailing the international corridor between New York and the Dominion of Canada. The map documents the immense infrastructure surrounding the cataract, including the concentration of rails such as the N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. and the Suspension Bridge crossing. Strategic military sites guard the mouth of the river at Lake Ontario, specifically Fort Niagara on the American side and Fort Massassauga on the Canadian shore.

Industrial and transit networks define the era, with electric lines like the Niagara Falls and Lewiston Electric R. R. clinging to the gorge. Beyond the city of Niagara Falls, the landscape transitions to the townships of Porter and Lewiston, where the terrain is marked by family-named creeks and small settlements like Youngstown and Eagle Park. The placement of the Brock Monument overlooking Queenston provides a notable landmark for those tracing the historical geography of the Niagara Escarpment.