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[View of Horseshoe Falls from the Canadian Side]
From a photograph. | Frontispiece |
| [A Glimpse of Buffalo Harbor] | 4 |
| [Lafayette Square] | 8 |
| [St. Paul's Church, Buffalo] | 12 |
[Niagara Falls]
From the original
painting by Frederick Edwin Church, in Corcoran Gallery. | 14 |
| [The American Rapids] | 16 |
[The View from Prospect Point]
From a photograph by Notman, Montreal. | 20 |
| [Goat Island Bridge and Rapids] | 24 |
| [Horseshoe Falls from Below] | 26 |
[The Shoreless Sea]
From a photograph by Notman, Montreal. | 28 |
| [Rustic Bridge, Willow Island] | 30 |
| [The Cave of the Winds] | 32 |
[The American Fall]
From a photograph by Notman, Montreal. | 36 |
| [Remains of Stone Piers of the "First Railway in
America"—the British Tramway up Lewiston Heights, 1763] | 38 |
[Amid the Goat Island Group]
From a photograph by Notman, Montreal. | 40 |
[Horseshoe Falls from the Canadian Shore]
From a photograph by Notman, Montreal. | 44 |
[Looking up the Lower Niagara from Paradise Grove]
From a photograph by Wm. Quinn, Niagara-on-the-Lake. | 46 |
[The Mouth of the Gorge]
From a photograph by Notman, Montreal. | 48 |
| [The Whirlpool Rapids] | 50 |
[The American Fall, July, 1765]
From an unsigned original drawing in the British Museum. | 54 |
[The Horseshoe Fall, July, 1765]
From an unsigned original drawing in the British Museum. | 60 |
| [Ice Mountain on Prospect Point] | 64 |
| [Cave of the Winds in Winter] | 66 |
| ["Maid of the Mist" under Steel Arch Bridge] | 70 |
| [Beacon on Old Breakwater at Buffalo] | 72 |
| [Winter Scene in Prospect Park] | 74 |
[Bath Island, American Rapids, in 1879]
From New York Commissioners' Report. | 80 |
| [Path to Luna Island] | 86 |
| [Green Island Bridge] | 92 |
[Bird's-eye View of the Canadian Rapids and Fall]
From a photograph by Notman, Montreal. | 100 |
| [American Falls from Below] | 106 |
| [The Riverside at Willow Island] | 118 |
| [Goat Island Bridge, Showing Niagara's Famous
Cataract and International Hotels] | 124 |
[The Path to the Cave of the Winds]
From a photograph by Notman, Montreal. | 130 |
| [American Falls from Goat Island] | 136 |
| [Horseshoe Falls from Goat Island] | 142 |
| [Ice Bridge and American Falls] | 148 |
| [Colonel Römer's Map of the Country of the Iroquois, 1700] | 154 |
| [Champlain] | 160 |
| [Map of French Forts in America] | 164 |
[Niagara Falls by Father Hennepin]
The first known picture of Niagara, dated 1697. | 166 |
| [R. Réné Cavelier, Sieur De La Salle] | 172 |
| [Frontenac, from Hébert's Statue at Quebec] | 178 |
| [Luna Island Bridge] | 184 |
["Carte du Lac Ontario." A Specimen French Map of the
Niagara Frontier Dated October 4, 1757]
From the original in the British Museum. | 190 |
| [Stones on the Site of Joncaire's Cabin under
Lewiston Heights, where the "Magazine Royale" was Erected in 1719] | 198 |
[Specimen Manuscript Map of Niagara Frontier of
Eighteenth Century]
From the original in the British Museum. | 204 |
| [A Drawing of Fort Niagara and Environs Showing
Plan of English Attack under Johnson] | 208 |
| [A Sketch of Fort Niagara and Environs by the
French Commander Pouchot Showing Improvements of 1756-1758] | 210 and 211 |
| [Canadian Trapper, from La Potherie] | 212 |
| [Youngstown, N. Y., from Paradise Grove] | 214 |
[The Stone Redoubt at Fort Niagara, Built in 1770]
From the original in the British Museum. | 216 |
| [Pfister's Sketch of Fort Niagara and the "Communication."
Two Years before the Outbreak of the Revolutionary War] | 220 |
[Fort Erie and the Mouth of the Niagara, by Pfister, in 1764]
From the original in the British Museum. | 226 |
| [Major-General Brock] | 232 |
| [A Plan of Fort Niagara after English Occupation, by Montresor] | 238 |
["Navy Hall Opposite Niagara"]
A drawing on bark by Mrs. Simcoe. | 244 |
[Queenston and Brock's Monument]
From a photograph by Wm. Quinn, Niagara-on-the-Lake. | 250 |
| [Brock's Monument] | 260 |
["Queenston or Landing near Niagara"]
A drawing on bark by Mrs. Simcoe. | 266 |
[Lieutenant Pierie's Sketch of Niagara, 1768]
From an old print. | 272 |
| [Old View of Fort Mississauga] | 278 |
| [Monument at Lundy's Lane] | 284 |
| [Lieutenant-General Simcoe] | 294 |
[York Harbor]
A drawing on bark by Mrs. Simcoe. | 296 |
["The Garrison at York"]
A drawing on bark by Mrs. Simcoe. | 302 |
[Captain Sowers's Drawings of Fort Niagara, 1769]
From the original in the British Museum. | 308 |