The Point, known now as Prospect Point, is where the history of photography played out against the backdrop of Niagara Falls in competition for tourist dollars.
The full content is available in the Fall 2008 Issue.
For centuries, people of all backgrounds and walks of life have recorded their impressions of Niagara Falls. Jack Wysocki provides a survey of these viewpoints, as well as the accompanying development — good and bad — of one of Western New York's most significant geographic features.
Three centuries ago, French traders established this small, but important site in what is now Lewiston.
One of the cars from the "Great Gorge Route".
Nineteenth-century views of Niagara Falls when strolling onto the crystallized cataract was a winter tradition.
Through a partnership with Christopher Behrend Photography, we bring you this unique collection of the most intense & beautiful winter icescapes-captured during the incredible winter months of 2019.
By: John Percy
Geography's impact on the history of Western New York and Ontario's Niagara Peninsula.