. Tourist travel via Grand Trunk Railway System : and connections, including Niagara Falls and Gorge, the Highlands of Ontario, comprising Georgian Bay, Muskoka Lakes ; St. Lawrence River, Montreal, Quebec, the Saguenay River, the Rangeley Lakes, White Mountains, and the Atlantic Sea-Coast. LLS, FROM CANADIAN SHORE. These islands, combined witli a sliarp curve in tlie course of the stream, widen thechannel to about 4,750 feet, one-fourth of which is occupied by Island, the largestof the group, which here extends to the extreme verge of the precipice, and divides thestream and the Falls i
. Tourist travel via Grand Trunk Railway System : and connections, including Niagara Falls and Gorge, the Highlands of Ontario, comprising Georgian Bay, Muskoka Lakes ; St. Lawrence River, Montreal, Quebec, the Saguenay River, the Rangeley Lakes, White Mountains, and the Atlantic Sea-Coast. LLS, FROM CANADIAN SHORE. These islands, combined witli a sliarp curve in tlie course of the stream, widen thechannel to about 4,750 feet, one-fourth of which is occupied by Island, the largestof the group, which here extends to the extreme verge of the precipice, and divides thestream and the Falls into two distinct parts. The American Fall is about 1,100 feet wide, and the remainder, or Canada Fall, aboutdouble the width, although from its curved or horse-shoe shape the line of the brink isconsiderably longer than the direct breadth. The waters of the American Fallniake a sheer descent of 164 feet, wiiile^^^^ ■ ^ height of the Canadian Fall is from -^S y ; 12 to 14 feet less, owing to the length- ening of the Rapids, and the curve of, , j the stream. The volume of water in J 0j -^ the Canadian Fall is much greater, , than that of the American,and the impetus given by the Rapidscarries the water over the precipice with great
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