. Routes and rates for summer tours ... 1888 . VV-^ Leaving Niagara Falls and following the || river, the tourist will enjoy a variety of wild and ij picturesque scenery. Passing Suspension Bridge |l the train dashes along the mountain, reaching the \\ summit at River View station, where a fine view is : afforded of the river and the Canadian shore. Seven miles below the Falls is the historic town of Lewistonthe point of arrival and departure of steamers crossing LakeOntario. It is the head of navigation on Lake Ontario, and isbeautifully situated on the Niagara River, which here is calm andpe


. Routes and rates for summer tours ... 1888 . VV-^ Leaving Niagara Falls and following the || river, the tourist will enjoy a variety of wild and ij picturesque scenery. Passing Suspension Bridge |l the train dashes along the mountain, reaching the \\ summit at River View station, where a fine view is : afforded of the river and the Canadian shore. Seven miles below the Falls is the historic town of Lewistonthe point of arrival and departure of steamers crossing LakeOntario. It is the head of navigation on Lake Ontario, and isbeautifully situated on the Niagara River, which here is calm andpeaceful, without any suggestions of the turbulence and violenceof the waters below the Falls. Directly opposite, on the Canadian side, is the interestingtown of Queenston. It is well worth a visit, for it occupies animportant place in history. Here the gallant GeneralBrock and his aide-de-camp, McDonnell, fell, Octobernth, 1812. On the heights above the village is the^ monument erected to General Brocks memory, and from its commanding site it


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