. Detroit, "The city of the strait"; historical, descriptive, illustrated . of the entireState Reservation, with the privilegeof stopping off at any point of interest, for twenty-five the Lewiston Branch of the New York Central, anelectric railway on either side of the river affords splendidopportunities to see the river, including the rapids, the falls,the whirlpool, and the gorge in detail and to the best advan-tage. That on the Canada side runs from Chippawa, on theNiagara Division of the Michigan Central, through the QueenVictoria Park, past the Horse-shoe Fall, and along the
. Detroit, "The city of the strait"; historical, descriptive, illustrated . of the entireState Reservation, with the privilegeof stopping off at any point of interest, for twenty-five the Lewiston Branch of the New York Central, anelectric railway on either side of the river affords splendidopportunities to see the river, including the rapids, the falls,the whirlpool, and the gorge in detail and to the best advan-tage. That on the Canada side runs from Chippawa, on theNiagara Division of the Michigan Central, through the QueenVictoria Park, past the Horse-shoe Fall, and along the brink ofthe gorge, by the whirlpool, toBrocks Monument on Queens-ton Heights, where the slope isdescended to the steamer dockat Queenslon. The line is 13^miles long, and the rate fromChippawa to Qoeenston fortycents, or seventy-five cents forthe round trip. On the American side thecars start from the SoldiersMonument at the foot of FallsStreet and gradually descendthe gorge just above the Canta-liver Bridge. From this pointto Lewiston the river bank is On Lima closely followed but a few feet above the water, passing directlyby the Whirlpool Rapids, the Whirlpool itself, and the longsuccession of the lower rapids, emerging from the gorge oppo-site Queenston Heights. The fare one way is fifty cents, orseventy-five cents for the round trip. The fare by the Levviston Branch of the New York Centralis twenty-five cents one way and forty cents for the round trip,excepting from June ist to September 30th, when the one-wayrate is twenty cents, and for the round trip, twenty-five cents. A round-trip rate of seventy cents is also made fromNiagara Falls to Lewiston by the New York Central, return-ing via the Gorge route. By the Canadian Electric Railway over the Upper ArchBridge to the Horse-shoe Fall and Chippewa, thence along theCanadian side at the top of the bluff overlooking the river toQueenston, across the lower Suspension Bridge to Lewiston,and thence back by the Gorge r
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