Title

Indian Ladder At Table Rock Canadian Side

Date

ca 1800 (original)

ca 1975 (reproduction)

Creator

Campbell, Donna Marie

Extent

25.15 x 35.3 cm

Is Part Of

Watercolour Collection

Description

Horseshoe Falls in background ;

en-CA Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation Government of Canada Local Initiatives Grant AK 2403-9 1974 - 1975 ; Research by George Seibel ; " Early guidebooks show the location of Indian Ladders at several place along the Gorge bank. Indian ladders were described as slender cedar or pine trees which had their branches cut off to within three inches of the trunk providing hand and foot holds. The top was attached by a bark cord to the roots of a living tree and the bottom anchored firmly in a pile of rocks. Variations of this ladder were notched with axes for foot and hand holds. Until Mrs. Simcoe's visit to the Falls in 1795 these ladders were the only way down the bank " ;

Type

Still Image

Medium

Watercolour

Subject

Niagara River - Lower

Niagara Falls - Horseshoe Falls

Table Rock

Location

Canada

Canada - Ontario

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=102723

locator

WC 116

Publisher

Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation

Date Created

2005-02-15

Date Modified

2005-02-15