Title

Official guide to Niagara - The Hermit's Cascade

Description

LCN 10167844 FRANCIS ABBOTT HERMIT

Black & white scan from book ;

en-CA Scan from the book Official Guide Niagara Falls, River. Electric, Historic, Geologic, Hydraulic by Peter A. Porter with illustrations by Charles D Arnold published 1901 ; The Hermit's Cascade is located between Goat Island and First Sister Island. It is named for Francis Abbott a young man who for two years lived a solitary life at Niagara Falls. He was drowned while bathing in the Cascade near the foot of the Park Railway in 1831 ;

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=91199

Medium

Scan from book

Date

1901

Is Part Of

Niagara Falls Public Library Local History Collection

locator

LHC - 917.4799 P847

Rights Holder

©Niagara Falls Public Library

Subject

Islands - Niagara River

Goat Island

Niagara Falls - History

Spatial Coverage

Canada - Ontario

United States - New York

number

D11865

Format

Scan from book

Date Created

2003-07-03

Date Modified

2005-01-20