Niagara River Looking Toward Rainbow Bridge
by Janette Boyd
Title
Niagara River Looking Toward Rainbow Bridge
Artist
Janette Boyd
Medium
Photograph - Photo/texture
Description
Photo of Niagara River, taken from the Ontario, Canada side, looking towards the Niagara Falls International Rainbow Bridge. Cloud texture added using Corel Paint techniques of blending and brushes.
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The Niagara River (/naɪˈɡrə/ ny-ag-ra) is a river that flows north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. It forms part of the border between the Province of Ontario in Canada (on the west) and New York State in the United States. There are differing theories as to the origin of the name of the river. According to Iroquoian scholar Bruce Trigger, "Niagara" is derived from the name given to a branch of the locally residing native Neutral Confederacy, who are described as being called the "Niagagarega" people on several late-17th-century French maps of the area.[3] According to George R. Stewart, it comes from the name of an Iroquois town called "Ongniaahra", meaning "point of land cut in two".[4]
The river, which is occasionally described as a strait, is about 58 kilometres (36 mi) long and includes Niagara Falls in its course. The falls have moved approximately 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) upstream from the Niagara Escarpment in the last 12,000 years, resulting in a gorge below the falls. Today, the diversion of the river for electrical generation has significantly reduced the rate of erosion.
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March 18th, 2015
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