Niagara, a town of Ontario, popular as a summer-resort, is situated on Lake Ontario, at the mouth of the river Niagara, 15 miles from the falls. Niagara (then Newark) was burned down in 1813 by the Americans in retreat. Pop. 1441.—Niagara Falls, a village of New York, is the principal place in the neighbourhood of the falls.—The name Niagara Falls has also been given to Clifton (q.v.).
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 491
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