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Geography


Niagara Falls and nearby places


In both the United States and Canada

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Niagara Falls Niagara Falls () is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States. The largest of the three is Horseshoe Falls, ...
, the famous waterfalls in the Niagara River *
Niagara River The Niagara River () 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 the state of New York (state), New York in the United States (on the east) ...
, part of the U.S.–Canada border *
Niagara Escarpment The Niagara Escarpment is a long escarpment, or cuesta, in Canada and the United States that runs predominantly east–west from New York through Ontario, Michigan, Wisconsin, and into Illinois. The escarpment is most famous as the cliff over ...
, the cliff over which the river forms the falls *
Niagara Whirlpool The Niagara Whirlpool is a natural whirlpool within the Niagara River located along the Canada–U.S. border between New York and Ontario. The whirlpool is in the Niagara Gorge, downstream from Niagara Falls. The whirlpool's greatest depth i ...
, a natural whirlpool downstream from the falls *
Niagara Gorge Niagara Gorge is an long canyon carved by the Niagara River along the Canada–United States border, between the U.S. state of New York and the Canadian province of Ontario. It begins at the base of Niagara Falls and ends downriver at the ed ...
, formed by the recession of the falls


United States

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Niagara Falls, New York Niagara Falls is a City (New York), city in Niagara County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the city had a total population of 48,671. It is adjacent to the Niagara River, across from the city of Niagara ...
, the U.S. city adjacent to the falls *
Niagara County, New York Niagara County is in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 212,666. The county seat is Lockport. The county name is from the Iroquois word ''Onguiaahra''; meaning ''the strait'' or ''thunder of waters''. Niag ...
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Niagara Falls State Park Niagara Falls State Park is located in the City of Niagara Falls in Niagara County, New York, United States. The park, recognized as the oldest state park in the United States, contains the American Falls, the Bridal Veil Falls, and a portion of ...
, the oldest state park in the US **
Niagara Escarpment AVA The Niagara Escarpment AVA is an American Viticultural Area in Niagara County, New York along the Niagara Escarpment. Certified by the United States Department of the Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau on October 11, 2005, it c ...
, New York wine region *
Niagara, New York Niagara is a town in Niagara County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 8,378. The town is named after the famous waterfall Niagara Falls. The Town of Niagara is the neighbor to the City of Niaga ...
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Fort Niagara Fort Niagara is a fortification originally built by New France to protect its interests in North America, specifically control of access between the Niagara River and Lake Ontario, the easternmost of the Great Lakes. The fort is on the river's e ...
, near Youngstown, New York *
Niagara Frontier The Niagara Frontier refers to the stretch of land in the United States that is south of Lake Ontario and north of Lake Erie, and extends westward to Cleveland, Ohio. The term dates to the War of 1812, when the northern border was in contention b ...
, a region south of Lakes Ontario and Erie *
Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area The Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan area, designated by the United States Census Bureau, encompassing two counties — Erie and Niagara in Western New York. It has a population of almost 1.2 million peop ...
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Buffalo Niagara Region The Buffalo Niagara Region is an economic region that is part of the Great Lakes region of North America, comprising much of Western New York in the United States. The Regional Institute of the University at Buffalo has defined the region as inc ...
, an economic region


Canada

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Niagara Falls, Ontario Niagara Falls is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is on the western bank of the Niagara River in the Golden Horseshoe region of Southern Ontario, with a population of 88,071 at the 2016 census. It is part of the St. Catharines - Niagara Census M ...
, the Canadian city adjacent to the falls *
Niagara-on-the-Lake Niagara-on-the-Lake is a town in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the Niagara Peninsula at the point where the Niagara River meets Lake Ontario, across the river from New York, United States. Niagara-on-the-Lake is in the Niagara Region of On ...
* Niagara Peninsula, between Lakes Ontario and Erie *
Niagara (electoral district) Niagara was a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario, which was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1883. It is sometimes also considered one of Ontario's historic counties, as it was listed in some p ...
, a 19th-century federal House of Commons district and historic county *
Regional Municipality of Niagara The Regional Municipality of Niagara, also colloquially known as the Niagara Region or Region of Niagara, is a regional municipality comprising twelve municipalities of Southern Ontario, Canada. The regional seat is in Thorold. It is the southern ...
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Diocese of Niagara The Diocese of Niagara is one of thirty regional divisions in the Anglican Church of Canada. The see city of the diocese is Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton, with the bishop's cathedra located at Christ's Church Cathedral (Hamilton), Christ's Church Ca ...


Other locations


Australia

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Niagara, Western Australia Niagara is an abandoned town located in the Goldfields-Esperance region in Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding ext ...
, an abandoned town in the goldfields


Canada

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Niagara, British Columbia Niagara is on the west side of the Granby River, near the junction with Fisherman Creek, in the Boundary Country region of south central British Columbia. The small community is about north of Grand Forks on North Fork Rd. Prosperity In 1898, a ...
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Niagara, Toronto Niagara is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located south of Queen Street West; it is usually bordered by Strachan Avenue to the west, Bathurst Street to the east, and the railway corridor to the south, and so named because Niagara Stre ...
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Niagara Peak Niagara Peak is a high mountain summit in the San Juan Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains System, in southwestern Colorado. The thirteener is located northeast by east ( bearing 53°) of the Town of Silverton, on the Continental Divide b ...
, a mountain * Mitchell Lake/Niagara Park, the original name of
Cariboo Mountains Provincial Park Cariboo Mountains Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located northeast of Likely. Comprising 113,469 ha., the park is located in the Cariboo Mountains between Bowron Lakes Provincial Park (NW) and Wells Gray Provin ...


United States

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Niagara, Kentucky Niagara is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, Kentucky, United States. The country singer Grandpa Jones Louis Marshall Jones (October 20, 1913 – February 19, 1998), known professionally as Grandpa Jones, was an American b ...
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Niagara, North Dakota Niagara is a city in Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States. It is part of the "Grand Forks, ND- MN Metropolitan Statistical Area" or "Greater Grand Forks". The population was 46 at the 2020 census. Niagara was founded in 1883. Geogra ...
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Niagara, Oregon Niagara is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Oregon, United States. It is the site of the historic Niagara County Park, the first park to be created by the Marion County Park and Recreation Commission. The park consists of a histor ...
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Niagara, Wisconsin Niagara is a city in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,624 at the 2010 census. The city lies to the north of and adjacent to the Town of Niagara. It is part of the Marinette, WI– MI Micropolitan Statistica ...
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Niagara (town), Wisconsin Niagara is a town in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 924 at the 2000 census. The city of Niagara is located to the north of and adjacent to the town. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the tow ...


Arts and entertainment

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Niagara (painter and singer) Niagara, was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1955, is a painter and musician. She was the lead vocalist of the proto- punk rock bands Destroy All Monsters (DAM) and Dark Carnival. Her painting derives principally from the Lowbrow art movement. Car ...
(fl. from 1974), an American punk singer and painter * ''Niagara'' (album) by Red Aim, 2003 *
Niagara (band) Niagara was a French rock band that achieved popularity both in France and Canada in the 1980s and early 1990s. The band, who was known under the name L'Ombre jaune from 1982 to 1984, was formed in Rennes, France by vocalist Muriel Laporte ( ...
, a French rock band * ''Niagara'' (board game) * ''Niagara'' (1953 film), a film noir starring Marilyn Monroe *
Niagara (2022 film) ''Niagara'' is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Guillaume Lambert and released in 2022. The film centres on three estranged brothers in their 50s — Victor-Hugo (Guy Jodoin), Alain (François Pérusse) and Léo-Louis ( Éric Bernier) La ...
, a Canadian comedy-drama film * '' Niagara: Miracles, Myths and Magic'', a 1986 IMAX film * "Niagara" (''The Office''), an episode of the TV series * ''Niagara'' (Frederic Edwin Church), an 1857 painting * "Niagara", a song by Sara Evans fro the album '' Restless''


Ships

* ''Niagara'' (ship), the name of several ships * ''Niagara'' (tug), that sank on Lake Superior in 1904 * ''Niagara'' (yacht) a 65-foot sloop built in 1895 * , a Great Lakes steamboat * , built in 1814 as ''Niagara'' * , earlier known as HMS ''Royal George'', a British 20-gun wooden sloop * USS ''Niagara'', the name of several ships of the U.S. Navy


Other uses

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Niagara (grape) Niagara grapes are a variety of the North American grape species '' Vitis labrusca'' (botanical family Vitaceae) and are used as table grapes and for wines, as well as jams and juice. Niagara is the leading green grape grown in the United Sta ...
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Niagara College The Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technology (frequently shortened to Niagara College and branded as Niagara College Canada) is a public List of Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology, College of Applied Arts and Technology with ...
in Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada *
Niagara University Niagara University (NU) is a private Catholic university in the Vincentian tradition in Lewiston in Niagara County, New York. It is run by the Congregation of the Mission and has 3,300 undergraduate students in 50 academic programs. Appro ...
in Niagara County, New York, U.S. *
New York Central Niagara The New York Central Railroad's Niagara was a "Northern" type steam locomotive named after the Niagara River and Falls. It had a wheel arrangement and is considered as one of the most efficient 4-8-4 locomotives ever built. The first New York ...
a steam locomotive * The Niagara, a historic hotel in Niagara Falls, New York, U.S.


See also

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Nagara (disambiguation) Nagara may refer to: Places * Nagara (ancient city), an ancient city in Afghanistan * Nagara, Karnataka, India * Nagara, Chiba, a town in Japan * Nagara River, a river in Japan People with the surname * Masashi Nagara (born 1977), Japanese f ...
* Niagara Falls (disambiguation) *
Battle of Niagara (disambiguation) The Battle of Niagara may refer to: * Fort Niagara, a fort used in the American Revolutionary War, the Seven Years' War, and the War of 1812. * The Battle of Fort Niagara of the Seven Years' War, taking place in July 1759. * The Capture of Fort Nia ...
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Bushkill Falls Bushkill Falls is a series of eight privately owned waterfalls, the tallest of which cascades over , located in Lehman Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania, Lehman Township, Pennsylvania in the Pocono Mountains. Water of the Little Bush Kill and Po ...
, also known as "Niagara of Pennsylvania" * ''
Niagara, Niagara ''Niagara, Niagara'' is a 1997 film directed by Bob Gosse, and starring Henry Thomas, Robin Tunney, as well as Michael Parks, John Ventimiglia and Stephen Lang. A dark and tragic romantic tale about young love, drugs, a cross country trip and To ...
'', a 1997 film {{disambiguation, geo