Horseshoe Falls

Horseshoe Falls
	Horseshoe Falls
Coordinates	43 ° 5 '0 " N , 79 ° 4' 15" W Coordinates: 43 ° 5 '0 " N , 79 ° 4' 15" W.
place	Niagara Falls (New York)
height	Falling edge : 51 m
width	820 m
flow	Niagara River

The Horseshoe Falls (German " Horseshoe Falls " ), also called Canadian Falls , form part of the Niagara Falls . About 90 percent of the water in Niagara flows through the Horseshoe Falls, which is located between Terrapin Point on Goat Island in the US state of New York and Table Rock in the Canadian province of Ontario , after diversions for energy generation by hydropower .

International border

When the border between the USA and Canada was determined in the Peace of Ghent in 1819 , the northeastern end of the Horseshoe Falls in New York State was at the Terrapin Rocks, which were previously connected to Goat Island by various bridges. In 1955 the area between the rocks and Goat Island was filled in; Terrapin Point was born. In the early 1980s, the United States Army Corps of Engineers expanded the landfill and built dams to divert the water from Terrapin Point. As a result, the Horseshoe Falls disappeared over 100 meters.

According to the official maps of the United States and Canada, a small portion of Horseshoe Falls is located in the United States.

gallery

The frozen Horseshoe Falls, circa 1900
Horseshoe Falls at night with lighting for tourist purposes
Horseshoe Falls seen from the Table Rock Center in Niagara Falls, Ontario
1819 International Boundary Map of the Boundary Commission's Horseshoe Falls

Web links

Commons : Horseshoe Falls - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Matthew Lee (October 29, 2007). Video claims Horseshoe Falls for US Toronto Star
↑ "The international boundary line may pass through the Horseshoe Falls just beyond Terrapin Tower Point, so that the United States are not entitled to as large a portion as Canada of the Horseshoe Falls, which is admittedly not all Canadian." Statement of Mr. J Boardman Scovell. Preservation of Niagara Falls: hearings on the subject of HR 26688, Sixty-first Congress, second session, relating to the control and regulation of the waters of Niagara River and the preservation of Niagara Falls, held before the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the House of Representatives. USGPO, 1911
^ Pierre Berton: Niagara: A History of the Falls . SUNY Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-4384-2928-1 , pp. 20-21 (accessed December 1, 2010).
^ The Atlas of Canada . Government of Canada. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
^ National Map of the United States . United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 19, 2017.

[Lee2007-1] Matthew Lee (October 29, 2007). Video claims Horseshoe Falls for US Toronto Star

[1911hearings-2] "The international boundary line may pass through the Horseshoe Falls just beyond Terrapin Tower Point, so that the United States are not entitled to as large a portion as Canada of the Horseshoe Falls, which is admittedly not all Canadian." Statement of Mr. J Boardman Scovell. Preservation of Niagara Falls: hearings on the subject of HR 26688, Sixty-first Congress, second session, relating to the control and regulation of the waters of Niagara River and the preservation of Niagara Falls, held before the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the House of Representatives. USGPO, 1911

[berton-3] Pierre Berton: Niagara: A History of the Falls . SUNY Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-4384-2928-1 , pp. 20-21 (accessed December 1, 2010).

[4] The Atlas of Canada . Government of Canada. Retrieved February 19, 2017.

[5] National Map of the United States . United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 19, 2017.