Title Overcoming Niagara : canals, commerce, and tourism in the Niagara-Great Lakes borderland region, 1792-1837 / Janet Dorothy Larkin

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource Contents The "Greatest display in nature" : the Niagara-Great Lakes borderland region before the War of 1812 -- "As irresistible as the 'cataract of Niagara'" : the Erie Canal and the promises of the North American canal age -- "A salutary and desirable competition" : New York State influence in the building of the first Welland Canal -- The Oswego Canal : "One of the great travelling and commercial thoroughfares" -- "The great wonder of the canal" Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher Subject Canals -- New York (State) -- Niagara Frontier -- History -- 18th century Canals -- New York (State) -- Niagara Frontier -- History -- 19th century Tourism -- New York (State) -- Niagara Frontier -- History Borderlands -- Niagara Falls Region (N.Y. and Ont.) -- History Borderlands -- Great Lakes Region (North America) -- History TRANSPORTATION -- General. Borderlands Canals Commerce Tourism Travel SUBJECT Niagara Frontier (N.Y.) -- Commerce -- History Niagara Frontier (N.Y.) -- Description and travel Erie Canal (N.Y.) -- History Welland Canal (Ont.) -- History Oswego Canal (N.Y.) -- History Subject Great Lakes Region New York (State) -- Erie Canal New York (State) -- Niagara Frontier New York (State) -- Oswego Canal North America -- Niagara Falls Region Ontario -- Welland Canal Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book LC no. 2017012086 ISBN 9781438468259 1438468253

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