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King winter transforms Niagara Falls into F, Mighty Niagara has become the abode of the ice king and the roaring waters are now gigantic, glastening formations of ice
King winter transforms Niagara Falls into F, Mighty Niagara has become the abode of the ice king and the roaring waters are now gigantic, glastening formations of ice

King winter transforms Niagara Falls into F, Mighty Niagara has become the abode of the ice king and the roaring waters are now gigantic, glastening formations of ice

Date2/1/1938
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Original Toronto Star caption: King winter transforms Niagara Falls into F; Mighty Niagara has become the abode of the ice king and the roaring waters are now gigantic; glastening formations of ice.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberTSPA_0106947F
      Jack Frost in action! A fine winter scene at Niagara Falls, with the frozen spray making quaint castles and great weird formations in the foreground, (...)
      Jack Frost in action! A fine winter scene at Niagara Falls, with the frozen spray making quaint castles and great weird formations in the foreground, (...)
      Boyd, John
      3/4/1933
      Ice pictureque scene (3) Ice formations on Table Rock house at the horseshoe falls on the Canadian side make a
      Ice pictureque scene (3) Ice formations on Table Rock house at the horseshoe falls on the Canadian side make a
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/3/1946
      Ice blockade at the head of the Niagara river at Fort Erie has reduced the level of water at Niagara Falls to an all-time low. Directly above the Hors(...)
      Ice blockade at the head of the Niagara river at Fort Erie has reduced the level of water at Niagara Falls to an all-time low. Directly above the Hors(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      4/23/1947
      Niagara builds its ice bridge, The ice bridge at the base of Niagara Falls, built up each year by ice flowing out of Lake Erie, averages five to ten f(...)
      Niagara builds its ice bridge, The ice bridge at the base of Niagara Falls, built up each year by ice flowing out of Lake Erie, averages five to ten f(...)
      Bull, Ron
      1/28/1976
      Winter's lovely, but has its drawbacks as revealed in this air view of Niagara Falls where the long ice bridge below the cataracts stretches from Hors(...)
      Winter's lovely, but has its drawbacks as revealed in this air view of Niagara Falls where the long ice bridge below the cataracts stretches from Hors(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/12/1947
      Niagara in the winter . . . A brilliant spectacle of nuted columns of ice that has attracted visitors from all over the world. Left, the Takkakaw Fall(...)
      Niagara in the winter . . . A brilliant spectacle of nuted columns of ice that has attracted visitors from all over the world. Left, the Takkakaw Fall(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/26/1938
      Now forbidden territory for sightseers, this photograph of the ice mountains at Niagara Falls was taken about 1875 by George Barker, a well-known phot(...)
      Now forbidden territory for sightseers, this photograph of the ice mountains at Niagara Falls was taken about 1875 by George Barker, a well-known phot(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/8/1947
      To-day a 4,500 tons of scrap steel on the ice of Niagara Gorge, Niagara's ice jam pushed Falls View bridge from its foundations, then held firm while (...)
      To-day a 4,500 tons of scrap steel on the ice of Niagara Gorge, Niagara's ice jam pushed Falls View bridge from its foundations, then held firm while (...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      1/27/1938
      Motorist caught in Torrent has narrow escape as Ice Leaves river, The main highway from Weston to Thistletown is completely shut off by flood waters f(...)
      Motorist caught in Torrent has narrow escape as Ice Leaves river, The main highway from Weston to Thistletown is completely shut off by flood waters f(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/21/1930
      Image shows ice formation along the waterfront.
      Dangerous beauty-Ice formations rivalling the Arctic seas can be found along the waterfront. Lifesavers warn that the towering cliffs may collapse in the sun
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      3/23/1939
      Picture of ice formations on the beach and houses in the background. 
      Ice formations near Scarboro Beach Park
      Azo
      Approximately 1915
      New floes sweep over falls to add weight to jam squeezing 700-foot building, Ice blocks are pouring over the Horseshoe Falls at Niagara again to-day as rising winds blow down Lake Erie
      New floes sweep over falls to add weight to jam squeezing 700-foot building, Ice blocks are pouring over the Horseshoe Falls at Niagara again to-day as rising winds blow down Lake Erie
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      1/29/1938