Table of Contents Introduction page 2 The Journey page 3 Tonawanda page 8 City of Arrarat page 10 Schlosser page 12 Village of Niagara Falls page 17 Steamboat Route to the Falls page 19 The Islands page 24 Navy Island page 26 Chippewa page 28 City of the Falls page 31 Niagara page 33 The Falls of Niagara page37 Prospect Point page 41 Bridge and Islands page 44 Elopement Case at the Falls page 46 Bath Island page 51 Iris Island page 53 Horse-shoe Fall page 58 Biddle Stair-case page 60 Cave of the Winds page 63 American Sheet of Water---page 66 Moss Island page 68 The Graves page 71 The Canada Side page 72 View from Table Rock page 77 Scenes in the Vicinity of Niagara Falls page 80 Bellvue page 82 Suspension Bridge page 83 The Whirlpool page 86 The Massacre of Bloody Run page 89 Accidents page 92 White Canoes, a legend page 101 Conclusion page 105 Postscript--Fall of Table Rock page 107

Burke's Descriptive Guide; or, the Visitors' Companion to Niagara Falls: its Strange and Wonderful Localities By an Old Resident Buffalo: Andrew Burke, Publisher, Bookseller and Stationer, Mansion House Block 1851 Cover (jpeg--217k) Table of Contents (jpeg--146 k) Title Page through Page 9 (pdf--393 k) Page 10 through Page 27 (pdf--702 k) Page 28 through Page 43 (pdf--816 k) Page 44 through Page 65 (pdf--794 k) Page 66 through Page 79 (pdf--508 k) Page 80 through Page 106 (pdf--1.1 mb) Page 107, Postscript--Fall of Table Rock (jpeg--247 k) Back Cover (jpeg--207 k)