Love Canal
Love Canal was a neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, United States, infamous as the location of a 0.28 km2 landfill that became the site of an environmental disaster discovered in 1977.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: BuffaLutheran, CC0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Niagara Aerospace Museum and Niagara Falls International Airport.
Niagara Aerospace Museum
Museum
Photo: Ramennoodleman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Niagara Aerospace Museum is an aviation museum located in Niagara Falls, New York, in the old terminal building of the Niagara Falls International Airport.
Niagara Falls International Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
Niagara Falls International Airport is located 4 mi east of downtown Niagara Falls, in the Town of Niagara in Niagara County, New York, United States. Owned and operated by the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, the airport is a joint civil-military airfield and shares its runways with the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station. Niagara Falls International Airport is situated 1½ miles north of Love Canal.
Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls
Shopping center
Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls is an outlet mall serving Niagara Falls, New York. Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls is situated 1½ miles northwest of Love Canal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandy Beach and Walmore.
Sandy Beach
Hamlet
Grand Island is an island town in Erie County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town's population was 21,389 representing an increase of 5.00% from the 2010 census figure. Sandy Beach is situated 2 miles south of Love Canal.
Walmore
Hamlet
Walmore is a hamlet in the town of Wheatfield in Niagara County, New York, United States. Walmore is situated 3 miles north of Love Canal.
Saint Johnsburg
Hamlet
St. Johnsburg is a hamlet in the town of Wheatfield in Niagara County, New York, United States. Saint Johnsburg is situated 3 miles east of Love Canal.
Love Canal
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: former neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, United States
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States, former entity, and locality
- Location: Niagara Falls, Niagara County, Niagara Frontier, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.08249° or 43° 4′ 57″ northLongitude
-78.95088° or 78° 57′ 3″ westElevation
574 feet (175 metres)Open location code
87M332JX+XJOpenStreetMap ID
way 1388792033OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Love Canal” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قناة لوف”
- Chinese: “愛河事件”
- Czech: “Love Canal”
- Dutch: “Love Canal”
- Esperanto: “Love Canal”
- Finnish: “Love Canal”
- French: “Love Canal”
- German: “Love Canal”
- Irish: “Love Canal”
- Italian: “Love Canal”
- Japanese: “ラブキャナル”
- Japanese: “ラブキャナル事件”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Love Canal”
- Persian: “لاو کانال”
- Polish: “Katastrofa w Love Canal”
- Romanian: “Love Canal”
- Russian: “Лав-Канал”
- Slovak: “Love Canal”
- Slovenian: “Love Canal”
- South Azerbaijani: “لاو کانال”
- Spanish: “Love canal”
- Swedish: “Love Canal”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Love Canal”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Love Canal and Black Creek Village.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Black Creek Community Park and Love Canal Neighborhood.
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