Niagara River
The Niagara River flows north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, forming part of the border between Ontario, Canada, to the west, and New York, United States, to the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: watercourse on the boundary of Canada and the United States
- Also known as: “Niagara”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Niagara Beach and Fort Niagara Light.
Fort Niagara Beach
Photo: Charny, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Niagara, also known as Old Fort Niagara, is a fortification originally built by New France to protect its interests in North America, specifically control of access between the Niagara River and Lake Ontario, the easternmost of the Great Lakes.
Fort Niagara Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Florence88, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Niagara Light is an inactive lighthouse on the Niagara River on the south shore of Lake Ontario in New York state. It is located on the grounds of Fort Niagara.
St. Mark’s Church
Church
St. Mark's Church is a historic Anglican church in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. It is the oldest church in the Diocese of Niagara and the second oldest Anglican church in Ontario.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Youngstown and Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Youngstown
Photo: Florence88, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Youngstown is the northwesternmost community in the state of New York. Its strategic location at the mouth of the Niagara River, on the border with Canada, made it a prime site for fortifications, the last of which has stood just north of the village since 1726.
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Niagara-on-the-Lake is a town of 19,000 people in the Niagara Region of Ontario. It sits on the shore of Lake Ontario at the mouth of the Niagara River.
Towers Corners
Hamlet
Towers Corners is a hamlet in the town of Porter in Niagara County, New York, United States. Towers Corners is situated 3½ km east of Niagara River.
Niagara River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Niagara River” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Niagara”
- Arabic: “نياجارا”
- Armenian: “Նիագարա”
- Asturian: “Ríu Niagara”
- Azerbaijani: “Niaqara çayı”
- Basque: “Niagara ibaia”
- Basque: “Niagara”
- Bavarian: “Niagara River”
- Belarusian: “Ніягара”
- Belarusian: “Рака Ніягара”
- Bengali: “নায়াগ্রা নদী”
- Bosnian: “Niagara”
- Bosnian: “Nijagara”
- Bulgarian: “Ниагара”
- Catalan: “Riu Niàgara”
- Cebuano: “Niagara River”
- Central Kurdish: “ڕووباری نیاگارا”
- Chinese: “尼亚加拉河”
- Chinese: “尼亞加拉河”
- Chinese: “尼加拉河”
- Chuvash: “Ниагара”
- Croatian: “Niagara”
- Czech: “Niagara”
- Czech: “Niagára”
- Danish: “Niagara floden”
- Danish: “Niagara-floden”
- Dutch: “Niagara River”
- Dutch: “Niagara”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر نياجارا”
- Esperanto: “Niagara”
- Esperanto: “Niagaro”
- Estonian: “Niagara jõgi”
- Faroese: “Niagaraá”
- Finnish: “Niagara”
- French: “Niagara”
- French: “rivière Niagara”
- French: “Rivière Niagara”
- Galician: “Río Niágara”
- Georgian: “ნიაგარა”
- German: “Niagara River”
- German: “Niagara-Fluss”
- Greek: “Νιαγάρας”
- Hebrew: “נהר הניאגרה”
- Hebrew: “נהר ניאגרה”
- Hebrew: “ניאגרה”
- Irish: “Abhainn Niagara”
- Italian: “Niagara”
- Japanese: “ナイアガラ川”
- Kazakh: “Nïagara”
- Kazakh: “Ниагара”
- Kazakh: “نىياگارا”
- Kirghiz: “Ниагара”
- Korean: “나이아가라강”
- Latvian: “Niagāra”
- Lithuanian: “Niagara”
- Macedonian: “Нијагара”
- Malay: “Sungai Niagara”
- Malayalam: “നയാഗ്ര നദി”
- Marathi: “नायगारा नदी”
- Marathi: “नायाग्रा नदी”
- Mingrelian: “ნიაგარა (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “ნიაგარა”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Niagara River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Niagara”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Niagaraelva”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Niagaraelven”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Niagarafloden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Niagara”
- Norwegian: “Niagara”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Niagara Ēa”
- Persian: “رود نیاگارا”
- Persian: “رودخانه نیاگارا”
- Persian: “رودخانهٔ نیاگارا”
- Polish: “Niagara”
- Portuguese: “Rio Niagara”
- Portuguese: “Rio Niágara”
- Romanian: “Niagara River”
- Romanian: “Niagara”
- Russian: “Niagara”
- Russian: “Ниагара”
- Scots: “Niagara River”
- Serbian: “Nijagara”
- Serbian: “Нијагара”
- Serbian: “Река Нијагара”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Niagara”
- Slovak: “Niagara”
- Slovenian: “Niagara River”
- Slovenian: “Niagara”
- Slovenian: “reka Niagara”
- Spanish: “Rio Niagara”
- Spanish: “Rio Niágara”
- Spanish: “Río Niagara”
- Spanish: “Río Niágara”
- Swahili: “Mto Niagara”
- Swedish: “Niagara River”
- Swedish: “Niagarafloden”
- Tamil: “நயாகரா ஆறு”
- Tatar: “Ниагара”
- Telugu: “నయాగరా నది”
- Turkish: “Niagara Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Ніагара”
- Ukrainian: “Нїяґара”
- Venetian: “Niagara”
- Vietnamese: “sông Niagara”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Niagara”
- Welsh: “Afon Niagara”
- Western Armenian: “Նիակարա”
- Wu Chinese: “尼亚加拉河”
- Yue Chinese: “尼亞加拉河”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Niagara River”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mississauga Beach and Youngstown Estates.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fort Niagara State Park and Fort Niagara Cemetery.
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