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I like this photo

This looks more like the American falls, not the Horseshoe Falls. It has the same rocks at the bottom and it would be difficult, i think to get this angle of the Horseshoe falls because you'd have nowhere to stand--there's only a huge basin of water beneath it, whereas the American Falls, you can go to the bottom below it and take a picture like this. I think this is that American Falls, or at least the section between the American Falls and the Horseshoe Falls, taken possibly from the Maid of the Mist as it passes by the American Falls on the way to the Horseshoe. It doesn't look like this now, because parts of the landscape were blasted away. i could be wrong...

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As poetdiva poetdiva said, this is the American Falls, not the Horseshoe Falls.

"Panoramic view of American and Horseshoe Falls (2011)"                                   by mbell1975


Niagara Falls is often categorized by these three names: [1]

American Falls (between Prospect Point and Luna Island) far left
Bridal Veil Falls (between Luna Island and Goat Island) mid left
Canadian Falls (between Goat Island and Table Rock) far right
(Most of the Canadian Falls is also called "Horseshoe Falls" due to shape)

There is another photograph by William Henry Jackson of this same view (and likely taken at the same time), captioned "A boat approaches the base of Niagara Falls, 1901", which is managed by Corbis.

 

Pretty cool -- Seen on my Flickr home page. (?)

Is that the boat "Maid In the Mist?" it looks drawn in I like this photo

this is a terrific shot!

I love how the boat looks like it was added in later. Perhaps it was?

Wonderful to see the Maid of the Mist! This would probably have been the fourth Maid of the Mist.