Read Niagara: A History of the Falls Online
Authors: Pierre Berton
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Express
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Hamilton
Evening Times
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Gazette
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Review
St. Catharines
Standard
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Suspension Bridge
Journal
The Times
Toronto Daily Star
, 1921, 1923, January/February 1938, November 1965
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