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Horseshoe Falls is the largest of the three waterfalls that collectively form Niagara Falls on the Niagara River along the Canada–United States border. Approximately 90% of the Niagara River, after diversions for hydropower generation, flows over Horseshoe Falls. The remaining 10% flows over American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls. It is located between Terrapin Point on Goat Island in the US state of New York, and Table Rock in the Canadian province of Ontario.[2]

For other uses, see Horseshoe Falls (disambiguation).

Horseshoe Falls
LocationBorder of Ontario, Canada, and New York, United States. Canada to the right in the photo.
Coordinates43°04′38″N 79°04′32″W
TypeCataract
Total height167 ft (51 m)[1]
Total width2,700 ft (820 m)[1]
WatercourseNiagara River

International border


1819 Boundary Commission map of the International Boundary Line cutting through Horseshoe Falls
1819 Boundary Commission map of the International Boundary Line cutting through Horseshoe Falls

When the boundary line between the United States and Canada was determined in 1819, based on the Treaty of Ghent, the northeastern end of the Horseshoe Falls was in New York, United States, flowing around the Terrapin Rocks, which were once connected to Goat Island by a series of bridges. In 1955, the area between the rocks and Goat Island was filled in, creating Terrapin Point.[3] In the early 1980s the United States Army Corps of Engineers filled in more land and built diversion dams and retaining walls to force the water away from Terrapin Point. Altogether, 400 ft (120 m) of the Horseshoe Falls was eliminated. Due to erosion, the falls will continue to move in relation to the boundary line in the future.

The official national maps for both Canada and the United States indicate that a small portion of the Horseshoe Falls is located within the United States.[4][5]




See also



References


Wikimedia Commons has media related to Horseshoe Falls.
  1. "Niagara Falls". World Waterfalls Database. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  2. "The international boundary line may pass through the Horseshoe Falls just beyond Terrapin Tower Point, so that the United States are not entitled to as large a portion as Canada of the Horseshoe Falls, which is admittedly not all Canadian." Statement of Mr. J Boardman Scovell. Preservation of Niagara Falls: hearings on the subject of H.R. 26688, Sixty-first Congress, second session, relating to the control and regulation of the waters of Niagara River and the preservation of Niagara Falls, held before the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the House of Representatives. U.S. G.P.O., 1911
  3. Berton, Pierre (2009). Niagara: A History of the Falls. SUNY Press. pp. 20–21. ISBN 978-1-4384-2928-1. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
  4. "The Atlas of Canada". Government of Canada. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  5. "National Map of the United States". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 19, 2017.

На других языках

- [en] Horseshoe Falls

[es] Horseshoe Falls

La catarata Horseshoe (en inglés, Horseshoe Falls, que significa «caídas de la herradura»), también conocida como la catarata Canadiense, es una catarata del río Niágara, situada principalmente en la parte canadiense de la frontera con Estados Unidos. Está situada entre Terrapin Point en Goat Island (en el Estado de Nueva York), y Table Rock House (en Ontario).

[ru] Хорсшу (водопад)

Хорсшу (англ. Horseshoe Fall), также известный как Канадский водопад (англ. Canadian Falls) — крупнейший из трёх водопадов, в совокупности образующих Ниагарский водопад. Высота падения воды — 51 метр, ширина водопада — 820 метров[1]. 90 % воды, проходящих через Ниагарский водопад, проходят через Хорсшу, остальные 10 % приходятся на Американский водопад и Бридал Вейл Фолз. Хоросшу находится между Террапин Пойнт на Козьем острове в штате Нью-Йорк и Столовым камнем в канадской провинции Онтарио[2].


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