Niagara County

Profile In Pictures

South of Lake Ontario to North of Tonawanda Creek...and all along The Erie Barge Canal...
This is Niagara County In Pictures!  Not paid publicity shots...but factual photo reporting!
Updated Weekly from the Heart of The County Beautiful

With hundreds of  pages of constantly updated material,
The Lockport Home Page is today's

PICTURE OF LOCKPORT

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Index To This Week's Pictures & Comments

A Last Look At Summer - - - Along The Erie Barge Canal
  
Amber waves grain, green fields for golf, a canal to cruise on, and our home to be thankful for!

Sunset On Summer:  Sundown On Lake Ontario
  
Lockport author Frank Bredell captures the peace, the beauty, and even a bit of the sadness...of the last days of Summer 2001.

Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse At Somerset
  
This scenic Niagara County treasure has an annual Open House but the view is available year around.

Restoration Work To Start On Old Olcott Carousel Round House
  
A report on today's on-going restoration efforts and a photo recall of the Olcott Carousel, Circa 1949.

Good Shepherd Church And Cemetery At Pendleton
  
An outpost for prayer, reflection on the past, and perspective on a tragedy.

Painful Memories Of The War That Shouldn't Have Been
  
The Moving Wall, a half-scale replica of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, is displayed in Niagara County

Olcott Beach From The Air
  
Summer 1998 at Olcott!   The sun is out, boats are in the water, and Linda Burdick is flying overhead with camera!

Gasport Greenery - An Aerial View Of Lockport's Eastern Suburb On The Canal
  
"The view is so much nicer up here!"  Following the Erie Barge Canal into Gasport from above.

Final Fall Photo Opportunity:  Looking North From The Escarpment At Pekin
  
Still green on the trees to be replaced by snow.  Time to say good-bye to Fall weather.

Niagara County Center For Canadian Influence And Immigration
  
Canadians have moved right in to the Niagara County Town of Porter.  They even have their own radio station!

Two Kinds Of Farming In Cambria
   
You know about agricultural farming.  But have you heard, let alone seen, antenna farming?

Saying So-Long To Summer At The Silo In Lewiston
  
A favorite spot to fish and feed, to view (and be viewed), and relax in one of The County Beautiful's most scenic stops.

Historic Town Of Niagara School House Scene Of New Lessons In History
   
Return with us now to the days of the late 19th and early 20th century.  Class is in session just off Lockport Road.

Bridging Beauty:  Lewiston to Queenston Over The Mighty Niagara
  
Come along with the Lockport Page photographer as he hikes along the Niagara Gorge.

Wilson On Lake Ontario - Still A "Port Of Entry"
  
Not all foreign entry into the port at Wilson is with "official"clearance.  There's more to watch in the harbor than first meets the eye.

Seasonal Immigration of Lovers Begins To Peak At Niagara Falls
  
Be their witness as Jim and Jackie get married on Goat Island with the Horseshoe Falls in the background.

Wall Art Enhances Niagara Falls Pine Avenue Business District
  
Outdoor murals are another illustration of effort to beautify "Little Italy" shopping district.

20 Years After Closure, A Return To Lockport Air Station In Cambria
  
This once high security, high-tech intelligence complex has a simpler, civilian mission today.

County Jail In Financial Trouble:  Expensive Addition Counted On "Rent Money" From Feds & State
    State and Federal governments cancel  rent arrangements at jail, Niagara County taxpayers will have to make up nearly $1-Million!

 

Other Pictorials At This Website

The Lockport Picture Page
  
Very much like this Picture Profile of Niagara County but for the Town and City of Lockport.  Constantly changing.

Lockport Collectibles
  
Pictures of collections and collectibles with a common unique thread - the mark or history of Lockport.

Lou's Views
   
Lockport's Old Photo Album with comments by an old timer who was born and raised here!

Lockport's "Environmental Endowment"
   
A picture tour of some of the environmental "brownfields" Lockport is endowed with which politicians would rather ignore.

 

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