Niagara Falls in Niagara Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Niagara Falls Park and River Railway

Photographed by J. J. Prats, October 15, 2014

1. Niagara Falls Park and River Railway Marker

Inscription. The Niagara River Recreation Trail at this point is laid along the former double-track roadbed of the Niagara Falls Park and River Railway. From 1892 to 1932, before there was an auto route along the gorge, this electric railway carried millions of passengers from the boat docks at Queenston to Queen Victoria Park.

Erected by the Niagara Parks Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Railroads & Streetcars. A significant historical year for this entry is 1892.

Location. 43° 7.334′ N, 79° 4.645′ W. Marker is in Niagara Falls, Ontario, in Niagara Region. It is on Niagara Parkway 0.2 kilometers south of Whirlpool Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Niagara Falls ON L2E 6V5, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Ontario’s Golden Horseshoe

and in Niagara Canada.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee

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(Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Niagara River Recreation Trail (about 180 meters away, measured in a direct line); Buried Railway Trestle and Buried Gorge (about 180 meters away); Thompson Point (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); Whirlpool Rapids Gorge (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); Niagara Spanish Aero Car (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); Eddy Basin (approx. one kilometer away in the U.S.); Challenging the Whirlpool Rapids (approx. 1.1 kilometers away in the U.S.); Niagara Gorge Natural History (approx. 1.1 kilometers away in the U.S.). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Niagara Falls.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker.

Also see . . . Great Gorge Route and the Niagara Falls Park and River Railway. Rick Berketa’s excellent compilation, with photographs, on the electric railways on both sides of the Great Gorge. Linked by two bridges, they formed a loop and for a number of years one ticket on one electric car would take you on a tour of both the Canadian and the

Photographed by J. J. Prats, October 15, 2014

2. Niagara Falls Park and River Railway Marker

U.S. side of the gorge, including a side trip to Horseshoe Falls. Excerpt: “The loop began at the Canadian end of the Upper Steel Arch Bridge. The rail line followed a route on the top edge of the gorge in a southerly direction past the grandeur of the American Falls to the Table Rock at the Horseshoe Falls. Here the tracks made a 180° turn and returned through Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park in a northerly direction past the Clifton Hotel and the Upper Steel Arch Bridge. The railway followed the top edge of the Niagara Gorge to its northern extent where the rail line crossed into Lewiston, New York via the Queenston-Lewiston Suspension Bridge. From Lewiston, the railway ran southerly in direction following a rail bed at the base of the gorge only feet above the torrent of the Niagara River. As the trolley crossed under the Whirlpool Bridge, the rail bed began a slow gradual rise to the top of the gorge and the Upper Steel Arch Bridge. The Great Gorge Route provided patrons with the most magnificent view of the Niagara River and the Whirlpool Rapids.” (Submitted on December 8, 2014.)

Credits. This page was last revised on October 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 8, 2014, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 690 times since then and 38 times this year. Last updated on September 5, 2025, by Kevin Westell of St. Catharines, Ontario. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 8, 2014, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.