Full of heroes and villains, eccentrics and daredevils, scientists, and power brokers, Niagara has a contemporary resonance: how a great natural wonder created both the industrial heartland of southern Ontario and the worst pollution on the continent.

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“Entertaining. . . . Berton brings to life the adventurers and dreamers, visionaries and industrialists, who over centuries
have been drawn to the Falls.” -- Maclean’s

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Pierre Berton, Canada’s most popular historian and a member of the Newsman’s Hall of Fame, was born in the Yukon and educated at UBC. He has received three Governor General’s Awards, two Nellies, two National Newspaper Awards, the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, and an award from the National History Society. He holds twelve honorary degrees and is a Companion of the Order of Canada.

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