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Title: First Photo taken in Canada
Post by: astrobeck on December 07, 2013, 04:32:05 AM

http://walrusmagazine.com/articles/2009.07-recovered-niagara-falls-1840-photograph/ (http://walrusmagazine.com/articles/2009.07-recovered-niagara-falls-1840-photograph/)


Pretty neat!

Title: Re: First Photo taken in Canada
Post by: Bryan on December 07, 2013, 05:10:27 AM

So the first photo taken in Canada is a picture of the United States?  :)

Title: Re: First Photo taken in Canada
Post by: astrobeck on December 07, 2013, 06:15:23 AM

but where is that water coming from??   8)

Title: Re: First Photo taken in Canada
Post by: Francois on December 07, 2013, 02:53:24 PM

And when you think this was before the tourist and daredevil craze...

Title: Re: First Photo taken in Canada
Post by: moominsean on December 07, 2013, 04:10:51 PM

I guess the picture is flipped, or that would be taken from the US side.

Title: Re: First Photo taken in Canada
Post by: SLVR on December 07, 2013, 06:38:58 PM

I agree with it looking like it was taken from the US side.

Title: Re: First Photo taken in Canada
Post by: tkmedia on December 07, 2013, 07:25:15 PM

more like "first known photo of canada"

Title: Re: First Photo taken in Canada
Post by: Francois on December 07, 2013, 09:01:54 PM

The big falls are on the Canadian side and can be viewed from Niagara Falls Ontario.
The American falls are smaller.