Editing Niagara River (section)

==Islands==
Several islands are located on the upper river upriver from the falls:
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! Name
! Location
! Country
! Status
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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| Bird Island
| [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]]
| nowrap | {{USA}}
| Filled in
| Connected to Unity Island in 1822 as part of improvements to Black Rock harbor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Waterways and Canal Construction, 1700-1825. Buffalo, N.Y.|url=http://www.buffalonian.com/history/industry/waterways/WATERWAYS3.html |archive-date=February 6, 2012  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206101921/http://www.buffalonian.com/history/industry/waterways/WATERWAYS3.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| Brig Island
| [[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]]
| {{USA}}
| Park
| Part of Niagara Falls State Park.
|-
| [[Brother Island, Niagara River|Brother Island]]
| [[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]]
| nowrap | {{USA}}
| Park
| Located near Niagara Falls and the Three Sisters Islands; part of Niagara Falls State Park.
|-
| [[Buckhorn Island State Park|Buckhorn Island]]
| [[Grand Island, New York|Grand Island]]
| nowrap | {{USA}}
| Park
| Located on the north end of Grand Island. A state park.
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| [[Cayuga Island]]
| [[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]]
| {{USA}}
| Residential
| Located at the mouth of Cayuga Creek; a residential neighborhood of the city.
|-
| [[Cedar Island (Niagara River)|Cedar Island]]
| [[Niagara Falls, Ontario|Niagara Falls]]
| {{CAN}}
| Filled in
| Filled in by the creation of the [[Rankine Generating Station]] by Canadian Niagara Power Company in 1905.
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| Conners Island
| [[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]]
| {{USA}}
| Filled in
| Also known in some sources as "Coroner Island".<ref name="ngmdb.usgs.gov">[https://web.archive.org/web/20180715093647/https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/img4/ht_icons/Browse/NY/NY_Niagara%20Falls_144235_1901_62500.jpg https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/img4/ht_icons/Browse/NY/NY_Niagara%20Falls_144235_1901_62500.jpg]</ref> Filled in sometime in the 1950s or early '60s.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180715093650/https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/img4/ht_icons/Browse/NY/NY_Niagara%20Falls_128711_1949_24000.jpg https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/img4/ht_icons/Browse/NY/NY_Niagara%20Falls_128711_1949_24000.jpg]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180715093740/https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/img4/ht_icons/Browse/NY/NY_Niagara%20Falls_128712_1965_24000.jpg https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/img4/ht_icons/Browse/NY/NY_Niagara%20Falls_128712_1965_24000.jpg]</ref> Currently the site of the Niagara Power Station Intake.<ref name="Linnabery"/>
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| Deer Island
| [[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]]
| {{USA}}
|
|
|-
| [[Dufferin Islands]]
| [[Niagara Falls, Ontario|Niagara Falls]]
| {{CAN}}
| Park
| Man-made islands. Parkland.
|-
| [[Goat Island (New York)|Goat Island]]
| [[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]]
| {{USA}}
| Park
| Located at the brink of the American Falls, named by John Stedman in the 1770s; briefly renamed to Iris Island by General Augustus Porter, a United States Commissioner (after the Greek Goddess of the Rainbow). Now part of Niagara Falls State Park.
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| [[Tonawanda, New York#Goose Island|Goose Island]]
| [[Tonawanda (city), New York|City of Tonawanda]]
| {{USA}}
| Man-made/filled in
| Was located at the confluence of [[Tonawanda Creek]] and the Tonawanda Channel of the Niagara River. Existed from 1825, when the [[Erie Canal]] was constructed (thereby cutting Goose Island off from the mainland) until the 1940s, when this portion of the canal was filled in.
|-
| [[Grand Island, New York|Grand Island]]
|
| {{USA}}
| Developed
| The largest island on the river; includes several parks, but is mostly residential and industrial; originally called Ga-We-Not (Great Island) by the [[Seneca people|Seneca]].
|-
| Grass Island
| [[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]]
| {{USA}}
| Filled in
| Filled in during the 1960s to create the [[Robert Moses Parkway]] at Point Day.
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| Green Island
| [[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]]
| {{USA}}
| Park
| Originally called Bath Island, it was renamed in the early 1900s for [[Niagara Reservation Commissioner]] [[Andrew H. Green]]. Part of Niagara Falls State Park.
|-
| [[Gull Island (Niagara River)|Gull Island]]
| [[Niagara Falls, Ontario|Niagara Falls]]
| {{CAN}}
| Park
| Located near the wreck of the Old Scow in Canadian waters.
|-
| Hogg Island
| [[Niagara Falls, Ontario|Niagara Falls]]
| {{CAN}}
| Filled in
| Filled in by the creation of the Chippawa Queenston Power Canal in 1917 and finally by the Sir Adam Beck Dam #2 in 1950 by the [[Ontario Hydro|Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario]].
|-
| [[Beaver Island State Park|Little Beaver Island]]
| [[Grand Island, New York|Grand Island]]
| nowrap | {{USA}}
| Park
| Located off the south end of Grand Island; part of Beaver Island State Park.
|-
| [[Luna Island]]
| nowrap | [[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]]
| {{USA}}
| Park
| Located next to Goat Island; originally called Prospect Island. Part of Niagara Falls State Park.
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| Motor Island
| [[Grand Island, New York|Grand Island]]
| {{USA}}
| Park
| Also known as Pirates' Island (the name of a private club once located there) and Frog Island (not to be confused with the former Frog Island listed below).<ref>''Island Dispatch'', 16th June 1989</ref> A [[New York State Wildlife Management Area]].
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| [[Navy Island]]
| [[Niagara Falls, Ontario|Niagara Falls]]
| {{CAN}}
| Park
| Designated as a National Historic Park.
|-
| Rattlesnake Island
| [[Tonawanda (town), New York|Town of Tonawanda]]
| {{USA}}
| Filled in
| Was located just south of what is today the South Grand Island Bridge. Was filled in sometime between 1915<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/38766/Tonawanda+Town+8++Riverside+Land+Company/Buffalo+1915+Vol+3+Suburban/New+York/|title=Tonawanda Town 8, Riverside Land Company, Atlas: Buffalo 1915 Vol 3 Suburban, New York Historical Map}}</ref> and 1927,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.erie.gov/aerials/1920s/atlases/book8/html/b8_e26.html |title=County Map Atlas No. 8 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061002162307/http://www.erie.gov/aerials/1920s/atlases/book8/html/b8_e26.html |archive-date=October 2, 2006 }}</ref> concurrent with the heavy industrial development of the area.
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| Robinson Island
| [[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]]
| {{USA}}
| Park
| Named for daredevil Joel Robinson in 1860. Now part of Niagara Falls State Park.
|-
| Ship Island
| [[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]]
| {{USA}}
| Park
| Part of Niagara Falls State Park.
|-
| Stony Island
| [[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]]
| {{USA}}
| Unknown
| Shown in the 1908 ''New Century Atlas of Niagara and Orleans County'' but not mentioned in any other source.<ref name="Linnabery"/> Supposedly located just offshore from the mouth of Gill Creek.<ref name="ngmdb.usgs.gov"/> No longer extant, if it ever was.
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| [[Strawberry Island (New York)|Strawberry Island]]
| [[Tonawanda (town), New York|Town of Tonawanda]]
| {{USA}}
| Park
| A small island, formerly much larger but diminished by gravel mining and erosion.<ref name=F&W_HabAssess>{{cite web |url=http://www.dos.ny.gov/opd/programs/consistency/Habitats/GreatLakes/Strawberry_Island_Motor_Island.pdf |title=Strawberry Island - Motor Island Shallows Coastal Fish & Wildlife Habitat Assessment Form |publisher=NYS Department of State |date=October 15, 1987 |access-date=April 10, 2016 |archive-date=October 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016172025/https://www.dos.ny.gov/opd/programs/consistency/Habitats/GreatLakes/Strawberry_Island_Motor_Island.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> An undeveloped state park and wildlife preserve.<ref name=NFP_StrwIs_Restore>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnypapers.com/news/article/current/2015/03/30/120191/grand-island-nypa-approves-contract-for-strawberry-island-wetland-restoration-habitat-improvement |title=Grand Island: NYPA approves contract for Strawberry Island wetland restoration, habitat improvement |newspaper=Niagara Frontier Publications |date=March 30, 2015 |access-date=April 11, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| Tern Island
| 
| {{USA}}
| Submerged/reconstructed
| Originally known as Frog Island; was located in the Upper Niagara River between Motor and Strawberry Islands; disappeared sometime between 1951 and 1985 due to erosion.<ref>http://niagara.nypa.gov/EcologicalStandingCommittee{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Re-created as a habitat for fish, aquatic plants, and waterfowl<ref name="BN_FrogIs_Restore">{{cite web|author=Pignataro, T.J.|date=August 22, 2015|title=Restoration of Frog Island hailed as Buffalo comeback story|url=http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/restoration-of-frog-island-hailed-as-buffalo-comeback-story-20150822|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150823143507/http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/restoration-of-frog-island-hailed-as-buffalo-comeback-story-20150822|archive-date=August 23, 2015|access-date=April 10, 2016|newspaper=The Buffalo News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://buffalorising.com/2013/10/frog-island-habitat-restoration/|title = Frog Island Habitat Restoration|date = October 2013}}</ref> including a nesting colony of [[common tern]]s established in 2021, for whom the new island was named.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sotelo, Gabriella|date=September 2, 2021|title=Nesting Common Terns Get a New Island Home in Buffalo|url=https://www.audubon.org/news/nesting-common-terns-get-new-island-home-buffalo|publisher=[[Audubon]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Three Sisters Islands (New York)|Three Sisters Islands]]
| [[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]]
| {{USA}}
| Park
| Located next to [[Goat Island (New York)|Goat Island]] within Niagara Falls State Park. Originally called Moss Islands, they were later renamed for the three daughters of [[War of 1812]] [[United States Army]] [[General]] [[Parkhurst Whitney]] (Asenath, Angeline and Celinda Eliza) in 1843.
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| nowrap | Tonawanda Island
| [[North Tonawanda, New York|North Tonawanda]]
| {{USA}}
| Developed
| Occupied by a marina and several industries.
|-
| Tower Island
| [[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]]
| {{USA}}
| Man-made
| Man-made island created in 1942 and completed in 1954 by the [[US Army Corps of Engineers]] to construct [[International Control Dam]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Niagara River Islands History - Tower Island, Niagara Falls USA|date=3 February 2017|url=https://www.niagarafallsinfo.com/niagara-falls-history/niagara-falls-geology/upper-niagara-river-islands/tower-island/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001182309/https://www.niagarafallsinfo.com/niagara-falls-history/niagara-falls-geology/upper-niagara-river-islands/tower-island/|archive-date=2019-10-01|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref>
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| [[Unity Island]]
| [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]]
| {{USA}}
| Developed
| Home to [[Broderick Park]], Unity Island Park, and a waste-water treatment facility.
|-
| Willow Island
| [[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]]
| {{USA}}
| Man-made/filled in
| Man-made island created in 1759 by Daniel Joncairs and filled in during the 1960s to create the [[Robert Moses Parkway]].
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