Niagara County

Niagara County is in the Niagara Frontier region of New York.

Municipalities

  • 🌍 Lockport — the county seat, known for its historic set of five canal locks
  • 🌍 Barker
  • 🌍 Gasport — old Erie Canal village named for the wells of coal gas that once dotted the surrounding region
  • 🌍 Lewiston — charming village tucked under the foot of the Niagara Escarpment where bed and breakfasts abound, also home to Artpark
  • 🌍 Middleport — another canal port
  • 🌍 Niagara Falls — the honeymoon capital of the world
  • 🌍 North Tonawanda — old 19th-century lumber port at the modern-day west end of the Erie Canal, with a restored downtown
  • 🌍 Olcott — a charming sleepy village on the Lake Ontario shore that was once a summer resort
  • 🌍 Wilson
  • 🌍 Youngstown — the northwesternmost community in the state, home to Old Fort Niagara

Other destinations

  • 🌍 Golden Hill State Park — home of the picturesque Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse

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