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Pattinson's Daguerreotype at Niagara Falls

When: c. 1840
Where: Niagara Falls
Part of: First known photograph of Niagara Falls taken by Hugh Lee Pattinson

Hugh Lee Pattinson captured the earliest known daguerreotype of Niagara Falls during a trip to Canada in approximately 1840.

Pattinson traveled to Canada in about 1840 to establish a mining business. He stopped at Niagara Falls to create a daguerreotype, which is the earliest known photograph of the falls. This image is also the earliest surviving photograph of any part of Canada and remains in the collection of Newcastle University.

Sources

Hugh Lee Pattinson Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-01
Niagara Falls Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-26

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