Niagara Frontier
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The Niagara Frontier refers to the stretch of land south of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie and extending westward to Cleveland, Ohio. This only includes the land east of the Niagara River and south of Lake Erie within the United States. The western side of the Niagara River on the Canadian/Ontario side is referred to as the Golden Horseshoe/Greater Golden Horshoe.
Quite literally it is the land along the Niagara River and south shores of Lake Erie. It is part of the region known as Western New York and Upstate New York. The portion of Ontario just across the Niagara River is known as the Niagara Peninsula.
The National Weather Service office in Buffalo, New York currently defines the Niagara Frontier as the following:
- Erie County, New York north of U.S. Route 20 - includes Buffalo, New York
- Niagara County, New York - includes Niagara Falls, New York
- Orleans County, New York
- Genesee County, New York
Other definitions may also include the following areas:
- Erie County, NY south of US 20
- Chautauqua County, New York
- Erie County, Pennsylvania - includes Erie, Pennsylvania
- Ashtabula County, Ohio
- Lake County, Ohio
- Cuyahoga County, Ohio - includes Cleveland, Ohio
