The site of Niagara Falls some 12,000 years ago, the Lewiston area later was home to various tribes, including the Attawandaronk, Hopewell and Seneca, who landed their canoes here to portage around the deadly rapids and falls of the Niagara River. Though also the site of portages by explorers in the late 1600s, the area was not settled until 1796, when the British surrendered nearby Fort Niagara. Learn More...