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The island was occupied by Isaac Swayze in 1804. Swayze could not build anything but his wooden house leading to the island being undeveloped. By 1857, strong currents caused erosion which reduced the island to two acres. In 1857, Samuel Street obtained the lease for Cedar Island. He built a
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Aerial view of Cedar Island. The island's north end is located just in front of the drop, at the end of the rainbow.
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This article is about the island in the Niagara River. For other islands of the same name, see
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built a hydroelectric generating plant on Cedar Island. The power station became the
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fifty-foot wooden observation tower on top of a house.
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