The Fallsview Waterpark is one of the big new openings for the 2006 tourist season. I’ve covered quite a bit of the developments on the Niagara Falls Blog. Canadian Niagara Hotels recently published a promotional leaflet which I’ve scanned. I’ve also included the text below:
Front of leaflet:
North America’s Largest Hotel and Indoor Waterpark
Grand Opening in April 2006
Fallsview Indoor Waterpark
Book your waterpark package today!
call 1.888.234.8407 or visit
FallsviewWaterpark.com
Back of leaflet:
Fallsview Indoor Waterpark
Win a family waterpark getaway
Go to FallsviewWaterpark.com
Great deals on waterpark packages
Call now for 2006 reservations
Sheraton on the Falls Hotel
5875 Falls Avenue, Niagara Falls ON
1.888.229.9961
Skyline Inn
4800 Bender Street, Niagara Falls ON
1.800.263.7135
Brock Plaza Hotel
5685 Falls Avenue, Niagara Falls ON
1.800.263.7135
Book your waterpark package today!
FallsviewWaterpark.com
I have also created a PDF file of the leaflet if you’d like to download it and see it in full size/colour. You can download it here:
Fallsview Waterpark leaflet
As has been mentioned already, the Discovery Channel Canada had a brief segment on their Daily Planet news show on Thursday, April 13, 2006. The segment was called Up, up, and away and can be seen online.
What’s 17 stories high and has a great view of Niagara Falls? Canada’s newest and biggest Ferris Wheel recently got spinning recently and we were there to see it come together. Click to see how this giant ride fits together…
The video is kind of slow to load, but it does eventually play.
Of course, the Niagara Falls Blog has had all sorts of information and pictures of the Niagara SkyWheel.
Search the Niagara Falls Blog for past postings…
Newcastle University Library in the United Kingdom has what is believed to be the first photographs of Niagara Falls in their Special Collections, from around 1840. The images are daguerreotypes (one of the earliest types of photographs) and were taken by H. L. Pattinson. There are many images in the collection. If you start at this page, you will read a bit about the discovery of the images. Then if you click The Images link on the left, you’ll see a thumbnail of all the images. From there you can view the Niagara Falls pictures.
images copyright © Newcastle University Library (1997)
From CBC.ca:
Jan. 27, 1938
In a cloud of snow and ice, the great bridge that crossed the Niagara River has collapsed upon itself. Now, all that remains of the Honeymoon Bridge are tangled cable lines, crushed wooden beams and twisted metal. Under the weight of an enormous amount of ice, the bridge’s beams gave way and fell into the frozen reservoir below. In this on-the-scene report, CBC Radio captures the spectacle of the disaster as hundreds of tourists look on in shock.
You can play the 4-minute audio clip from CBC Radio from 1938.
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