From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Falls Public Library and the Lundy’s Lane Historical Society invite the public to attend an illustrated talk by author Bob Cowan about Sir Harry Oakes. This free presentation will be part of the society’s meeting Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Victoria Avenue branch. Bob Cowan’s book, “Sir…
From the Niagara Falls Review: He called himself Professor J.F. Jenkins – The Canadian Blondin, and during the summer of 1869 it was widely advertised that on Aug. 25, he would cross the Niagara River Gorge on a tightrope using a velocipede (an early form of the bicycle). When the day arrived, it was clear…
Regular visitor SaraAB87 (the one who is so interested in the games at the Skylon Tower) visited the Skylon Tower Fun Centre this week and emailed me the following: I visited the Skylon Tower on Tuesday this week. There was quite a bit of construction going on, they had orange banners up where most of…