The Olympian has this entry for the history of June 30:
In 1859, French acrobat Blondin (born Jean Francois Gravelet) walked a tightrope above the gorge of Niagara Falls as thousands of spectators watched.
Daily Archive for July 2nd, 2007
Rich Ralph is rollerblading across Canada to try to raise money for cancer research. On June 25 he made it to Niagara Falls:
We arrived at Oaks Park in Niagara Falls where we stopped for lunch and were met by a reporter from the Niagara Falls Review. The actual waterfalls were only a few kilometers from here, so it was a good resting point. I didn’t take my usual afternoon nap since I knew Welland was only about 20 km from here. So after my interview and a quick bite to eat, Aunt Lynda and I headed down Clifton Hill to the Falls. Up until now, we’ve been hitting all the major tourist attractions before tourist season actually started. But summer is now in full swing so we had to battle our way through the busy area. It wasn’t too bad, though. Traffic moved steadily and we didn’t slow anyone down. We found a place to pull over for a few minutes so my mom could snap a few pictures of me in front of the Falls. But there was no time to dilly-dally (is that even a word?). I continued blading along the Parkway which wound its way along the river until finally branching off to the West towards Welland.
Good luck Ralph!
From the St. Catharines Standard:
Around the corner from Fallsview Casino and a wall of towering hotels, the two-storey Ritz Inn Niagara features a sign boasting deep discounts heading into the peak tourist summer season. The 25 per cent price cut is the only way Niagara Falls motel owner Hoat Oey foresees surviving what some are calling the perfect storm hitting Niagara’s tourism industry.
Skyrocketing gas prices, the soaring Canadian dollar, confusion over U.S. border entry requirements and the end of GST refunds for foreigners have many forecasting a lean summer for one of the region’s largest economic sectors.
From the Niagara Falls Review:
It should have been his first outing onto a slender wire 20 storeys in the air near the Skylon Tower. Instead, Jay Cochrane was a no-show Saturday evening.
The famed wirewalker’s 4 p.m. show - what was supposed to be the first of many this summer - was cancelled.
According to an update on Cochrane’s website, his first walk has been rescheduled for Tuesday at 4 p.m.Unspecified “technical issues” was the reason cited for the delay.
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