TravelPod, “The Web’s Original Travel Blog”, has an article (with pictures) about Niagara Falls: The title of this blog is taken from a book I owned as a kid. The heroine of the story wrote letters to her best friend and always ended them with “Yours Till Niagara Falls,” and so I could think of…
The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame has a short biography of Sir Harry Oakes (the HO in HOCO). Just as the other posting doesn’t mention his involvement in Niagara Falls, this one doesn’t either. Sir Harry Oakes 1874 – 1943 Adventure, fame and fortune all came the way of Sir Harry Oakes, the self-made prospector…
LEDs Magazine has an article about LED lighting for Christmas displays. It mentioned Niagara Falls and the Winter Festival of Lights many times: This year, I decided to once again take my Christmas dinner repast high above Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada at Watermark, the rooftop restaurant of the Niagara Falls Hilton. For the past 3…
The Niagara Falls Review has more details on the $1 day for Cystic Fibrosis: Niagara museums will go loonie this weekend with more than a dozen attractions in the Clifton Hill area offering deep discounts on admission to local residents. Niagara Falls residents on Sunday will be able to visit 16 participating attractions for $1…
From Niagara Falls Review: Investigators say a fire that damaged a vacant Niagara Falls hotel Wednesday was deliberately set. The Ontario Fire Marshal’s Office and the Niagara Regional Police casino and arson units are looking into the blaze that gutted several rooms at the Red Carpet Inn and Suites Motel. Const. Mike Adamczyk was on…
From the Niagara Falls Review: “Niagara Falls surpass in sublimity every description which powers of language can afford of that celebrated scene, the most wonderful which the habitable world presents.” These words were part of a lengthy description of the cataracts penned by Scottish-born George Heriot in his book, “Travels Through the Canadas,” published in…
I’m not sure when this started, but for several years now there has been an annual day for some of the local attractions let locals in for $1 (+ tax I think) and the money is collected for Cystic Fibrosis. This year, the day is Sunday, January 13 from 10 am to 5 pm. There…
What do the inventor of the machine gun, a King of England, an America/Canadian/Bahamian multi-millionaire, a Nazi financier, and “Lucky†Luciano have in common with a tiny town in central Maine? This is an interesting article from Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter that mentions Sir Harry Oakes (the HO in HOCO). For some reason it doesn’t…
From the Niagara Falls Review: After a wildly successful Niagara Falls run, don’t rule out a “Beauty and the Beast” comeback for 2008. That’s what producer Linus Hand is leaning toward, along with a possible production of “Footloose” in the spring. In fact, after two seasons of testing the waters Hand’s company, Silver Mist Productions,…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Another New Year’s Eve concert in Queen Victoria Park has come and gone. Tens of thousands of people gathered in Niagara Falls to usher in 2008 and no doubt thousands more watched it on a nationally televised broadcast. And although there are assurances the New Year’s Eve concert won’t fade…