Someone has started a web site to document the old amusement parks that were in the Niagara Region.
Niagaras Lost Amusement Parks is dedicated to preserving the memories of the various Amusement Parks which have dissappeared from the landscape of the Niagara Region of Ontario, and Niagara Falls, NY. This site covers over 100 years of Amusement Park history, and is a work in progress. As more information or photos beomce available, the site will be updated. Please note that this site only covers the Amusement Parks & Water Parks of the area, and not the tourist places like Clifton Hill and the wax museums.
There are currently sections on:
- Maple Leaf Village Park
- Tower View Amusement Park
- Whitewater Park
- Wet And Wild - Prudhomme’s Landing
- Pyramid Place
They hope to add sections on:
- Frontier Amusement Park
- Skylon Amusement Park
- Miniature World
- Lakeside Park
- Crystal Beach Amusement Park
- Grimsby Beach
- Erie Beach
- Falls Street Fair
- Niagara Splash Waterpark
I’m sure if you have any pictures or information, the person who runs the site would be happy to hear from you. There are a couple of email address on the web site.
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REALLY looking forward to checkin this out…
Update:
A candy stand has been added to the corner of Fallsview and Robinson. It seems really out of place in the Fallsview district and IMO not a good fit. Also the hotel at the corner of Fallsview and Murray (not sure what it was) is being demolished.
btw..checked out that execution thing tonight on the hill..yanno what?…looks too real for me…it was very unsettling..even tho i know it’s fake…too realistic for my liking….but that’s just me..still not the place for it if you ask me….anyhow..we sat on boston pizza’s patio for a few hours…wow!!…tons of people wandering around..the falls area was also packed today..even dufferin island was loaded with picnicers and such….great to see the area buzzing…notl was TOTALLY overloaded with visitors today….oh..and the new tshirt store on oneida is..well..it’s a tshirt store..better bargains on funny shirts up on victoria (near little ceasers) as far as i’m concerned…as i said here before..our fav hotel is gonna be east side marios..anyhow..we were told tonight that there’s a similiar hotel..price wise…etc..kinda off the path..no overlooking the hill by any means..but close and clean…i’d like to know if any of you have been there or heard of it…we drove to it tonight..looks well kept..etc…blackstone inn on ellen street…please lemme know..apparently..alotta of the customers from our hotel were reffered there and are quite happy…thanks
Thanks for the update Dan. Actually, I’ve seen both of those things over the last week or two, but haven’t had my camera with me. I’ll try to take a picture and post about it before the end of the week.
Man do I ever miss Maple Leaf Village it was a blast to spend a day or evening there even the big mall inside (Now Casino Niagara) with it’s different levels of stores, attractions & restaurants was always fun to explore.
I sure hope no I really wish HOCO on the other side of the hill would move ahead with it’s amusement park! Has anyone hear yet what is happening with it?
I believe that the Fall Mist Motel is being torn down. I bet it will turn into a parking lot.
Ah thank you Smoke for the name. I can see the picture of hotel sign in my head, but couldn’t think of the name for the life of me. I can see it becoming a parking lot, but hopefully something gets built. There is a lot of parking in the area already.
I would love to see HOCO build their amusement park. I think eventually we will see it, maybe in 5 years, our economies need to restabalize.
when i get back to canada i should go check these things out! (excluding chair)