From the Niagara Falls Review:
It’s a genuine hit!
As a new and much anticipated Niagara Falls attraction, Wildplay’s MistRider Zipline, which debuted last month, has attracted a massive amount of interest.
Four high-speed parallel lines descend 670 metres into the Niagara River Gorge from Niagara Parks’ Grand View Marketplace near the foot of Clifton Hill.
I haven’t tried it yet — but I hope to.
The idea of going down into the gorge near the falls has appealed to many people over many years. This includes some of Niagara’s earliest visitors.
One of those was Elizabeth Simcoe, wife of John Graves Simcoe, Upper Canada’s (Ontario’s) first lieutenant-governor. The Simcoes were living in what is now Niagara-on-the-Lake at the time.
In her diary entry for Aug. 24, 1795, Elizabeth notes…