From the Niagara Falls Review: If it was anything even remotely connected with Niagara’s daredevils, Riverman Ken Sloggett would be the first person I would turn to for information. He was so much more than just a news contact who had a wealth of information at his fingertips. Above all, he was a dear friend…
From the Canadian Press (via Yahoo! Canada Travel): Twenty-five years after stuntman Karel Soucek survived his trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel, a new exhibit highlights the daredevils who have been drawn to the site. Soucek, from Hamilton, suffered only minor injuries in his plunge on July 2, 1984. He died, however, about six…
From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s like that famous Bugs Bunny episode. Up against the American government and frustrated by a low bounty on his head, Bugs becomes a master of mischief, pulling stunts -including shutting down the American Falls. Funny and cute in cartoons but impossible in real life, it was thought. But 40…
I stopped in at the IMAX Theatre on Saturday to look at the renovated daredevil museum. I don’t know if all of the details were in the article I linked to before… if they were, I missed them. The museum has moved to another part of the building and is now called the Niagara Daredevil…
From the Niagara Falls Review: An historic Canadian landmark is getting a spruce-up thanks to $500,000 in federal infrastructure spending announced Monday. Queenston Heights in Niagara-on-the-Lake will see its worn interpretive signs and deteriorated wood stairways and railings replaced. A series of interpretive plaques will also be installed along the Niagara Parkway exploring themes from…
On June 30 I posted about one of Blondin’s trips across the gorge. The Nashua Telegraph has some more detailed information (more than the blurb I put below): Dressed in pink tights and a yellow tunic, world-class funambulist Jean-Francois Gravelet (better known as The Great Blondin due to his fair hair) became the first person…
From a PR Web press release: The historic Crowne Plaza Niagara Falls-Fallsview will be celebrating its 80th birthday on July 1, 2009. The Crowne Plaza Niagara Falls-Fallsview, previously named the Brock Plaza Hotel, has maintained its reputation as a hotel that is able to flawlessly combine its historic charm with modern amenities. As the first…
According to the Minneapolis – St. Paul Star Tribune, on this day in 1859… French acrobat Charles Blondin (born Jean Francois Gravelet) walked back and forth on a tightrope above the gorge of Niagara Falls as thousands of spectators watched.
How’s this for a trip down memory lane?! Feel free to leave a comment with some of your memories… Note: you can click on any of the pictures to view a larger image. Thanks Sue!
Jay Cochrane, famous for his tight rope walking, will once again be performing in Niagara Falls this summer. He will be performing his act between the Niagara Fallsview Casino and the Hilton Hotel and on Saturdays will perform the longest and highest skywalk performed outside of China, from the Niagara Fallsview Casino to the top…