Travel photo of the day: Colorful Niagara Falls

From the Travel section of the NBC Today Show web site (including photo): Mary Umbricht of Seekonk, Mass., captured this beautiful photo of Niagara Falls. Umbricht took the picture on Saturday while spending a long weekend in Canada. There was “a lot of color,” she told TODAY.com, and visibility was great due to no leaves…

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Photo of the day: Lights over Niagara Falls

The NBC Today show web site has a Travel section. The photo of the day a couple of days ago was of Niagara Falls at night. It is a very nice photo.

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Brink of Niagara Falls perfectly safe for spectators – as long as they follow the rules

From Bullet News Niagara: The steel railing and stone wall that divides tens of thousands of tourists from the beauty and power of Niagara Falls are almost always wet and slippery from the mist that routinely drifts out across the city. But the obvious potential for danger, the signs warning people to keep their feet…

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It’s a beautiful day (or so the U2 song said at Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville)

I took these pictures along Queen Victoria Park, and commented out loud how it was a beautiful day. Then when we walked past Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville, that U2 song was playing.

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A couple of pictures of Dinosaur Adventure Golf at night

The other night I was by Dinosaur Adventure Golf on Clifton Hill. It was a beautiful evening, and the place was packed. Everything looks fantastic all lit up! (the pictures were taken with my cell phone, so they aren’t great)

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Falls Parks: Canada Thrives, U.S. Struggles

From WNED-AM 970 NEWS: On one side of Niagara Falls, state parks need $85 million in repairs while on the Ontario side millions of dollars are going into renovation of Old Fort Erie and the Laura Secord House. WNED’s Mike Desmond talked with the Chairwoman of the Niagara Parks Commission, Fay Booker, about the difference….

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Niagara Falls State Park getting upgrades after critical NY Times article

From an Associated Press article seen on Yahoo! News Canada: Niagara Falls State Park, the oldest state park in the U.S., is getting some special attention after its condition was criticized in a recent New York Times article. State parks officials say they’re launching a three-part plan to improve the 126-year-old park along the brink…

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Niagara Glen getting back to its roots

From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s all about getting back to nature at the Niagara Glen and visitors like Jane Bartell couldn’t be happier. She is in total agreement with the many changes that have occurred and the new direction the Niagara Parks Commission is taking to protect and preserve one of Canada’s premier nature…

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36 Hours in Niagara Falls

From the New York Times: At Niagara Falls, the United States is the poor relation and Canada is king. Nature gave Canada the wide-angle view of the majestic waterfall that straddles the border between the two countries, and the Canadians’ commercial bet on tourism landed most of the visitor comforts on their side of the…

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The Traveling Camera: Niagra Falls

From The Source Weekly (including a nice picture): Niagara Falls is one of those places where you can forget its beauty because the falls are surrounded by cheesy attractions in Canada and by rather squalid urban areas on the American side. But the falls are still impressive.

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