This isn’t exactly about Niagara Falls, but it does relate to Harry Oakes, one of the key historical figures in Niagara Falls. From RepublicOfMining.com: In the early 1900s, young Ernie Martin immigrated from Staffordshire, England, to Canada to seek his fortune. He finally ended up in Kirkland Lake, where gold was to be found if…
They keep taking down more of the old Pilgrim Restaurant (rumoured to be an East Side Mario’s). The 3rd floor is almost entirely down. I still don’t know if they are taking the entire building down or just part of it.
From Niagara This Week: The first voyage to the Horseshoe Falls for the Maid of the Mist is typically a sure sign spring has arrived. It also signals the city will soon be flooded with tourists once again, until at least Labour Day weekend in September. At least that’s the hope as the Maid of…
From the Niagara Falls Review: As the warning goes, you don’t spit in the wind, you don’t pull the mask off the Lone Ranger and you don’t tug on Superman’s cape. Mark Saccone doesn’t care about the first two, but he takes the cape part pretty seriously. Hidden in a house quickly filling with memorabilia…
From the Toronto Sun: Falls Avenue Resort in Niagara Falls has welcomed the Niagara Brewing Co. to the heart of the city’s tourist district. The brand-new craft brewery is on Clifton Hill and offers innovative and refreshing brews crafted in celebration of Canada’s rich brewing heritage, with locally sourced ingredients. While visiting Niagara Brewing, guests…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Grand Niagara golf course got city approval to expand its resort, but still needs to overcome opposition from its Grassy Brook Road neighbours to get the road closures a resort representative says it needs. “That’s the talk of the town where we live,” said Denis Boulet, summing up the rural…
Not that it really matters, but I was just curious what the official name of the restaurant is. Sometimes the chain name is first; sometimes the location name is first. Anyway, I did make it out Lundy’s Lane to see the new IHOP. Here are a few pictures:
Earlier this week I received the latest email newsletter from Oh Canada Eh?.
Quite a while ago I received the latest Entertainment Insider email newsletter from the Fallsview Casino Resort.
From Niagara This Week: Five more weeks. That’s how long it will take to wrap up the results of an archeological survey which resulted in the discovery of pre-contact Aboriginal artifacts at the site of the proposed Canadian Motor Speedway. The archeological survey, first reported by Niagara this Week on July 3, is nearing completion…