Someone with a Blogger blog posted a picture of the Great Canadian Midway (GCM) sign with the following comments: While taking photos at the Niagara Falls Festival of Lights, we made a short stop on Clifton Hill to take a few photos of the bright signs. The picture on the site is clickable so you…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Some call it a niche market. Others claim it could be the missing link for tourism in Niagara. Ron Dale has his own take on heritage tourism. If local municipalities “think outside the box†when celebrations kick off to commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812 in four years,…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Conrad Hilton’s memoir about going from the owner of a small hotel in a Texas oil town to the owner of a global hotel chain has little to do with Vince DiCosimo Sr.’s decision to write his own memoir. True, DiCosimo – known to his employees as “Mr. D” –…
Yesterday when I was on Victoria Avenue, I noticed that there was a new sign in the window of the former Wacky Wings Sports Lounge. It was a notice for a Liquor License Application (due by February 2). Apparently that location is becoming Cantina Charlies Niagara Falls. I did a quick search and there is…
Someone with a Blogger blog has a very good (and lengthy) blog posting about their trip to Niagara Falls. They stayed at the Great Wolf Lodge and visited several area attractions. He made some good observations and links to sites and pictures. We spent last weekend at Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara Falls with our…
Niagara This Week has an article about the Cystic Fibrosis Loonie day. It has contact information for the foundation and a complete list of participating attractions: Anyone finding themselves with a pocketful of change and nothing else to do this Sunday except laze on the couch should round up the family and head down to…
TravelPod, “The Web’s Original Travel Blog”, has an article (with pictures) about Niagara Falls: The title of this blog is taken from a book I owned as a kid. The heroine of the story wrote letters to her best friend and always ended them with “Yours Till Niagara Falls,” and so I could think of…
The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame has a short biography of Sir Harry Oakes (the HO in HOCO). Just as the other posting doesn’t mention his involvement in Niagara Falls, this one doesn’t either. Sir Harry Oakes 1874 – 1943 Adventure, fame and fortune all came the way of Sir Harry Oakes, the self-made prospector…
LEDs Magazine has an article about LED lighting for Christmas displays. It mentioned Niagara Falls and the Winter Festival of Lights many times: This year, I decided to once again take my Christmas dinner repast high above Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada at Watermark, the rooftop restaurant of the Niagara Falls Hilton. For the past 3…
The Niagara Falls Review has more details on the $1 day for Cystic Fibrosis: Niagara museums will go loonie this weekend with more than a dozen attractions in the Clifton Hill area offering deep discounts on admission to local residents. Niagara Falls residents on Sunday will be able to visit 16 participating attractions for $1…