Ice advice from New York?

    From the Niagara Falls Review: Sitting inside Celsius restaurant, Anna Pierce looks out on the crowd at Bryant Park. It has been a busy morning at the 3.2-hectare midtown Manhattan greenspace behind the New York public library on 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue and it is about to get busier. Niagara Falls Tourism’s general manager…

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    Emergency crews use rope to guide stranded hikers to safety at Niagara Gorge

    From CTV News: Emergency crews used a rope line to guide hikers to safety after they got stranded in a gorge at Niagara Falls, Ont. Police say several hikers, including three adults, two children and a dog, got into some difficulty Saturday afternoon while walking up the Niagara Gorge off a marked trail below Thompson’s…

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      Trip to Marineland Canada – Introduction and Observations

      On Monday, August 28, 2006 I arranged to go to Marineland Canada. There were 7 of us who went (5 adults, 2 children). Marineland has been around for over 40 years, and is one of the most popular attractions in Niagara Falls. Those who live in Southern Ontario and the surrounding Border States are familiar…

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        Whirlpool has long history of attracting tourists

        From the Niagara Falls Review: While the falls are certainly the most remarkable and most-visited phenomenon on the Niagara River, the whirlpool must rank as No. 2. The earliest references to the whirlpool refer to it as the Twelve Mile Pond, since it was approximately that distance from Lake Ontario. In 1785, the land beside…

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        Moses Parkway poll supports compromise

        From the Buffalo News: A significant majority of partisans on both sides of the issue agreed Tuesday that there is hope for a compromise on the future of the Robert Moses Parkway that would please some people but would anger others. An unscientific poll among 180 people at a meeting in the Earl W. Brydges…

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          Super 8 rooms for $8.88

          I saw this in a press release the other day, and I wasn’t going to mention it, but since they do have one location in Niagara Falls, I figured, “Why not?!” Super 8 hotel has a special deal: Starts August 8, 2008 (8/8/8) – that’s today Runs for 8 nights Starts at 8 pm each…

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          Niagara Falls Looks to Develop Outdoor Recreation Activities

          From US News and World Report: New York state wants to give tourists more to do when they visit Niagara Falls State Park and is asking developers to come forward with plans. Officials say they’re looking for a major private investment to improve hiking, biking, climbing, fishing and other outdoor activities along the Niagara River…

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          80K people celebrate Canada in tourism district

          From the Niagara Falls Review: About 80,000 people packed the heart of the tourism area of Niagara Falls on Canada Day, the largest gathering of people in the city since an estimated 100,000 watched Nik Wallenda’s historic wirewalk over the Horseshoe Falls in 2012. “It was tremendous,” said Niagara Parks Commission chairwoman Janice Thomson. “That…

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            After Iguazú, Niagara is puny

            The Lexington Herald-Ledger has an article about the Iguazú Falls in Argentina and mentions Niagara Falls a couple of times: …a horseshoe of more than 275 separate falls, dwarfs Niagara Falls in height, width and volume… …Next to Iguazú, Niagara Falls seems like the drizzle from your shower head… …A more daring version of Niagara’s…

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