Niagara Falls Railway Museum

    Welcome to the webpage of the Niagara Falls Railway Museum. Our goal, through our ever expanding collection of railway artifacts and through this site, is to preserve and display the railway history of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. The Niagara Falls Railway Museum is an interesting web site that tries to tell the story of the…

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    Niagara tourism bonanza for first-time visitor

    From the Welland Tribune: Karl-Heinz Holzwarth was wrapping up his inaugural trip to Canada, and mining for future destination possibilities. On Wednesday, he found gold at Niagara’s Ontario Travel Information Centre. “My wife Rosa and I were in our car heading to Niagara Falls, took the wrong road, and I saw this visitor centre on…

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      $9 entrance for locals to Fallsview Waterpark

      I forgot to mention ths earlier in the week… I saw an ad in Saturday’s Niagara Falls Review for the Fallsview Waterpark. It said on from May 16 – 18 (Tuesday to Thursday of this week), locals could pay $9 to go to the Fallsview Waterpark with the proceeds going to charity. Apparently all you…

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        Where to go when you don’t have a passport

        From MSNBC: Driving to Canada is another option, since you won’t need a passport for land crossings until at least January 1, 2008. For those lucky enough to live nearby, that means Vancouver, Niagara Falls and other cross-border getaways are as accessible as ever. Better yet, winter is typically the off-season, meaning fewer crowds and…

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          Fighting Tourism Drop

          From the Niagara Falls Review: Prices were slashed at the Criminals Hall of Fame Wax Museum this month to fight the dwindling number of visitors walking through its doors. Tourists appreciated the discount and the Victoria Avenue attraction – filled with infamous serial killers and mob bosses – is now enjoying a brisk business. “We…

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            Massive surge in passport demand expected

            From the Niagara Falls Review: Passport Canada is bracing for 5.2 million passport applications during the year ending March 31, 2009, a jump of 10 per cent over the previous year which itself was record-breaking, an internal document shows. The projection is based on a revamped formula that now takes into account so-called “pulses,” that…

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            New GM for Niagara Falls Bridge Commission

            From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Falls Bridge Commission will have a new general manager, effective May 1. The board has selected Kenneth Bieger to succeed Lew Holloway as the organization’s next GM.

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            The August 2014 Entertainment Line Up is On Sale NOW!

            Quite a while ago I received the latest Entertainment Insider email newsletter from the Fallsview Casino Resort.

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            Niagara Falls embraces the senses

            From the Daily Journal: Perfectly carved during an Ice Age more than 10,000 years ago, Niagara Falls is the pièce de resistance of the Niagara escarpment. The limestone underpinnings that muscle to the surface forming bluffs along the Mississippi River, return underground only to rise again further east. The glaciation carved not only the Great…

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