A natural wonder

From the Buffalo News: Nik Wallenda wire-walked into history at Niagara Falls on Friday, but the effects quickly rippled around the world. “As far as feats of derring-do go, they don’t get much more primal or more terrifying,” wrote the Guardian of England. Wallenda hovered over the gorge like a “latter-day Moses,” said the New…

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ERNIE’S GOLD: A Prospector’s Tale – by Brian (Chip) Martin

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…

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Daredevil survived falls, but not orange peel

From the Niagara Falls Review: After successfully going over the Horseshoe Falls in a barrel on Oct. 24, 1901, Annie Taylor, the first person to try such a stunt, reportedly said: “Nobody ought to ever do that again!” For 10 years nobody did. Then along came Bobby Leach. A native of Cornwall, England, he was…

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Will & Kate at Niagara Falls?

From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo: Niagara Falls is Western New York and southern Ontario’s natural tourist attraction. But the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario has its mind set on two tourists in particular; England’s future King and Queen, Prince William and his bride-to-be, Kate Middleton. After their spring wedding they’re planning a trip to…

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Parks to display first photo ever taken of Niagara Falls

From the Niagara Falls Review: They sat in a box across the ocean for 70 years before seeing the light of day again. Historic photos gone missing for generations. And when library staff at the University of Newcastle in Tyne, England found them in 1997 and dusted them off, they weren’t just looking at the…

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Oh Baby! Ripley’s in Niagara Falls to Host Fertility Statues Exhibit

I received the following via email, but also found it on the web: Oh Baby! Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium in Niagara Falls to Host Fertility Statue Exhibit World-famous statues are linked to more than 2,000 pregnancies – so proceed with caution! Niagara Falls, ON. – (August 4, 2010) – Ripley’s Believe It or…

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