On Saturday, Sherman Zavitz‘s column in the Niagara Falls Review was about when ice has frozen over the Niagara River right near the falls. Unfortunately the piece wasn’t online, so I took a picture of it for you to see. Occasionally the Review does this, so the only way to ensure you get it is…
From the Buffalo News: A new stairway will descend into the Niagara Gorge from a scenic overlook near the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge under a plan to enhance trails and viewpoints at three points in Niagara Falls and Lewiston. The new stairs will descend about 300 feet to a second overlook above the lower Niagara River,…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Daredevil Dean Sullivan is back in town. Sullivan filmed two stunts this month in which he used his face-first rappelling technique to jump from the top of the Niagara gorge, near the Horseshoe Falls. “(Wednesday’s) was great. It was awesome. It was fantastic. It took me a couple seconds,” he…
According to the Minneapolis – St. Paul Star Tribune, on this day in 1859… French acrobat Charles Blondin (born Jean Francois Gravelet) walked back and forth on a tightrope above the gorge of Niagara Falls as thousands of spectators watched.