From Hotel Interactive: The 76-room Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott in Niagara Falls, New York is scheduled to open on Friday, June 10, 2016 with its smart, inventive public space and guest room design, and its bright and inviting décor. Located at 643 Rainbow Boulevard, the Fairfield Inn & Suites Niagara Falls will operate…
From Niagara Frontier Publications: One of the greatest attractions on Earth is less than 15 minutes from your backyard. It’s a wonder of the world, located within America’s oldest state park. And you’re missing out on it. “The thing that amazes me every day is that every day there are people here who save money…
I can’t remember where I saw this one… This is a map that was created in 1961 by the Army Corps of Engineers of Niagara Falls. It doesn’t show any street names, but shows a lot of the hydro power water intakes, as well as a few of the important places in either city.
From the Globe and Mail: Oscar Wilde, Richard Nixon, Pierre Trudeau, Marilyn Monroe, Winston Churchill, Shirley Temple, Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Charles Blondin, Wild Bill Hickok, Laura Secord, H.G. Wells, Charles Dickens, Helen Keller, Sir Harry Oakes, Jimmy Stewart, Princess Diana … Bit characters all – in a story in which the main character has…
From ABC News: Tourists visiting Niagara Falls will soon have a new way to see the sites. The new “Discover Niagara” shuttle service will offer transportation from Niagara Falls State Park to 14 destination sites along the 14-mile route to Old Fort Niagara, located where the Niagara River empties in Lake Ontario. The Discover Niagara…
At the same store where I saw the old Niagara Falls panorama from 1913, I saw this old map. They had a small area of the larger map that was specifically for the Niagara area. It’s interesting to see that there were traffic circles on the QEW at that point. What would become Highway 420…
Last week I received an email newsletter from the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa
From the Niagara Falls Review: While recently reading some Niagara news from 1939 (yes, 1939), I came across some interesting items that I would like to share with you. All concern some sort of discovery. During the spring and summer of that year work was progressing on the restoration of Old Fort Erie which, of…
I’ve had this photo of a photo sitting around for a while and just realized I hadn’t posted about it. Last year while my family was having a long weekend up in Buckhorn, Ontario, we went into Bobcaygeon. My parents like to look at antiques, so we went into a store that they had been…