An old Niagara Falls attraction is getting new life

From WKBW Channel 7 in Buffalo: An old Niagara Falls attraction is getting new life. For the first time in 29 years, a funicular will be transporting people from the bottom of Clifton Hill into the Niagara Gorge. See also: The Buffalo News – Hornblower Cruises restores Clifton Hill cable car to gorge after 29…

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New support ropes installed for Whirlpool Aero Car

From Niagara This Week: When you’re 103-years-old, a little surgery is inevitable. In the case of the Whirlpool Aero Car, one of the oldest tourist attractions in Niagara Falls, it’ll be a major upgrade to the support ropes that have brought millions of people across the Niagara Gorge. Though just one of the six support…

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Niagara Falls: WNY Land Conservancy announces ‘Restore the Gorge

From Niagara Frontier Publications: The Western New York Land Conservancy invites the community to attend a project unveiling at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13, in the Niagara Falls Public Library, for “Restore the Gorge,” its planned ecological restoration of the Niagara Gorge. With funding from phase two of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Buffalo Billion economic development…

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YESTERDAY AND TODAY: Bridging the Niagara Gorge

From the Niagara Falls Review: The first bridges across the Niagara River (first for pedestrians and carriages, later also allowing for railroad traffic) opened in the late 1840s and early 1850s. They were a good distance away from the Falls, crossing the Niagara Gorge where the CN crosses today at the eastern end of Bridge…

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WildPlay Whirlpool Adventure Course opens in Niagara Falls, Ont.

From the Buffalo News: WildPlay Whirlpool Adventure Course to Niagara, a new outdoor adventure attraction, opens June 16. The course will provide visitors with new ways to interpret and experience the Niagara Gorge, Niagara Glen and Whirlpool Rapids, said Janice Thomson, chairwoman of the Niagara Parks Commission. It includes aerial obstacles and ziplines securely suspended…

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Daredevil seeks statue for Red Hill in Falls

From the Niagara Falls Review: One of the last men to go over the falls in a barrel wants to see a proper memorial for one of Niagara Falls’ most legendary figures. Peter DeBernardi, who survived a 1989 trip over the Horseshoe Falls in a barrel he shared with Jeffrey Petkovich, is trying to raise…

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Funny business down in the gorge

From the Niagara Falls Review: With help from some friends, Niagara comedian David Green has found the funny side to being lost in the woods. Or at least the Niagara Gorge. Last fall, Green and a camera crew headed into the steep, often dangerous area near the Niagara River to film the “thrillarious” comedy Gorge.

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Cuomo seeks to complete Empire State Trail by 2020, add Goat Island lodge in Niagara Falls

From Niagara Frontier Publications: Also, speaking of the outdoors and encouraging guests to stay longer, Cuomo announced big plans for Niagara Falls State Park and the Niagara Gorge on Monday while at the University at Buffalo. “We’re going to reclaim 135,000 acres of the Niagara Gorge corridor, preserving the rich ecology,” Cuomo said. “It will…

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