Niagara Parkway

Graham on June 27th, 2011

From Nile Guide (including pictures): When I think of Niagara Falls and its tourism industry I automatically think of two words; road trip. It really is the perfect spot to venture to for a quick weekend getaway from reality, as it is just a hop, skip and jump over to the United States border and [...]

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Graham on May 2nd, 2011

From the Niagara Falls Review: The inaugural Car-Free Day on the Niagara Parkway wasn’t free of suggestions from both tourists and locals who want to see the event evolve from its humble beginnings Sunday. “This is awesome,” said Mike Sherman, a cyclist from Montreal who was riding down the empty Parkway toward the Horseshoe Falls [...]

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Graham on April 29th, 2011

From the Welland Tribune: It’s going to be a Car-Free Sunday on Niagara Parkway. For the first time in recent history, pedestrians and cyclists will have a chance to enjoy a stretch of the parkway without having to worry about traffic. The route along the river between Clifton Hill and Murray St. will be closed [...]

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Graham on April 28th, 2011

I’m sure some of the flowers will get damaged with the huge gusts of wind today, but this is what the Niagara Parkway/Queen Victoria Park area looked like yesterday. Nice!

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Graham on April 6th, 2011

It is great to see the flowers starting to come up along the Niagara Parkway, even if it is through the snow. The snow is gone now, and some of the smaller flowers have opened.

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Graham on January 6th, 2011

From Niagara This Week: The list of people to turn to is short, and getting shorter for Bob Gale in his ongoing push for what he considers a proper investigation of the Niagara Parks Commission. As a former commissioner, Gale has spent the last few years crusading for change at the arms-length agency of the [...]

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Graham on October 29th, 2010

Yesterday I walked along the Niagara Parkway next to the Falls and in Queen Victoria Park. I took a bunch of pictures. It was overcast, so the sky doesn’t look great, but the colours of the leaves look good. I should have probably taken these a couple of weeks ago to get some more leaves [...]

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Graham on October 21st, 2010

From the Niagara Falls Review: The 28th annual CAA Winter Festival of Lights will be brighter, larger and most definitely longer. This year’s event will stretch an extra three weeks, running Nov. 6 to Jan. 31 to accommodate holiday-weary visitors who don’t have time to visit during the Christmas rush. In addition, the festival’s scenic [...]

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From the Buffalo News: …Sunday, we went to Canada to see the Falls — a new experience for Sarah. She kept saying, “I can’t believe I’m in Canada! And I’m finally going to see Niagara Falls!” As we came in on Niagara Parkway, I pointed out the mist rising. She couldn’t get her camera out [...]

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Graham on June 19th, 2010

From the Niagara Falls Review: Stay off the Niagara Parkway! Some bad drivers will be Niagara-bound when “Canada’s Worst Driver” films an episode in Niagara Falls. The Niagara Parks Commission approved a request from Proper Television, the company that produces the show for the Discovery Channel. That company wants to use Niagara Falls as the [...]

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