From the London Free Press: Nik Wallenda is set to walk across the Niagara Gorge on a wire in eight days, but first he has to figure out how he’s going to get the wire from one side of the Niagara River to the other. The logistics of stringing the 550-metre wire from Goat Island…
Note: This is the BEST article I’ve read about the walk so far. It shares some nice details of how he will rig up the wire as well as other details of the performance. From the Sarasota Florida Herald-Tribune: To understand the enormity of Nik Wallenda’s planned high-wire walk across Niagara Falls this summer, it…
A couple of weeks ago I received the latest email newsletter from Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours. You can sign up for their newsletter by entering your email address in the “Signup” form on the left side of most of the pages of the Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours web site.
From the Buffalo News: The future of one of the most famous boat rides in the world is very much in doubt as the Maid of the Mist teeters on the edge of extinction. But those who operate that “other” boat attraction on the lower Niagara River say their future is looking brighter — and…
From the Buffalo News: The Journey Behind the Falls, a tourist attraction that provides views from behind and beside the base of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls, will be closed to visitors or will have limited access during the next two weeks as the Niagara Parks Commission conducts its annual spring maintenance along the rock wall…
From Niagara This Week: The Maid of the Mist will return to the water for the 2012 season on both sides of the Niagara River Gorge the company that runs the boat tours said Tuesday. The Maid of the Mist Steamboat Company said it would continue with the service in 2012 after talks with the…
The latest issue of Niagara Life Magazine had an article about some of the people who have gone over the Falls: Niagara Falls, Honeymoon Capital of the World. They say marriages are made in heaven; this is where they test-drive them. For almost a hundred years, men— real men — have come to Niagara Falls…
From the Washington Examiner: Deliberations in Canada over the future of the Maid of the Mist sightseeing boats at Niagara Falls are being closely watched in the United States, where elected and tourism officials want to avoid disruptions to an iconic draw that brings millions of tourists to the Falls each year. The double-decker boats…
So as the details of the Nik Wallenda/Michael Chan meeting were coming out, there were also reports that if this is going to happen at all, it has to happen as a walk between the two countries. Apparently New York State officials have said a walk solely on the US side is not an option….
From the Buffalo News: Niagara Falls isn’t just a place where newlyweds go to snap pictures. It’s an international treasure that feeds into Lake Ontario and provides drinking water to Toronto and beyond. And now, its future is in the hands of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, both…