From North Country Public Radio: Parks officials in New York are planning a project of historic significance: temporarily shutting off the American Falls. That will dramatically alter a natural wonder that attracts millions of tourists from around the world. The Niagara Falls State Park project is designed to replace two pedestrian bridges that are over…
From Niagara at Large: Congressman Brian Higgins is encouraged that progress will be made to address staffing issues on the border between the United States and Canada following today’s Northern Border Caucus meeting in Washington, D.C. with Canadian Ambassador David MacNaughton. Prior to the meeting with the entire caucus, the Congressman and the Ambassador met…
From The Hawk Eye (in Burlington, Iowa): Our first glimpse of Niagara Falls was from the Rainbow Bridge, which connects the United States and Canada. It was the end of a long day on the road when we arrived in northwest New York, having driven through a portion of the Adirondacks on the drive west…
I know I posted about this yesterday, but this article has more details. From the National Post: New York officials are considering temporarily turning some of Niagara Falls into a trickle. Plans to replace two 115-year-old pedestrian bridges could involve shutting down the water flowing over one section of the falls by building a temporary…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Continued, targeted marketing — and an influx of visiting seniors — should help Niagara Falls get through tourism’s typical off season, Wayne Thomson says. The chairman of Niagara Falls Tourism said his agency, Tourism Partnership of Niagara and Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation are ramping up their fall marketing campaign,…
From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo: Wayne Thomson can remember exactly where he was when he heard the province of Ontario was considering a law to allow casino gambling at two border towns. “At first I was skeptical,” the former mayor and current councillor of Niagara Falls, Ont. said. The Canadian resort city was eventually…
From FoxNews.com: Waterfalls are one of nature’s most beautiful creations, and come in all shapes in sizes. Here are some of the most incredible waterfalls on Earth. Niagara Falls come in at number 7 on their list: Arguably the most famous falls, Niagara Falls is comprised of three waterfalls: the Horseshoe Falls, the American Falls…
From the Daily Mail: Every year millions of visitors flock to see the dramatic Niagara Falls that separate New York state from Ontario. But while 12million people head to the Canadian side, just six million choose to view the spectacular waterfall from the American side. However, all that is set to change as the US…
From the Globe and Mail: I’ve been travelling a lot lately. Is the NEXUS card worth it for driving between the United States and Canada? – Jane in Niagara Falls, Ont. Many of us have sat, in the bumper-to-bumper exhaust haze at a backed-up border crossing, watching other vehicles zip through the NEXUS lane. However,…
From The Ledger (in Lakeland, FL): Wow! The water thunders down — 700,000 gallons per second, in fact — as we stand underneath Niagara Falls on the famous Hurricane Deck, part of the Cave of the Winds tour. We’re totally soaked, but we don’t care. The sheer power of the water is mesmerizing. So are…