The Falls Have Walked Eleven Kilometres, and You Can Still Watch Them Move
Niagara Falls has cut eleven kilometres upstream in about 12,500 years. The pace that once moved the brink within a…
Niagara Falls, and the Canada around it
Getting to the falls, what a night costs, when the boats run, and where to go once you have seen them.
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What Time to Stand at Niagara Falls for the Full Treaty Flow
A 1950 treaty between Canada and the United States sets the flow over Niagara Falls, full during set daytime hours in season, halved at night and all winter, and reviewed weekly by a joint committee.
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The Power Station and Its Tunnel Under the River
Built in 1901 by the Canadian Niagara Power Company, this station ran for a century before reopening as a museum in…
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The Free Riverbank and the Road That Runs Its Length
Before 1885, rival museums charged for the best views of the falls. A public commission that year, and the park it opened in 1888…
A Day in Niagara-on-the-Lake During Icewine Season
Niagara-on-the-Lake ties its icewine to a single rule: grapes picked below minus eight degrees, frozen naturally on the vine. A day in…
What You're Actually Looking At: Horseshoe Falls Versus American Falls
Horseshoe Falls takes about ninety percent of the Niagara River's flow, American Falls about ten, and the two falls share a height…
Ships That Climb a Hundred Metres: Watching the Welland Canal
Eight locks carry ships 99.5 metres between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie around Niagara Falls, and the Lock 3 centre in St. Catharines…
The Summer Engineers Turned Off the American Falls
In 1969 the US Army Corps of Engineers dammed the Niagara River and left American Falls dry for five months to inspect a buildup of…
A Spanish Cable Car Over the Whirlpool, Since 1916
Built in 1916 by Spanish engineer Leonardo Torres Quevedo, the Whirlpool Aero Car still runs on its original cabin, crossing the…
Buying a Home in Niagara Falls When You Are Not Canadian: What to Check, in Order
A step by step order for a non-Canadian buyer in Niagara Falls: the federal ban, its exceptions, the 25 percent speculation tax…
