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Yesterday morning I promised some pictures taken of Niagara Falls in a cold winter day. The first was taken at the brink of the Canadian-Horseshoe Falls, looking somewhat into the horseshoe. Clear, cold water, surrounded by ice and snow.
In this second picture I just turn around, looking north downriver at the ice that is in the Niagara River below the Canadian-Horseshoe Falls. In the distance is the Rainbow Bridge connecting Canada and the U.S. and on the right surrounded by mist is the American Falls.
The power of the Niagara River. Day and night, 365 days a year for thousands of years, Niagara Falls never sleeps. When you visit Niagara Falls and Table Rock, you stand at this very spot looking over the bring of the Falls.
Across the way from Table Rock at Niagara Falls is a parking lot. These trees line the hillside around the parking lot. They are ice covered by the mist from the Falls. It has been overcast a lot lately, so the sun isn’t glistening off these trees. I’ll try to get down to the Falls when the sky is clear and the sun is shining.
If you look carefully, you can see that portion of the Falls that is in the third picture above. Here I take in more because I wanted to capture the ice along the edges of the Falls at the brink. The water is clear and you can see the bottom as it rushes over the brink into the gorge below.
Again, when you visit Table Rock, where you stand at the brink, overlooking the plunging water, there is just a railing separating you from the thundering power of Niagara. On February 11th, here’s what the railing looked like. All ice covered. Even the metal is feeling extra cold.
On this day I took 4 lovely folks from Port Hedland in Western Australia on a tour of the Niagara Region. We had a lot of laughs and they enjoyed the beauty and power of the Falls, and downriver to a couple of wineries (for some warming ice wine), a visit to Niagara-on-the-Lake and then to the Chocolate F/X for a chocolate fix. It was over 100F when they left home, so this was truly a different place to visit for them.
For more pictures, be sure to visit Gateway Niagara my picture blog.
A couple of days ago I gave a tour of Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake and everything in-between to a great group of folks from four countries.
England, Australia, Canada and India. It was a great day and everyone really enjoyed themselves.
In fact, 8 went for a helicopter ride over Niagara Falls and of course we all went to the Chocolate F/X for a chocolate hit.
This morning I decided to get up early and head for Niagara-on-the-Lake. It looked like the rain was over and the town would still be asleep. After all, it was before 7 that I arrived.
It’s was just before 7 when I took this picture of the Prince of Wales Hotel on Queen Street in the Old Town. You can see the rain still on the streets, but it is such a beautiful hotel no matter the weather.
Yes Virginia, there are tourists at Niagara Falls. Here are some that toured the Niagara Region with me as their tour guide. Lots of fun and I am sure they enjoyed the visit. And this group of folks having a great time too. Two from the U.S. and the rest from Australia. This lovely young lady from Australia is being photographed at the Niagara Parks Floral Clock by her hubby. The flowers had just been planted and things were beginning to look like summer (or at least spring).
Of course not. But the controversy continues. On Friday (May 29th) the company was ordered to cease and desist (stop) using the dock that has been their Niagara on The Lake location for years. Here is the rest of the story.
Given that the Jetboat isn’t the only powerboat on the Niagara River, or that part of Lake Ontario, one has to wonder what the anti-jetboat advocates are thinking.
More importantly, the merchants of NOTL should be concerned. If the tourists are not finding exciting reasons to visit, how are these merchants, hotels and other businesses in NOTL going to stay afloat.
Then again, maybe the town would rather tourism stopped being the important financial footing that it is.
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