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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.
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From School Library Journal
Gr 1-3-According to an author’s note about this story’s origins, Charles endows her retelling with the strong, compassionate heroine of the Iroquois version rather than the passive girl of European renditions. Lelawala’s Seneca tribe, situated by the Niagara River, has been prosperous for as long as memory. When sickness strikes, Lelawala’s mother, wife of the chief, is among its many victims. Thinking that Hinu, the thunder god, is angry with them, the people send canoes filled with offerings over the great falls to his cave behind them. But the sickness persists. When Lelawala overhears the tribal leaders pondering sacrificing one of their people to Hinu, she volunteers herself. The depictions of people are inexpert, but the author/illustrator excels in capturing the roiling, pounding water, especially as the girl is thrown from her canoe and carried down the falls. She learns that the great god is powerless to fight a horned snake poisoning t (more…)
The Cave of the Winds trip takes you closer to the waters of Niagara Falls than you ever thought possible. You ride an elevator 175 feet (53 meters) deep into the Niagara Gorge. Then, clad in a bright yellow poncho and wearing the special footwear provided, you follow a tour guide over a series of wooden walkways to the famous “Hurricane Deck”.
I am often asked if the Maid of the Mist boat ride is worth it.
The answer is YES. There are many “rides” at Niagara Falls, but the Maid has been plying the waters below all three Falls since the mid 1880’s. It’s a wet ride, and you have to make sure your camera doesn’t get soaked (I use an Elements Cover e-690). At the very least, cover it with cling wrap and take a small tea towel with you to wipe off the lens.
The reason the Maid of the Mist boat ride has lasted so long is because it is a great ride. But, you do get wet as this picture taken July 15th, 2009 demonstrates.
