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12 million are expected to cross at Niagara Falls into Canada this year.
That’s 12,000,000, or six zero’s, and that’s a WOW!
Yes, in 2009 12,000,000 people are expected to visit coming over the bridges along the Niagara River.
I recently read an article that provided a lot of infor about the longest undefended border in the world, the Canada/US border.
The Canada/US border is 5,525 miles which includes the Alaska/Canada border. 13 states border Canada.
Anyway, forget all this border stuff and just come and visit. I’ll be happy to show you around.
I am often asked where these people that go on tours (my tours) stay while in Niagara Falls.
Although there are dozens of hotels, inns and motels as well as bed and breakfast units throughout Niagara, it’s amazing how many stay at the ‘ol’ standby’ hotels of Niagara.
The Sheraton On The Falls seems to be a favourite. This 19 story hotel features a great dining room overlooking the falls. Food is good and of course it is buffet style so you can eat as much as you want.
Above the Falls there are a myriad of established, large hotels ranging from the Hilton (Canada’s tallest hotel) to the Best Western that has been here fore many years.
To learn more about the local hotels, check out my Niagara Hotels page. I keep adding to it so you can get a good overview of what is available.
I thought this scene funny. I was standing on the sidewalk looking across the road toward the American Falls. Hundreds of thousands of gallons of water over the brink of the American and Bridal Veil Falls every minute, and here was this little piece of grass being watered.
It looked like the road was getting most of the water too.
Just thought it was a bit silly looking. (Click on the picture for a larger version)
Last Tuesday had the pleasure of showing the sights of Niagara to two lovely ladies from Colorado (Golden) and Nevada (Reno) who wanted to see all of Niagara.
It was a beautiful day and as they visited Table Rock and the brink of the Canadian or Horseshoe Falls, then worked their our way over to the Maid dock. The famous Maid-of-the-Mist main dock is opposite the American Falls. It picks up on the American side at the base of the observation deck in Niagara Falls, NY.
All that brown stuff in the water around the boat is ground up sand and silt from the bottom of the river. It is forced to the surface because the falls adds tiny air bubbles to the sand at the bottom of the river (below the falls) and it rises to the top. As soon as the air bubbles disappear, it sinks but because the falls are continually pounding the river bed, the silt never stops rising to the surface.
After lunch, we headed for the Whirlpool and the Spanish or Whirlpool Aero Car ride over the whirlpool. Such a great day to be touring Niagara too.
We were lucky because one of the Whirlpool Jet boats arrived as we were enjoying the picture perfect scene. It’s a ride on the water from Niagara-On-The-Lake to the Whirlpool (more info here). It spins around and takes advantage of the churning waters.
Then it was on to Niagara-on-the-Lake with some stops along the way including slipping into Reif Winery for some Icewine. Whew, what a day.
More again on Thursday
OK, I realize that not everyone who comes to Niagara Falls wants to slide around in a waterpark. But Niagara Falls is about water, and waterparks are also about water. Anyway, when I am showing people the sights of Niagara Falls I am often asked about the waterparks located here.
So let’s start by telling you about the Fallsview Indoor Waterpark.
In their own words, “The Fallsview Indoor Waterpark is Niagara’s newest and largest indoor waterpark, located on North America’s largest hotel and indoor waterpark complex, the Falls Avenue Entertainment Complex. Directly across the street from Niagara Falls the waterpark offers over 3 acres of indoor water fun including sixteen thrilling waterslides (some as high as six stories), a massive indoor wave pool, year round outdoor sundeck and activity pool, the mammoth “Beach House” Aqua Play area and much more.
