Interesting Facts One Must Know About Niagara Falls: Where Dreams and Water Collide !

Niagara Falls Facts

Niagara Falls, city in the Regional Municipality of Niagara, southeastern Ontario, Canada, a port on the Niagara River opposite Niagara Falls, New York. The city overlooks the Horseshoe, or Canadian, Falls cataract of Niagara Falls; the crescent-shaped cataract is 54 M (177 ft) high and carries nine times more water than its United States counterpart. Niagara Falls is an enormously popular tourist destination, and it also serves as a major source of electricity for Ontario.

The city is connected to the U.S. side of the falls by several bridges, including the Rainbow, Whirlpool, and Queenston-Lewiston bridges. Principal manufactures include processed food, abrasives, chemicals, automotive parts, metal and paper goods, and wines and alcoholic beverages. Logistics, i.e. storage and warehousing and information technology/call centres are also important to the city's economy.

Niagara Falls is amazing! Learn more about this special place and impress your friends when you check out some fun and interesting facts about Niagara Falls.

Niagara Falls:

• 3,160 tons of water flows over Niagara Falls every second. This accounts for 75,750 gallons of water per second over the American and Bridal Veil Falls and 681,750 gallons per second over the Horseshoe Falls.
• The water falls at 32 feet per second over the Falls, hitting the base of the Falls with 280 tons of force at the American and Bridal Veil Falls and 2,509 tons of force at the Horseshoe Falls.
• Niagara Falls is capable of producing over 4 million kilowatts of electricity, which is shared by the United States and Canada.
• Four of the five Great Lakes (Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Erie) drain into the Niagara River before emptying into Lake Ontario. These five Great Lakes make up almost one-fifth of the world's fresh water supply.
• In November 1896, electrical power was transmitted from the Adams Power Plant in Niagara Falls, New York to Buffalo, New York. This was the first time in the world that alternating current was transmitted over a long distance.
• In 1969, an earthen dam was built across the head of the American Rapids, de-watering the American Falls. For six months, geologists and engineers studied the rock face and the effects of erosion. It was determined that it would be too costly to remove rock at the base of the American Falls, and that nature should take its course.

Unique Niagara:

• Over 12,000 years ago, Niagara Falls extended seven miles down river to what is now Lewiston, New York and Queenston, Ontario. Over the years, the brink has eroded, sometimes as much as six feet per year, to its present site.
• During the last Ice Age, starting about 1.7 million years ago, continental glaciers up to two miles thick covered the Niagara Frontier region.
• The first European to see and describe Niagara Falls in depth was Father Louis Hennepin, a French priest who accompanied LaSalle on his expedition to the Niagara region in 1678.
• At one time, before Goat Island became part of Niagara Falls State Park, there were suggestions on what the island could be used for. Mr. Vanderbilt planned to use the island as a pleasure ground for people riding his trains to the falls. P.T. Barnum wanted to turn Goat Island into circus grounds!
• In 1885, a horse-drawn carriage ride around the falls cost $1 per hour.
• On January 27, 1938, the Upper Steel Arch Bridge, known locally as the Honeymoon Bridge, collapsed under pressure from the buildup of ice in the gorge below the falls. The bridge had been closed days before in anticipation of the collapse.
• On May 30th, 2019 at 8:20 am, Maurice Allen became the first person in history hit a golf ball across the Horseshoe Falls. The ball was hit from Table Rock on the Canadian side of the falls over to Terrapin Point on Goat Island for a total of 393 yards through the mist and into a headwind. It landed on the sidewalk and finally came to rest in the grass, 427 yards from its take off point. This feat had previously been unsuccessfully attempted by John Daly in 2005.
  
  Maurice Allen is a 3-time long drive world champion, 5-time number one ranked player in world, 2-time European tour champion, world long drive tour champion, 2 time number one ranked player in Europe, has won on 5 of 7 continents, as well as 48 professional victories.

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Dive Deeper into the region. Enjoy Niagara and it's surrounding .

Rich Cultural Experiences

The region is rich with diverse, world-class museums like The Corning Museum of Glass, The Rockwell Museum, Arnot Art Museum, and the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum all with unique stories and themes. Enjoy a Broadway show or concert at the beautifully restored Clemens Center in downtown Elmira.

State Parks &  Historic Sites

Outdoor recreation abounds in one of Finger Lakes Wine Country's state parks including Watkins Glen State Park and its 19 waterfalls. Enjoy an evening barbecue or weekend camping trip. Relive history at Newtown Battleground State Park or at one of several living history museums.