Niagara Falls

[farouk]

Okay so the Falls are shared between the US and Canada. Here are some reasons to make them part of your next vacation...

K Spence wikimedia

 

[farouk]

Eric Harmon wikimedia

 

[Mike S]

I lived in Buffalo for many years. Every visitor we ever had wanted to experience Niagara Falls.




This is what the American side looked like in 1969 when the w

ater was temporarily diverted so debris could be cleared from the river upstream from the falls.

 

[farouk]

I lived in Buffalo for many years. Every visitor we ever had wanted to experience Niagara Falls.




This is what the American side looked like in 1969 when the w

ater was temporarily diverted so debris could be cleared from the river upstream from the falls.

Yes, I've seen the waterless American Falls as a postcard...

I guess you lived in Buffalo, NY before they developed the Cheektowaga mall, which seems to pull all the Canadian shoppers...

Blessings.

 

[Mike S]

We lived first in the center of Buffalo, and the last few years in Kenmore. We left the area in 1978.

 

[Kathi]

My mother had a very dear friend.She was from Buffalo,NY.She always talked about the falls and going over to Canada.

 

[farouk]

My mother had a very dear friend.She was from Buffalo,NY.She always talked about the falls and going over to Canada.

The border goes right through the Falls...

 

[Kathi]

The border goes right through the Falls...

I thought I remembered her talking about taking a boat or ferry to Canada.This would have been around the 30's.

 

[farouk]

We lived first in the center of Buffalo, and the last few years in Kenmore. We left the area in 1978.

Oh, well you probably remember 641 Delaware Avenue, then: the Ansley Wilcox Mansion, where TR Roosevelt was inaugurated. It's now a National Historic Site.

Blessings.

 

[Mike S]

Oh, well you probably remember 641 Delaware Avenue, then: the Ansley Wilcox Mansion, where TR Roosevelt was inaugurated. It's now a National Historic Site.

Blessings.

Yes, I remember. I also remember the Allen Street area art festival. Don't know if they still have that. Also the Buffalo Philharmonic playing in Kleinhan's music hall, and the Albright-Knox art gallery. My wife and I loved the Buffalo area, we even made the trip over to Toronto a few times a year. There were some good cheese vendors at an open air market there in the Portuguese part of town I liked to visit. I still go back to Buffalo once in awhile to wander around, or to take the kids to a football game, when they were younger. I first lived in Buffalo in 1964 when I started at the University.

 

[farouk]

I thought I remembered her talking about taking a boat or ferry to Canada.This would have been around the 30's.

The Peace Bridge was built in 1927 between Buffalo and Fort Erie, Ontario. I think there used to be a ferry also downriver at Lewiston.

Blessings.

 

[farouk]

Yes, I remember. I also remember the Allen Street area art festival. Don't know if they still have that. Also the Buffalo Philharmonic playing in Kleinhan's music hall, and the Albright-Knox art gallery. My wife and I loved the Buffalo area, we even made the trip over to Toronto a few times a year. There were some good cheese vendors at an open air market there in the Portuguese part of town I liked to visit. I still go back to Buffalo once in awhile to wander around, or to take the kids to a football game, when they were younger. I first lived in Buffalo in 1964 when I started at the University.

The Albright-Knox looks impressive from the outside, whether or not one is into modern art.

The Buffalo area was known formerly for its aeronautical industry, as well.

 

[Mike S]

I thought I remembered her talking about taking a boat or ferry to Canada.This would have been around the 30's.

There was a ferry that ran between Buffalo and Crystal Beach Amusement Park on the Canadian side. I think that stopped running in the 50s.

 

[farouk]

There was a ferry that ran between Buffalo and Crystal Beach Amusement Park on the Canadian side. I think that stopped running in the 50s.

You also have to pay to cross the Peace Bridge, the Rainbow Bridge and the Lewiston Bridge.

 

[ezrider]

I grew up north of Niagara Falls not far from lake Ontario. Been to the falls many times, although if I am visiting any more, I much prefer the Canadian side. I can also remember as kids our parents taking us to the amusement park that used to be on Grand Island just above the falls.

 

[farouk]

I grew up north of Niagara Falls not far from lake Ontario. Been to the falls many times, although if I am visiting any more, I much prefer the Canadian side. I can also remember as kids our parents taking us to the amusement park that used to be on Grand Island just above the falls.

Grand Island, NY has two State Parks; nearby Navy Island, which is Canadian, is where William Mackenzie took refuge in 1837 during his failed rebellion.