The Niagara Falls tourism industry is one of the largest in all of Canada and continues to expand at an incredible pace. There are many new developments in attractions, accommodations, restaurants, urban districts, power generation, bridge crossings, parks, etc. that have come to the city, year after year.
This Niagara Falls Blog, was created to bring visitors up to speed with this ever evolving tourism industry and hopefully help them plan a visit.
Check below for the latest Niagara Falls news. There are many interesting posts and articles!
Source: OttawaCitizen.com
The ultimate Niagara Falls showdown …
… in which we pit hanging corpses against pitch-black hallways
Reb Stevenson, Citizen Special
Published: Saturday, August 30, 2008
Hope you bought a clean pair of underwear! Mwah-ha-ha!”
Welcome to Canada’s permanent circus, a.k.a. Niagara Falls, Ont., where the buildings bark at you in menacing tones. (A character outside The House of Frankenstein actually does accost you about your underwear.)
Niagara Falls, where hotdogs are part of a complete breakfast. And where waxy incarnations of Brangelina are on a humanitarian mission to bring more cheesy tourist snapshots into the world. (more…)
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Printed by the Review
Inside Oak Hall
Harry Oakes’ mansion on the hill retains its splendour as home to the Niagara Parks Commission
Posted By JENNIFER PELLEGRINI REVIEW STAFF WRITER
The stone manse cuts an imposing figure atop Dufferin Islands.
Built in Tudor style, Oak Hall -the former home of mining magnate Sir Harry Oakes -still bears his name. The Oakes coat of arms etched into the stone during his $500,000 renovation of the property in the 1920s is softened by time, but still clearly visible to anyone who stops by.
The five-hole golf course Oakes built to while away the hours when in Niagara Falls has long since been replaced by a nine-hole par-three public course run by the Niagara Parks Commission, which purchased the property in 1959.
“I think people are intimidated by this old mansion,” said Jim Hill, the Parks’ superintendent of heritage.
“But people can come inside and go through it, on the main floor, anyway.”
Inside, only the lower level -open to the public for tours -resembles the property that had been the permanent home of Sir Harry and Lady Eunice Oakes from 1924 until they moved to the Bahamas a decade later. (more…)
Related posts:
- Niagara Falls Museums shocked by federal funding cuts
- Niagara Parks Commission honoured for preserving parks for 120 years
- Niagara’s war bicentennial group gets $189K; Region contributes $100,000
- The History Of Sherman Zavitz
- Nothing trivial about new Niagara Parks Commission appointment
Source: celebrity-gossip.net
Jessica Simpson Rocks Niagara Falls
Continuing her pursuit of country music greatness, Jessica Simpson found herself entertaining a massive crowd at the Niagara Falls Fallsview Casino last night (August 27).
The blonde bombshell unleashed hits from her new album “Do You Know” including her current radio single “Come On Over,” much to the delight of onlookers.
And she wowed the audience with a sexy strapless black and white checkered dress teamed with some funky chunky jewelry and her curly blonde locks. (more…)
Related posts:
- Jessica Simpson adds second show at Niagara Fallsview Casino
- Jessica Simpson to play Niagara Falls casino
- Celebs hit The Falls for David Foster gala
- David Foster and Friends Charity Gala this weekend
- Foster, friends Niagara Falls gala raises $3.3M
Source: GuelphMecury.com
Niagara Falls is perfect setting for a tale of guilt and sorrow
August 23, 2008
Veronica Ross
FALLING
by Anne Simpson
(McClelland & Stewart,320 pages, $32.99 hardcover)
Veronica Ross
Award-winning novelist and poet Anne Simpson has set her new novel in Niagara Falls, a perfect setting for a novel about loss.
The casinos, tawdry souvenir shops and tourist attractions, stories of the crazy daredevils who hurled themselves over the falls, tour buses, honeymooners and suicides are all a contrast to the majestic beauty of the Falls.
It’s a place where strange things happen. It’s also a place I am familiar with as friends and I went on writing retreats at the Loretto Centre for years.
We were peaceful in “the nunnery” as I called it, while a short distance away tour buses pulled up at luxurious hotels. It’s also a place where people live. Olde Ontario, I always think. United Empire Loyalists. Humble cottages sit beside larger places. (more…)
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Big Becky moves out of troublesome rock conditions
Tunnel project still behind schedule, but pace improved over spring, OPG says
Posted By Corey Larocque
Big Becky has burrowed past the tricky rock conditions of the St. Davids gorge and Ontario Power Generation hopes the pace will quicken on its Niagara Tunnel Project, the $600-million construction of a third hydro
