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My little sister taking pictures of the Falls with her digital camera. I love snapping away with my film camera... the musical sound of the shutter is not something my sister's digital camera can ever give her.
From my first roll of colour film shot with a film SLR.
Nathan Todd on rock, Niagara, New York, digital copy of slide, 1983. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.
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Niagara Falls. The city is part of the Buffalo metropolitan region but Niagara itself has around 60,000 residents. There is also a Niagara Falls city in Ontario Canada on the other side of the Niagara River which links Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. There is a drop of 99 metres (396’) between the two lakes. Lake Erie is the higher lake with the river dropping down to Lake Ontario and about half of the drop occurs in the Niagara Falls themselves. The Niagara River is just 58 km (36 miles) long with the Niagara Gorge extending from the Falls for 11 km (7 miles) towards Lake Ontario. The great Lakes system is the world’s largest water system, draining about 18% of the world’s water which explains the huge amount of water falling down the Falls every day. The Niagara River divides into a Canadian and an American river near the Falls with Goat Island in the middle. The Canadian Horseshoe Falls drop 57 m (188’) into the lower Niagara River across a span of 670 m (2,200’.) The American Falls drop 21-34 m (70-110’) to the rocks but down to the river is the same drop as the Canadian Falls. The American Falls are 260 m (850’) wide. At the bottom of the Falls are deep whirlpools and the speed of the water is usually over 40km per hour. The Whirlpool Basin is formed because the Niagara River makes an almost 90 degree turn into an earlier river course. As a nick point in a gorge the Falls erode the escarpment which has retreated about 12 kms in the last 12,000 years. The green colour of the water comes from the dissolved minerals or ‘rock flour’ in the water as it erodes the escarpment. The smaller Bridal Veil Falls are on the American side, divided from the main falls by Luna Island.
The Niagara Falls State Park. It is the oldest state park in America and tourists have been coming here since white settlers arrived. Today around 12 million people visit the Falls annually! While Europeans saw the Falls as early as 1604, they were first described fully in 1677 by Louis Hennepin, a Belgian missionary and explorer. By the 1840s tourist cruises to view the Falls were happening. In 1848 the first suspension footbridge was constructed across the Niagara River. The state park was declared in 1885. The Visitor Centre is a starting place for souvenirs, information and refreshments. Outside is a floral garden depicting the Great Lakes system of waterways. The Niagara Falls Discovery Centre has hands on displays to let you discover the geology, fossils and nature of the waterfalls. In typical style you can take a “virtual” elevator tour of the falls and gorge in the 180 degree theatre. There is also an observation tower for views of the Falls and we take the elevator down (175 feet) to the river for the Maid in the Mist boat cruise- weather permitting. The cruise starts at the base of the Observation Tower. We cruise to the base of the American Falls, then the basin of the Horseshoe Falls which are on the Canadian side, and then cruise through the crashing waters near the rock pools. This 30 minute cruise allows you to experience the thunderous power of the falls- raincoats advantageous!
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Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls, 2020
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WEGO 9009, a 2012 Nova Bus LFX, on Green Route at Souvenir City, Niagara Falls on November 26th, 2012.
Here is the creator of this Flickr site (Michael Greatorex) posing against the backdrop of Niagara Falls with his aunt, Edna Byard (1913 - 1989) in 1974.
Edna (nee Gratton from Bonsall), had emigrated to Canada in the late 1940s with her husband, Billy Byard (1914 - 1986) and their son.
Michael recalls that the photographer was uncle Billy.
This image is reproduced by kind permission of Malcolm Byard.