I last saw this beauty of beauties when I was 17 - frozen and icicled and breathtaking - this time I got to see it with my Daughter Rachel - who is 17 - with Sylvie Conde once more acting as our guide........Truly a wonder of wonders! Come see Niagara Falls on the Canadian side!

Niagara Falls can only be described as exhilarating. From the top of Skylon Tower (775 feet up) to the base of Horseshoe Falls (188 feet down), Niagara Falls is awe-inspiring.(They're the 2nd longest in the world)

 

The views are amazing! 

Straddling the international border between the Canada's Ontario and the U.S. state of New York.

The Horseshoe Falls drop about 173 feet and are about 2,600 feet wide...

Movies filled at the Niagara Falls ~  Niagara, a movie starring Marilyn Monroe and Joseph Cotten. Later in the 20th century, the Falls was a featured location in 1980s movie Superman II,  it was the subject of a popular IMAX movie, Niagara: Miracles, Myths and Magic.^[Much of the episode Return of the Technodrome in the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series took place near the Niagara Falls and its hydroelectric plant. Illusionist David Copperfield performed a trick in which he appeared to travel over the Horseshoe Falls in 1990. The Falls, or more particularly, the tourist-supported complex near the Falls, was the setting of the short-lived Canadian television show Wonderfalls in early 2004. More recently, location footage of the Falls was shot in October 2006 to portray "World's End" of the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

According to Iroquoian scholar Bruce Trigger, "Niagara" is derived from the name given to a branch of the locally residing native Neutral Confederacy, who are described as being called the "Niagagarega" people on several late 17th century French maps of the area

Posts on the American Falls and Maiden of the Mist still to come!

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Sylvie Conde's post on our visit - Niagara Falls Ontario 

More Posts on My Toronto Trip

Sylvie Conde - Toronto Real Estate Expert - and Tour Guide Extraordinaire! (My Toronto Trip Part I)

Muskoka, Severn and Georgian Bay, Ontario - a Visit with my Cousin ( My Toronto Visit Part II)

From small town Coldwater to Victorian B & B in High Park ( My Toronto Trip Part III)

Indian Grove B & B ~ High Park, Toronto (My Toronto Trip Part IV) 

High Park - Toronto's Jewel of a Park - (My Toronto Visit Part V)

Niagara Falls- Canada's Horseshoe Falls ~Wonder of Wonders ~ (My Toronto Trip Part VI)

The American Niagara Falls ~ Yes there are Two! (My Toronto Trip Part VII) 

Getting Close Up and Personal on the Maid of the Mist - Niagara Falls - My Toronto Trip Part VIII

The Sky's the Limit - Canadian International Airshow - More on My Toronto Trip

If I Ran to the Zoo - The Toronto Zoo - ( My Toronto trip )

Hollywood of the North - Toronto's - The Distillery ( my Toronto Series)  

If you or someone you know is thinking of buying or selling property in Toronto - please give my dear friend and Uber Realtor  Sylvie Conde of Sutton Group a call at 416) 564-7431  ~ its her home town and she knows it and Real Estate and Toronto like the back of her hand ~ you'll be in good hands I promise!                                                 

 If you or someone you know is thinking of buying or selling property in, Chilliwack, Hope, Abbotsford, Langley or anywhere in the Fraser Valley Area of B.C. - or if you would like more information please give Liz  Moras of Landmark Realty Chilliwack a call at- 604-799-0459 or e-mail at lizmoras@gmail.com.     

Copyright © 2009 By Liz Moras, All Rights Reserved. All photos by Liz Moras. All information provided by this author is only an opinion, it is not guaranteed, may be based on information collected from several sources, and may be time sensitive.  It is not necessarily representative of the opinions of Landmark Realty Chwk. Ltd..