Niagara Falls Weather & Climate
Niagara Falls Weather is split with approximately 5 months of summer and 6-7 months of cold and winter weather Weather & Climate in Niagara Falls Niagara Falls area enjoys four…
The Canadian Niagara Power Company
…Ontario Power Generation and the Niagara Parks Commission in order to renew the lease of the water rights, expiring in 2009, as well as to allow a switch from its…
John David Munday
John David Munday was a skydiving instructor with 1,400 completed jumps. In addition Munday is an accomplished helicopter and fixed wing aircraft pilot. He also had a twenty year obsession…
Annie Edson Taylor
…just off of the American side of the Niagara River and upstream of Goat Island. She was dressed in a long black dress and a flowery hat. About 183 metres…
Manchester (Schlosser)
…by American soldiers and named Fort Schlosser. Augustus Porter, a surveyor, was the first person to purchase and settle upon the land along the American side of the Falls once…
Welland, Ontario
The City of Welland consists of 81 square kilometres and is located along the Welland Canal between Port Colborne & Thorold. Welland is know as the “Rose City”, and has…
The First Queenston-Lewiston Suspension Bridge
Lewiston, New York – Queenston, Ontario 1850 – 1854 Following the War of 1812, many families had settled along the Niagara River in the settlements of Queenston and Lewiston. Both…
Peter DeBernardi & Jeffrey Petkovich
…pounds and had a keel for direction. In addition, the barrel had a two way radio system, ninety minutes of oxygen supply with a ballast control and a double hatch…
Philip Bender & Family
…American Revolution forced them to seek refuge with the British in Niagara. Bender had joined Butler’s Rangers and provided loyal service for five years. Upon his discharge, and as a…
The Battle of Chippawa
…George and attack Burlington Heights instead. Brown reasoned that if Burlington Heights fell into American hands, then Fort George and Fort Niagara would be cut off from men and supplies….