The Oneida Tower
…Tower and Plaza Limited. In 1985, this tower would become the center piece of the Maple leaf Village Shopping Complex under the name of “Kodak Tower”. Currently this tower is…
Space Spiral Tower
…Resorts and was known as the “Falls Tower”. The tower was decommissioned after October 9th 2006. On November 23rd 2006, the tower was dismantled to make way for new development….
Goat Island Rescue
…for his life. Newberry was able to grab a hold of a tree extending from Solon Island. Other officers forming a human chain pulled him to shore. Nearly two and…
White Water Rafting
…and was about two miles downstream of a five mile route to Lewiston, New York. The three dead persons were identified as: Julia Martinez, of Toronto; David Ross, of Toronto…
The Rainbow Helicopter
…Felderstein attempted this dangerous landing. Mark Felderstein gently lowered his helicopter onto the golf course to a safe landing with no injuries to he or his passengers and with minimal…
Glacial Lake Iroquois
…the giant glacier, which stretched across the St. Lawrence valley to the east. The only outlet for this lake was at Rome and Utica, New York. The water exited to…
The Niagara Glen Terraces
…to fall 37 meters (120 feet) to the water pool below. Here an ancient island also existed similar to Goat Island in size. Water flowed around both sides of this…
Lake Erie
…Bay and the Mattawa River, to the Ottawa River into the St Lawrence River Valley. This resulted in the water drainage through the Niagara River being reduced to only 1/10…
Fonthill Kame – Delta
…– Delta. The Fonthill Kame-Delta is the highest point of land in the Niagara area. Today this site is readily identified by the many transmission and microwave relay towers situated…
Goat Island
…York. General Augustus Porter, a United States Commissioner, renamed Goat Island to Iris Island, after the Greek Goddess of the Rainbow. People resisted this name change, so the island reverted…