The mule is honored at Benson, N.C. ( Sept. 22, 23 ) and at Boron, Calif. ( Sept. 24 thru Oct. 1 ), while the legend of the Maid of the Mist is celebrated at Niagara Falls through the 24th.

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The most notable power canal was built in 1862 for the Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Company.

The first Welland Canal, which opened in 1829 between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, bypassing Niagara Falls and the Lachine Canal ( 1825 ), which allowed ships to skirt the nearly impassable rapids on the St. Lawrence River at Montreal were built for commerce.

* Johnnie Ryan is a regional cola bottled in Niagara Falls, New York.

There followed a glamorous honeymoon tour of European courts and America which famously included a visit to Niagara Falls ( because " all honeymooners went there ").

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* 1814 – War of 1812: Battle of Lundy's Lane – reinforcements arrive near Niagara Falls for General Riall's British and Canadian forces and a bloody, all-night battle with Jacob Brown's Americans commences at 18. 00 ; the Americans retreat to Fort Erie.

* 1859 – French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.

* Simcoe Street, Simcoe Street School and the Simcoe Street SChool Tigers Bantam Baseball Team of Niagara Falls

* 2012 – Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk over Niagara Falls.

The outflow from the lake provides hydroelectric power to Canada and the U. S. as it spins huge turbines at Niagara Falls.

This water has just passed over Niagara Falls.

Lake Erie is primarily fed by the Detroit River ( from Lake Huron and Lake St. Clair ) and drains via the Niagara River and Niagara Falls into Lake Ontario.

Woodcut print depicts the shower as seen at Niagara Falls, New York.

A few motels ( particularly in Niagara Falls, Ontario, where a motel strip extending from Lundy's Lane ( 20 ) to the falls has long been marketed to newlyweds ) would offer " honeymoon suites " with extra amenities such as whirlpool baths.

A well-known geographic feature is Niagara Falls, part of the Niagara Escarpment.

* 1901 – Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

Violent water below Niagara Falls

Even Charles Lyell thought that ordinary geological processes would cause Niagara Falls to move upstream to Lake Erie within 10, 000 years, leading to catastrophic flooding of a large part of North America.

These were generally in the triangular region bounded by Toronto, Niagara Falls, and Windsor.

Le Griffon, a seven-cannon, 45-ton barque, was constructed on the upper Niagara River at or near Cayuga Creek and launched on August 7, 1679.

Cayuga Island was initially chosen as the place to hold the Exposition because of the island's proximity to Niagara Falls, which was a huge tourist attraction.

Niagara-on-the-Lake ( Cayuga: Tganawai: ˀ ) ( 2011 population 15, 400 ) is a Canadian town located in Southern Ontario where the Niagara River meets Lake Ontario in the Niagara Region of the southern part of the province of Ontario.

The year of 1913 saw the merger of CSL with Northern Navigation Company, the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company, and the Niagara Navigation Company, which resulted in the acquisition of several passenger vessels, including the vessels Chicora, Carona, Chippewa and Cayuga ; built 1864 (?

Three members each from Logan Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1, Neptune Hose Co. No. 1, Auburn Hose Co. No. 2, Niagara Hose Co. No. 3, Cayuga Hose Co. No. 4 and Union Hose Co. No. 5 were selected at the regular monthly meetings of the companies on September 4.

* 1679 – The brigantine Le Griffon, commissioned by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the south-eastern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America.

The only other location where this occurs is Fort Erie, Ontario, lying south of several cities in Niagara County, New York.

In North America, the most common grape juice is purple and made from Concord grapes while white grape juice is commonly made from Niagara grapes, both of which are varieties of native American grapes, a different species from European wine grapes.

The lake's primary source is the Niagara River, draining Lake Erie, with the St. Lawrence River serving as the outlet.

* April 30 – A bill is signed in the New York State legislature forming the Niagara Falls State Park.

The United States conducted two failed invasion attempts in 1812, first by General William Hull across the Detroit River into what is now Windsor, Ontario, and a second offensive at the Niagara peninsula.

* November 21 – Niagara University is founded in Niagara Falls, New York.

* August 7 – The brigantine Le Griffon, commissioned by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes.

The distance between the American extremity of the Niagara Falls and the Canadian extremity is.

Water diversion is regulated by the 1950 Niagara Treaty and is administered by the International Niagara Board of Control ( IJC ).

The verdant green colour of the water flowing over the Niagara Falls is a byproduct of the estimated 60 tonnes / minute of dissolved salts and " rock flour " ( very finely ground rock ) generated by the erosive force of the Niagara River itself.

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.

The current town name derives from the French name La Grande Île, as Grand Island is the largest island in the Niagara River and fourth largest in the state.

This name is still reflected today in the name of the Merrittville Highway ( Niagara Road 50 ), which served as the primary north-south route in central Niagara before the construction of Highway 406.

The town's present name was adopted around 1880 as a Postal Address to distinguish the town from Niagara Falls.

The name was not officially adopted until 1970, when the Town of Niagara and the Township of Niagara were merged.

Fort George National Historic Site is a focal point in a collection of War of 1812 sites which, collectively, are managed by Parks Canada under the name Niagara National Historic Sites.

The name " Old Fort Niagara " which is associated with the fort today does not refer to its age but to distinguish the colonial-era fortress from its more modern namesake.

The band's name was a nod to the fact that Niagara Falls is the unofficial honeymoon capital.

The Love Canal came from the last name of William T. Love, who in the early 1890s envisioned a canal connecting the Niagara River to Lake Ontario.

The school is exploring a possible joint venture with the City of St. Catharines to operate a performing arts venue nearby ( tentative name " Niagara Centre for the Arts ").

Most railroads used this name, but a number adopted different titles, including Confederation ( Canadian National ), Golden State ( Southern Pacific ), Niagara ( New York Central and NdeM ), Pocono ( DL & W ), Wyoming ( Lehigh Valley Railroad ), Dixie ( NC & StL ), Big Apple ( Central of Georgia Railway ), Greenbrier ( Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ), Western ( D & RGW ), Potomac ( Western Maryland Railway ) while the RF & P gave each of its three classes a separate title: General, Governor and Statesman.

One of the most significant landforms in southern Ontario, the moraine gets its name from the rolling hills and river valleys extending from the Niagara Escarpment east to Rice Lake.

The name of the principal village of the Neutrals-Onghiara ( located on the present-day site of Niagara on the Lake was mispronounced by the Chippewa as Nyahgeah, and again by Europeans as Niagara, making this word one of the few remnants of Neutral culture.

The name of the arena became First Niagara Center that summer.

The fortification was used by the Canadian Army as a military training base during the First World War and through the Second World War under the name Camp Niagara.

Fort George National Historic Site is one of a handful of sites managed under the administrative name " Niagara National Historic Sites " by Parks Canada, within the National Park System.

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Ontario Hydro was the official name from 1974 of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario which was established in 1906 by the provincial Power Commission Act to build transmission lines to supply municipal utilities with electricity generated by private companies already operating at Niagara Falls.