In 1918, there was a near disaster when a barge, known locally as the Niagara Scow, working upriver broke its tow, and almost plunged over the falls.

* Niagara Scow

* Niagara Scow

The term " fundamentalism " has its roots in the Niagara Bible Conference ( 1878 – 1897 ), which defined those tenets it considered fundamental to Christian belief.

This water has just passed over Niagara Falls.

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.

With the flooding of the Guaíra Falls in 1982, Iguazu currently has the second-greatest average annual flow of any waterfall in the world, after Niagara, with an average rate of.

As of 2006, Aykroyd has entered a partnership with Niagara Cellars, which owns four wineries in the Niagara region.

About 10, 900 years ago, the Niagara Falls was located between present-day Queenston, Ontario, and Lewiston, New York, but erosion of their crest has caused the waterfalls to retreat approximately southward.

The enormous energy of Niagara Falls has long been recognized as a potential source of power.

Niagara Falls has long been a source of inspiration for explorers, travelers, artists, authors, filmmakers, residents and visitors, few of whom realize that the falls were nearly to be solely devoted to industrial and commercial use.

The oldest and best known tourist attraction at Niagara Falls is the Maid of the Mist boat cruise, named for an ancient Ongiara Indian mythical character, which has carried passengers into the rapids immediately below the falls since 1846.

Other projects that Olmsted has been involved in include the country's first and oldest coordinated system of public parks and parkways in Buffalo, New York ; the country's oldest state park, the Niagara Reservation in Niagara Falls, New York ; one of the first planned communities in the United States, Riverside, Illinois ; Mount Royal Park in Montreal, Quebec ; the Emerald Necklace in Boston, Massachusetts ; the Emerald Necklace of parks in Rochester, New York ; Belle Isle Park, in the Detroit River for Detroit, Michigan ; Presque Isle Park in Marquette, Michigan ; the Grand Necklace of Parks in Milwaukee, Wisconsin ; Cherokee Park and entire parks and parkway system in Louisville, Kentucky ; the Forest Park in Springfield, Massachusetts, featuring America's first public " wading pool "; the George Washington Vanderbilt II Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina ; the master plans for the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University near Palo Alto, California ; and Montebello Park in St. Catharines, Ontario.

It is the location of Niagara Falls and Fort Niagara, and has many parks and lake shore recreation communities.

The primary geographic feature of the county is Niagara Falls, the riverbed of which has eroded seven miles south over the past 12, 000 years since the last Ice Age.

The spectacular Niagara Gorge is the path Niagara Falls has taken over thousands of years as it continues to erode.

To further capitalize on economic development, the state has created the Niagara Wine Trail.

The Economic Development Committee has oversight of the Niagara County Center for Economic Development and the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency.

The amount of natural mist has been reduced since the early 20th century by the diversion of most of the water from the Niagara River for hydroelectricity.

Niagara Falls is visible at the top left corner. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of, of which is land and ( 14. 35 %) is water.

* 20px New York State Route 93 ,( Maple Rd., Lewis Rd., Buell St. in Newstead ; Cedar St., Buffalo St., Buell St. in Akron ) North-South highway from Youngstown, New York that travels through Niagara County and into Newstead and has its southern terminus south of Akron at NY 5 ( Main St .)

The Horseshoe Falls, which are approximately wide, have also changed their shape through the process of erosion ; evolving from a small arch, to a horseshoe bend, to the present day gigantic inverted V. Just upstream from the falls ' current location, Goat Island splits the course of the Niagara River, resulting in the separation of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls to the west from the American and Bridal Veil Falls to the east.

The falls receive approximately 10 % of the flow from Niagara River, with most of the rest going over Horseshoe Falls, from which it is separated by Goat Island.

The Willoughby marsh Conservation Area lies southwest of the freeway approximately south of Niagara Falls.

The area in dispute included all of western New York State west of, approximately, Seneca Lake, extending all the way to the Niagara River and Lake Erie, and from the shore of Lake Ontario to the Pennsylvania border.

It is located in a rural area approximately north of Buffalo, northeast of Niagara Falls, and adjacent to the city of Lockport.

First Niagara bought the naming rights for 15 years, approximately the remainder of the time that was left on HSBC's naming rights deal with the arena.

Niagara has approximately 40, 000 living alumni worldwide.

Each year, the Buffalo Zoo welcomes approximately 400, 000 visitors and is the second largest tourist attraction in Western New York, second only to Niagara Falls.

The upper falls are more than 200 feet ( 60 m ) across and with a drop of approximately 48 feet ( 14 m ) During the late spring runoff, the river drains as much as of water per second, making the upper falls the third most voluminous vertical waterfall east of the Mississippi River, after Niagara Falls and Cohoes Falls, both in New York State.

The SGA also charters two buses to allow approximately 80 UAH students to make an annual trip to Niagara, New York to cheer for the UAH Ice Hockey team as they compete against Niagara University.

The Village of Waterdown was created in 1879 from that part of East Flamborough above the Niagara Escarpment and within approximately a kilometre of King's Highway No. 5 ( Dundas Street ).

The total drop of these falls is approximately the same as Niagara Falls, although over a much longer stretch.

The Empire Corridor is a term used to refer to the approximately corridor between Niagara Falls and New York City, including the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, Schenectady and Albany.

Beginning in 1963, Harvey's purchased approximately 39 parcels of land in Niagara Falls, Ottawa, Montreal, Buffalo & Winnipeg with the exception of one leased property.

The Trafalgar Moraine is approximately 20 km long, 30 m high and 4 km wide, extending from the Niagara Escarpment north of Nelson to Streetsville in an east-northeast trend ; at the Oakville boundary, the trend shifts northeast.

The highway ends approximately north of this point at an intersection with Main Street ( Niagara Regional Road 27 ).

The " 700 troops and about 950 Indians " there on the eve of overwhelming Pittsburgh in July were instead ordered to relieve Fort Niagara, where they were ambushed and defeated by Johnson.

Shoshone Falls is taller than Niagara Falls by about 36 feet ( 58 meters ).

The cableway of 580 meters in length is an aerial cable car that spans the whirlpool in the Niagara Gorge on the Canadian side, constructed between 1914 and 1916, a Spanish project from beginning to end: devised by a Spaniard, constructed by a Spanish company with Spanish capital ( The Niagara Spanish Aerocar Co. Limited ); a bronze plaque, located on a monolith at the entrance of the access station recalls this fact: Spanish aerial ferry of the Niagara.

The falls, at 84 meters ( 275 ft ) high, ( and 150 feet wide ) are the highest in the province of Quebec and 30 m ( 98 ft ) higher than Niagara Falls.