While each of my posts have included shots of the Falls, we needed more. Hence we booked 4-hour Niagara Falls Tour. It had several components.
First up – the Skylon Tower. It opened in 1965 and the elevators carry passengers to the top of the tower in 52 seconds. It stands at 520 ft from street level and required approval from both the Canadian and the United States air transport authorities due to its proximity of the international border.
Great 360 view of this area. Here you had the Canadian Falls:
And then the American Falls. The small falls at the right of the photo were the Bridal Falls – manmade.
It’s time to go behind the falls!
But before we got to the spot above, there were tunnels and a few facts.
The first tunnel, giving us a chance to put on our tour ponchos was long and damp.
With a shorter tunnel towards the water.
To get a feel of the power, included this short video.
This poster in the hallway gave us an ideal where we were in relation to the falling water.
Ultimately, there was another spot we traversed to and popped out for close up shots of the Falls. I took waaaaaay too many photos but finally settled on this one.
Time to head up to the top for our next stop. But first, need to recycle the blue ponchos.
So what was next – a boat ride, the Canadian boat, The Hornblower. This Canadian subsidiary of Hornblower Cruises & Events operates out of 19 different ports and our boat had been in service since 2013. Enough of the boring facts, let’s get on the boat!
I got lucky several times and a rainbow was part of this shot.
The boat heads toward the Canadian Falls.
And just seems to keep going and going and going.
What does it feel like? Let’s just say that several times we ducked into the glassed-in portion to get out of the worst of it!
But it also gave us a chance to capture some great shots. The sun peeked out from the clouds during our cruise.
We headed back to the dock but got a few last photos during the cruise. Adrienne has been a good sport with my shots so far.
Such fashionable ponchos! Good news……all have been recyclable.
One more stop. The Niagara River travels a short distance and turns into a counter-clockwise whirlpool. Interesting fact, at night water flow is decreased into nearby power plants and the whirlpool tends to reverse itself during that time.
It has a depth of 125 ft and was formed approximately 4200 years ago and then the water continues into Lake Ontario.
It was a great tour with a ‘solid’ local tour guide. Just realized, didn’t get a photo with her. She was born and raised in Niagara Falls-Canada side. Time to head for Toronto!
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