Niagara Falls Facts
- The Niagara Falls are about 12,000 years old.
- Falls were formed when melting glaciers formed massive fresh-water lakes (the Great Lakes) one of which (Lake Erie) ran downhill toward another (Lake Ontario). The elevation between the two lakes is about 99 m (326 ft), half occurring at the Falls themselves.
- The total area drained by the Niagara River is approx 684,000 sq km (264,000 sq mi).
- The deepest section in the Niagara River is just below the Falls. It is so deep it equals the height of the Falls above, 52 m (170 ft).
- The Niagara River flows at approximately 35 miles/hour (56.3 kilometers/hour).
- There are actually two waterfalls in Niagara, the American Falls and the Canadian Horseshoe Falls.
- It is the combination of height and water flow that makes Niagara Falls so beautiful.
- The Horseshoe Falls are 180 feet (57 meters) high and allow 6 million cubic feet (168,000 cubic meters) of water over the crestline every minute during peak daytime tourist hours (that is about a million bathtubs full of water every minute!).
- Man-made attractions of Niagara Falls include Maid of the Mist, Table Rock Scenic Tunnels, Spanish Aero Car, Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum, Marineland, Casino Niagara, IMAX Theatre, and the new Butterfly Conservatory.
- In 1959, the face of Niagara was changed when Louis Tussaud's English Wax Museum was opened.
- Niagara Falls was an area early settled and vigorously active in Canada's formative years.
- The Minolta Tower rises 325 feet above the Horseshoe Falls.
- Skylon Tower rises 775 feet above the Falls.
- Hydro Electricity generated in Niagara Falls at the Sir Adam Beck 1 and Sir Adam Beck 2 power stations from redirected waterflow serves the electrical needs of Southern Ontario and Western New York.
- Niagara Falls' night time illumination makes a visitation to Niagara a spectacular event at all times of the day.
- Niagara Falls Ontario Canada is known as the Honeymoon Capital of the world.
- Water painting artists embraced this City's natural wonders as a source for their artistic inspirations.
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