Niagara Falls (CDN side)

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A shot from the giant ferris wheel downtown looking towards the Canadian falls.

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The American falls from up on the ferris wheel.

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Canadian falls from one of the hotels sticking out in the first pic above.

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American falls from the same hotel room.

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Nice , never been have to add to the list

Our kids on maybe their 3rd trip to the Falls. Circa 2011 I reckon.

Little man was quite taken with the M&M store.

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Daddy, can we get closer to the falls?

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Sure, we can get pretty close.

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This is about as close as you can get without it costing you money on the CDN side.

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Everybody ready to leave??

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Impressive pics.

So the $64,000 question is whether anyone has been over the falls in barrel, and if so, whether they can post their Gopro footage?

Excellent thread, Fretboard!  Those are some impressive photos.

 

I was visiting my Mom over the weekend and found the proper photo album: I was last there (and on the Canadian side) in 1972, when I was 3 years old.

 

Ken, you actually got me checking the youtubes for footage.  Here's some history of those who have gone over the Horseshoe Falls (spoiler alert: not everyone made it out alive).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3-J_osprTw

Here's a relatively non-dramatic Gopro attached to a small float going over:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-voA3isJIQ

 

BTW: Is it OK to eat the "Red Ones" nowadays?

 

Thanks for sharing the videos.  Spoiler alert - kayak guy and jet ski dude didn't survive.  Barrels, people, barrels.

I think we stayed in the same hotel...

 

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That's hilarious, nor'easter. Might have been the Embassy Suites?

We're pretty close in age, Johnny D - I will be one shy of 50 this weekend.

Man, I haven't dug out our photo albums in years - thanks for the reminder.