There are two sides to Niagra Falls: the U.S. side and the Canadian side.
We will try to leave early enough from New York to first see the U.S. side during the daylight hours:
Then we will try to cross the border while it's still daylight to see the canadian side:
We will stay long enough to see them turn the lights on (lights go on at dusk):
Then head back to the U.S. side to spend the night.
Rainbow Bridge
The
Rainbow Bridge is for non-commercial-use only, so this is a popular
tourist crossing. It connects the tourist areas of Niagara Falls, N.Y.
and Niagara Falls, Canada and is the most direct route to the Niagara Fallsview Casino. Summer weekends are particularly congested.
The main U.S. highway leading to the Rainbow Bridge is Interstate 190. The primary Canadian feeder is the QEW (Queen Elizabeth Way), exit 420.
The main U.S. highway leading to the Rainbow Bridge is Interstate 190. The primary Canadian feeder is the QEW (Queen Elizabeth Way), exit 420.
- Dedicated NEXUS lanes U.S.-bound only
- Duty free shopping on site
- Pedestrian crossing
Have been there several times, and love it. First time when we first came to America -- with little Peter, who probably doesn't remember it from then. But I was old enough to be impressed. I've never done the Maid of the Sea boat tour, nor climbed down that long staircase to the bottom. I've been just happy to see it from above. Don't go over the falls in a barrel, but definitely buy a tourist book that tells you of all the strange things that have taken place, there. There's SOME history! One of the most interesting (for me) things about the place doesn't have to do with the falls, just what tourism to the place brought about. Around the turn of the last century, Europeans and Americans alike flocked to Egypt to look at, and find, mummies. The locals at the time did not view them as historically valuable, and sold them to any tourist. One such mummy ended up in the Museum in the town of Niagara Falls. Thousands if not millions of people saw it for nearly a century. Then one day an egyptologist from Atlanta (I think) looked at an article with pictures of exhibits at a really seed museum in Niagara Falls, and he recognized signs of royalty in this one. He traveled up to see it, and there was no doubt -- it was the mummy of Rameses the first! Probably one of the most important pharahos of all time! And in a first, the museum and the United States returned him to his rightful place in Egypt! This is the kind of stuff that makes places ALIVE!!!
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