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THE NIAGARA BOUNDARY

A FEW TRIVIAL FACTS ABOUT THE NIAGARA RIVER

NIAGARA FALLS UNDER LIGHTS

THIS SMELLS GREAT!

MAKE TIME FOR NIAGARA'S FLORAL CLOCK

NIAGARA'S RAINBOW CARILLON - LET THE JOY RING OUT

NIAGARA FALLS IS HOT

A 1678 DESCRIPTION OF THE FALLS

50 YEARS AND ROGER WOODWARD

CHIPPAWA AND WEST POINT

CLIFTON HILL - THE STREET OF FUN!

NIAGARA FALLS HONEYMOON CERTIFICATES ARE AVAILABLE

ONTARIO TRAVEL CENTRES CELEBRATE TOURISM WEEK

NIAGARA IS HOME TO 48 GOLF COURSES

NIAGARA FALLS HOSTEL TAKES TOP NORTH AMERICAN AWARD

NIAGARA’S FIRST DAREDEVIL MAKES A SPLASH

ANOTHER NIAGARA FIRST

THE PRETTIEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON DRIVE IN THE WORLD

CROSS INTO THE U.S. WITHOUT GOING THROUGH CUSTOMS

THE STRAIT CALLED A RIVER

NIAGARA'S GREAT GORGE ROUTE

MAID OF THE MIST OPENS ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10TH

NIAGARA ON-THE-LAKE

HISTORY ALONG THE NIAGARA RIVER RECREATION TRAIL

"WEDDINGMOONS" ARE MOST POPULAR IN NIAGARA FALLS

NIAGARA SOUVENIRS

NIAGARA FALLS ONTARIO HAS A SISTER

NIAGARA FALLS HOTELS

BIRTHPLACE OF THE FALLS

ONE OF THE TINIEST CHAPELS IN THE WORLD

NIAGARA'S ICE-BRIDGE TRAGEDY

NIAGARA FALLS, MANY NAMES

LIQUID GOLD

NIAGARA'S CHEAP FLORIDA VACATION

A FIRST FOR ME

DID CHARLES DICKENS EVER VISIT NIAGARA FALLS?

WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES TORCH ARRIVES IN NIAGARA

NIAGARA AND PHOTOGRAPHY

MORE NIAGARA TRIVIA

STYX AND GLASS TIGER HEADLINE NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY IN QUEEN VICTORIA PARK

A DISCOVERY IN NIAGARA THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

OUR HERO RUEDI HAFEN

BURIED NIAGARA TREASURE

ROLLING THUNDER

NEW RINK AT THE BRINK OPENS IN NIAGARA FALLS ON NOVEMBER 23

SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF KIRK JONES GOING OVER NIAGARA FALLS

NIAGARA FALLS HISTORIC TORONTO POWER PLANT GETS $850,000 FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

MORE GOVERNMENT MONEY HEADING TO NIAGARA FALLS

HOW MUCH DOES NIAGARA ERODE EACH YEAR?

FALLS HELICOPTER PILOT, RUEDI HAFEN IS UP FOR A PRESTIGIOUS AWARD

DO FISH SURVIVE THE DROP OVER NIAGARA?

WHERE DID THE WORD NIAGARA COME FROM?

PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA VISITS NIAGARA FALLS

THE RAGWEED ARRIVES IN NIAGARA AND SO DO THE FESTIVALS!

SOME MORE FACTS ABOUT THE FALLS

WHEN THE AMERICAN FALLS WAS SHUT-DOWN

SPOTTED A DEER TONIGHT

STRANDED SCOW IN UPPER NIAGARA RIVER IS STILL STRANDED

BIG BECKY IS BORING

FLOWERS, FLOWERS EVERYWHERE

HERE COME THE JUDGES

NIAGARA AND PHOTOGRAPHY

MY FAVOURITE SPOT ALONG THE NIAGARA PARKWAY

BIRTHDAY FACTS

ON YOUR NIAGARA FALLS HONEYMOON

NIAGARA FALLS FUNAMBULISTS

NEW BORDER CROSSING REGULATIONS NOW IN EFFECT

IS IT THE NIAGARA RIVER OR THE NIAGARA STRAIT?

NIAGARA DAREDEVILS

HOW NIAGARA FALLS WAS FORMED

MARILYN MONROE AND THE MAKING OF NIAGARA

SPRING ACTIVITIES IN NIAGARA FALLS

EARLY SPRING IN NIAGARA: OUT OF THE WOODS AND INTO THE (BOTANICAL) GARDENS

A GOOD READ ON NIAGARA HISTORY

MAID OF THE MIST BOATS OPEN THIS WEEK

THE SHAW OPENS 2009 SEASON

SPRING HAS ALMOST SPRUNG AT NIAGARA

WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GO TO NIAGARA FALLS

LOOK AND LISTEN TO NIAGARA FALLS TO LEARN WHAT THE DAY WILL BRING

CAN'T WAIT TO SMELL THE FLOWERS...THEN DON’T

DOES THE NIAGARA RIVER FREEZE?

BLAME THE ROMANCE ON NIAGARA'S NEGATIVE IONS

ICE-BRIDGE PUSHES THE HONEYMOON BRIDGE INTO THE GORGE

NIAGARA'S ICE WINES ARE READY TO BE SERVED

NIAGARA FALLS IS FOR THE BIRDS AND THE BIRDERS

OH CANADA EH

BROCK'S MONUMENT

NIAGARA FIREWORKS

WINTER HAPPENINGS AROUND NIAGARA FALLS

NIAGARA ON A WINTER MORNING

NIAGARA SUNRISE

THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN NIAGARA

THE GENERAL BROCK HOTEL AND TWO GREAT SHOWS

PRINCESS DIANA AND ME

LOOK THERE'S A RAINBOW

MR. NIAGARA FALLS




 

OFFICIAL BLOG OF NIAGARA FALLS TOURISM


BURIED NIAGARA TREASURE
By GEORGE BAILEY
2009-11-10 15:58:31

3 comments Latest by Bob 05/15/10 07:43:16 EDT

Lots of stories still persist today that there's plenty of treasure buried along the Niagara border especially during the War of 1812. Here's a few of these stories.

  • In 1888 a Welland, Ontario man was searching the bottom of the Chippawa Creek for $250,000 supposedly dropped there by a British paymaster during the War of 1812. He never found it.


  • It has also been reported that their is a "pot of gold" buried somewhere under the ramparts of Old Fort Erie. All searches over the years have only turned up relics and human skeletons.


  • Another reported war treasure of $100,000 gold coins had been buried in the Niagara Glen along the lower Niagara River by General Sir Isaac Brocks paymaster. I remember many year ago taking a metal detector into the glen in search of the treasure. I came back empty handed and plenty of fish hooks.


Maybe some day someone will find a pot of gold at Niagara.

Regardless, just seeing Niagara Falls is a treasure you'll remember for ever.

Pretty corny right, but makes a nice ending to the blog.


Comments

Gloria Cousineau
I guess I should take up diving in the Chippawa Creek. I had never heard that bit of history before. Nice picture, is that taken in the glen?

George Bailey
Thanks Gloria,I hope all is well with you.This is a photo taken along the lower trail found beside the Niagara River in the Glen. I set the camera on a tripod and turned on the timer. You can't see the metal detector that I hid out of camera range!

Bob
Gloria you do not want to dive in the welland river (Chippawa Creek) years ago a snapping turtle got me . no visibility at all



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View of Niagara Falls from the Skylon Tower Niagara Falls visitors overlooking the Falls
The Horseshoe falls at Niagara Falls Hennepin Point with a view of the American and Horseshoe Falls



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