http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/rss/The Official Blog of Niagara Falls by George Bailey for Niagara Falls Tourism. From the moment you start up a conversation about Niagara Falls with George Bailey you know he loves everything about the waterfall. It's history, it's glamour, and it's intrigue. George lives, breaths and talks Niagara Falls.en-usNiagara Falls Tourism2012-02-23 00:58:485 http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/tightrope-walk-across-the-falls-is-approved.htmhttp://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/tightrope-walk-across-the-falls-is-approved.htmThe Niagara Parks Commission on the Canadian side of the border have made a dramatic about turn and are now allowing famed tightrope walker Nik Wallenda to cross over the Niagara River at the Falls into the United States. Commission</a>... <a target="_blank" href="http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/tightrope-walk-across-the-falls-is-approved.htm">read more</a>2012-02-16 09:01:52http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/tightrope-walk-across-the-falls-is-approved.htm http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/love-and-romance-niagara-style.htmhttp://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/love-and-romance-niagara-style.htmIs there any better place to celebrate Valentine's Day than Niagara Falls, the Honeymoon Capital of the world?<br><br>This city was made for romance. Here are a few reasons why.<br><br><ul><br><li>We have the largest source of negative ions in the world. </a>... <a target="_blank" href="http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/love-and-romance-niagara-style.htm">read more</a>2012-02-14 17:18:58http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/love-and-romance-niagara-style.htm http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/niagara-on-the-lake-is-a-village-of-firsts.htmhttp://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/niagara-on-the-lake-is-a-village-of-firsts.htmJust a few miles north of Niagara Falls located at one end of the Niagara River, is the historic village of Niagara-on-the-Lake.<br><br>It can boast of a large number of firsts. Here are just a few.<br><ol><br><li>It is the location of the</a>... <a target="_blank" href="http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/niagara-on-the-lake-is-a-village-of-firsts.htm">read more</a>2012-02-07 15:03:23http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/niagara-on-the-lake-is-a-village-of-firsts.htm http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/feb-4th-marks-the-100th-anniversary-of-ice-bridge-tragedy.htmhttp://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/feb-4th-marks-the-100th-anniversary-of-ice-bridge-tragedy.htmYears ago it was popular to walk out on the ice-bridge that formed on very cold winters below the falls. Some locals even set-up shacks where they sold Niagara souvenirs and alcoholic beverages. However on Feb. 4th, 1912</a>... <a target="_blank" href="http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/feb-4th-marks-the-100th-anniversary-of-ice-bridge-tragedy.htm">read more</a>2012-02-01 10:39:19http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/feb-4th-marks-the-100th-anniversary-of-ice-bridge-tragedy.htm http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/clifton-hill-is-still-the-street-of-fun.htmhttp://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/clifton-hill-is-still-the-street-of-fun.htmMy self and my Lady Ellen spent almost a full day exploring Niagara Falls Street of Fun-Clifton Hill.<br><br>We'd almost forgotten how much fun it could be. One of the highlights was a ride on the Skywheel. This is a</a>... <a target="_blank" href="http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/clifton-hill-is-still-the-street-of-fun.htm">read more</a>2012-01-26 12:06:26http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/clifton-hill-is-still-the-street-of-fun.htm http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/bicentennial-celebrations-of-the-war-of-1812-14-begins.htmhttp://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/bicentennial-celebrations-of-the-war-of-1812-14-begins.htmIt's been in the works for a few years but plans to recognize this nasty war which occurred on the Niagara border between Canada and the United States are now underway.<br><br>A recent New Year's Eve Levee at Fort George in Niagara</a>... <a target="_blank" href="http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/bicentennial-celebrations-of-the-war-of-1812-14-begins.htm">read more</a>2012-01-06 10:30:38http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/bicentennial-celebrations-of-the-war-of-1812-14-begins.htm http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/gillette-and-niagara.htmhttp://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/gillette-and-niagara.htmMany of us know about the Gillette razor but did you know the inventor of this razor, King Camp Gillette had one time envisioned a mammoth city that would completely enclose the Niagara area into one large Metroplis, as he called</a>... <a target="_blank" href="http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/gillette-and-niagara.htm">read more</a>2011-12-28 10:49:57http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/gillette-and-niagara.htm http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/christmas-in-the-greenhouse.htmhttp://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/christmas-in-the-greenhouse.htmThe annual Christmas display at the Niagara Parks Floral Showcase<br>just above the falls is now on. This free exhibition consists of the<br>traditional red, white and pink Poinsettias as well as many unusual<br>varieties and forms grown by NPC gardeners at the</a>... <a target="_blank" href="http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/christmas-in-the-greenhouse.htm">read more</a>2011-12-21 20:39:53http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/christmas-in-the-greenhouse.htm http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/tightrope-walkers-request-denied-by-npc.htmhttp://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/tightrope-walkers-request-denied-by-npc.htmProfessional Tightrope walker, Nik Wallenda's request to walk across the Niagara River near the falls from the U.S. side to the Canadian side of the border has been turned down by the Niagara Parks Commission.<br><br>However, it appears all is not</a>... <a target="_blank" href="http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/tightrope-walkers-request-denied-by-npc.htm">read more</a>2011-12-12 11:21:10http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/tightrope-walkers-request-denied-by-npc.htm http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/radio-and-television-firsts-at-niagara-falls.htmhttp://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/radio-and-television-firsts-at-niagara-falls.htmHere are a few little known facts about two media firsts that occurred at Niagara Falls.<br><br>Television history was made on Sunday, September 12th, 1948 when the first live television broadcast on WBEN-TV (now WIVB), showed the American and Canadian Falls, the</a>... <a target="_blank" href="http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/radio-and-television-firsts-at-niagara-falls.htm">read more</a>2011-12-05 09:20:23http://www.niagarafallstourismblog.com/radio-and-television-firsts-at-niagara-falls.htm