A Visit to Niagara Falls Part III

I want to wish everyone a safe and Happy New Year.

We are back on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. Isn't it beautiful?



Niagara Falls, Canada was a large city. It had a pretty skyline and judging by the skyline it is quite a bit bigger than Niagara Falls, New York tho I don't know that for sure.

Some of the gardens on the Canadian side were in a state of transition. I imagine there were annuals surrounding these cannas and they were all about to be replaced with cool season kale or something like that. The cannas will most likely be pulled and stored in a greenhouse somewhere because I cannot imagine they are hardy in this area and growing them each year does not make any sense for a city to do.

Another garden not yet transitioned. I did take a few photos of the gardens on the American side of the Falls. I loved those gardens perhaps way more than the ones on the Canadian side. I'm sorry all the photos I took of the American gardens were with my mobile phone so I am not posting them. The big differences between the Canadian and American sides as far as gardening was concerned was that the American gardens were all native plants and appeared to be of a permanent nature. I am sure the Americans add annuals for color but I did not see any formal gardens displayed simply for color such as these found on the Canadian side. I really loved the native plant gardening on the American side. There were also mature gingko trees and even a female gingko with fruit on it! Yes, I did pick a fruit and taste it. It was interesting.

More of the formal color gardens on the Canadian side of the Falls.

The walking path along the river above the Falls on the Canadian side.



A close up of the scow.





It's hard to get a good selfie with all three of us but we did it here in front of the visitor's center.

Happy New Year to all!

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A Visit to Niagara Falls Part II

Back to our Niagara Falls visit, we now find ourselves on the Canadian side of the falls. This is the visitor's center and it is directly across from the tram area I showed you at the end of my last post. I thought this building to be a bit Gothic looking and scary, but that may just have been because the day was overcast and there weren't many people out and about at the time we visited.

Looking out of the windows in the visitor's center (which really is not scary at all once you are inside) we can fully see why this part of the Falls got its name of Horseshoe Falls. It is definitely horseshoe shaped. If you take the boat ride below the falls ( a must do!) the views of all three of the falls is incredible. This part of the gorge is a definite U shape and quite expansive. The amount of water flowing over the falls is mind boggling and when you take the boat ride you get to experience the water first hand-prepare to get drenched. The amounts vary due to the hydroelectric dams in this area but somewhere around 150,000 gallons of water per second flow over the falls!

A different angle of Horseshoe Falls.

The American Falls from the Canadian side.





Looking straight down over the fence one can feel the strength and force of the rushing waters. They are a pretty aquamarine color type of water. I think I learned in the movie that these waters that flow over the brink are glacial waters.

When you look upriver from the Falls you can see an old shipwrecked boat. This 'boat' is actually a scow. For an interesting story about this scow see this link.

One last picture. This one cracked me up. Do you think if you climb over this protective barrier there might be danger??? Just look two pictures up to see the danger!

in the garden....

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