Niagara Falls - Canada

Niagara Falls is Canada's most famous natural attraction, bringing in millions of visitors each year. Even though this is Canada's most famous natural attraction, I only have these cards from there. The 1st card was sent to my grandma a few years ago, when my uncles visited our family in USA. The last one is and official and the other two were sent by Ara and Heidi.

Niagara Falls is the collective name for three waterfalls that straddle the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the American state of New York.

From largest to smallest, the three waterfalls are the Horseshoe Falls, the American Falls and the Bridal Veil Falls. The Horseshoe Falls lies on the border of the United States and Canada with the American Falls entirely on the United States' side, separated by Goat Island. The smaller Bridal Veil Falls are also on the United States' side, separated from the American Falls by Luna Island.

Paul Albert Augustino

Located on the Niagara River, which drains Lake Erie into Lake Ontario, the combined falls form the highest flow rate of any waterfall in North America that has a vertical drop of more than 50 metres (160 ft).

Photographer: Galyn Hammond

Niagara Falls was formed when glaciers receded at the end of the Wisconsin glaciation (the last ice age), and water from the newly formed Great Lakes carved a path through the Niagara Escarpment en route to the Atlantic Ocean. - in: wikipedia

 

CA-1238097, sent by Beth.

The Jet Dome travels down the Niagara river and past 18 miles (28 kms) of exhilirating scenery to the churning white waters of the famous Niagara Whirlpool.