B Vaughan wrote:
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> Niagara Falls New York has a very nice park in the area of the falls.
> Nicer than anything on the Canadian side, I would say.
And I would say that you probably haven't been to the Canadian side. There
is a nice small park on the island separating the falls. On the Canadian
side there is a park that runs most of the way along the river from Fort
Erie right down to Niagara on the Lake. To suggest that that little one
acre park is nicer than anything on the Canadian side is simply ridiculous.
Of course the view across the river from most places on the American side
is much nice, because you get to see the park lands on the Canadian side.
Upstream from the falls you look across at grubby industrial buildings.
> By the way, one of the reasons the view from the Canadian side is
> better is that the Canadian government has allowed all those high rise
> hotels to be built right up to the edge of the falls. If you're on the
> Canadian side, you're looking at the falls and the American park,
> whilst if you're on the American side you're looking at the huge neon
> signs in Canada.
The reason that the view of the falls is better from the Canadian side is
that the American falls runs the side of the gorge and faces the Canadian
side. While the American side of the falls looks better, you have to go to
the Canadian side to see it.
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> The Canadian side is such a tourist trap that I would actually prefer
> to stay on the American side. I would never, on principle, stay in one
> of the high rises with a falls view. However, the next time I would
> walk, not drive, to the Canadian side at least once to get the better
> view.
For crying out loud. There are a few blocks of tourist traps. I suppose
that is where they all located because they know that so many tourists are
too lazy to check into what else is available and to spend a few minutes to
get to them. There is a horticulture school and gardens, hiking trails
into the gorge, a 30 mile biking trail and park land along the river, a
butterfly conservatory, Queenston Heights park, winery tours, the nearby
Welland Canal, horse racing. But all you managed to see was the few blocks
of the tourist traps that so many people flock too. |