Volume 13 , Issue 49

1911 - Niagara Falls Freezes Over

Raymer Ellis sent us this old photo taken during the winter of 1911 when Niagara Falls was completely frozen. Have you ever seen of heard about this photo or the story behind the freezing of Niagara Falls where people could walk across the Falls? How cold and how long was it that cold? Almost 100 years ago . . . Can you imagine walking on Niagara Falls?

There were report that a woman had a cousin living in Niagara Falls the year of 1911. She told the family that she and her neighbors woke up in the night feeling something was wrong. It took a while but they finally realized that it was the lack of noise. You see, they had all become used to the roar of the falls that the silence was unusual enough to alert their senses. In 1911, nearly all the houses were near the falls.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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