Niagara Falls (ON) Travel Blog

Regretably, we are a nation of non-hagglers. (Photo courtesy of ed yourdon) Canadians, in general, are not good at bargaining.  It’s somehow – well – not polite to badger someone into cutting their prices.  Bargaining is not a Canadian thing. (Photo courtesy of tonylanciabeta) But...

1. Get your Zen in Gear The last thing you might expect to find in the hurly-burly of Niagara Falls is a true and authentic Budhist temple, but there it is, looming elegantly right beside the White Water Walk. The Cham Shan Temple, also known as the World Peace Ten Thousand Buddas Sarira Stupa Temple,...

Each destination has its unique peculiarities, which means  when deciding what you will pack for a visit, there are particular things that will make your time there easier, or more fun, or more rewarding. For a vacation in Niagara Falls, you need to pack all of the usual suspects – er , objects...

( Colonel Dee’s uniform, circa 1824 – photo courtesy of the Niagara Falls History Museum) At the moment, the significant collection of the War of 1812 artefacts of the Niagara Falls History Museum are in temporary quarters.  The Armoury on Victoria Avenue is serving as the temporary home...

We humans have a perenial attraction to oddballs.  That may explain the ongoing success of the latest movie to take up residence at the Imax Theatre in Niagara Falls.  The 60 foot high screen, with electrifying digital surround sound, is the ideal place to explore the might of the Falls and to tell...

Everyone who visits Niagara Falls wants to preserve the memory in  photographs, and no wonder.  The Falls are one of the world’s most important and most visited destinations.  And they are awesomely beautiful  And so are you! But how can you capture the Falls, and you in front of them, at their...