If you've been to Niagara Falls, we are sure that you have a very good memory of this majestic waterfall and almost incomprehensible water cascading over the cliffs in fact one of the most beautiful places and landscapes of the amount of world . However, if you have not had the opportunity to go to Niagara Falls, then this is the perfect time . With the summer progresses and children during the school holidays , this is a good time to book a tour of Niagara Falls . Here are some interesting facts about this fantastic tourist destination:
• Niagara Falls is the oldest state park in the U.S. Founded in 1885 as the Niagara Reservation . It was the first of a line of reserves that eventually became the cornerstone of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
• Frederick Law Olmstead, the landscape architect of Niagara Falls State Park, also designed Central Park in New York.
• 3150 tons of water flowing over the falls every second. This is 75 750 liters of water per second through the United States and married Veil Falls and 681 750 liters per second through the Horseshoe Falls.
• Water flowing over Niagara Falls flows at 32 meters per second falls , hitting the base of the falls with 280 tons of force in the American and Bridal Veil Falls tonnes and 2509 Niagara Horseshoe force .
• Niagara Falls generates more than four million kilowatts of electricity, which is shared by the United States and Canada.
• Four of the five Great Lakes drainage in the Niagara River before emptying into Lake Ontario . These four Great Lakes ( Superior, Michigan, Huron and Erie ) are nearly a fifth of the world's fresh water production.
• 140 of the 400 acres that make up Niagara Falls State Park, are under water .
• The first person in history to see and describe Niagara Falls in length , Father Louis Hennepin, a French priest who accompanied LaSalle in his expedition to Niagara in 1678.
• In 1885, a car ride horses on falls would cost $ 1 per hour ( visit Niagara Falls is a little more today).
• On January 27, 11938 , Upper Steel Arch Bridge, locally known as Bridge honeymoon, collapsed under the pressure of the accumulation of ice in the gorge below the falls . The bridge was closed for several days in anticipation of the final collapse .
• Although Niagara Falls is about 12,000 years , the current line will be back millions of years .
• The water flow actually stopped for a few hours to two drops March 29, 1848 , due to an ice jam in the upper river . The Falls did not freeze , but the flow is sufficient to allow people to walk along the river and retrieve objects that people could go out and retrieve objects that have been covered by water stopped flowing .
• The name " Niagara " comes from the Native American tribe that once occupied the area, the tribe was called " Ongniaahra " by the Iroquois nation who were part of .
