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OFFICIAL BLOG OF NIAGARA FALLS TOURISM |
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NIAGARA'S GREAT GORGE ROUTE
By GEORGE BAILEY
2010-04-13 17:25:58
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Between 1895 and the mid-1930's, a railway ran along side the Niagara River on both the Canadian and U.S. side of the border. It was known as The Great Gorge Route and it cost $1.00 to take the 35 kilometre(22 mile)trip.
Cars traveled north from Chippawa, above the falls along the topside of the Niagara River. When it reached Queenston,at the foot of the Niagara escarpment, it crosssed over the Lewiston-Queenston Suspension Bridge into the U.S. and traveled south in the lower gorge beside the riverback towards the falls. Then it traveled back into Canada over the Honeymoon Bridge(near where the Rainbow Bridge is now found) completing the loop.
The attraction was abandoned in the mid-30's when a massive rockslide on the U.S. side pushed one of the cars in to the Niagara River. Several lives were lost.
If you want to learn more Niagara writer Peter Watson has written an excellent pictorial book called, "The Great Gorge Route" on this attraction. Today, as you look into the gorge from the Canadian side you can still see remnants of the old railway foundation.
For more details, visit:
http://www.niagarafallstourism.com
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