Events Niagara Events in the Niagara Region

Since its creation, Niagara Falls has eroded about 11.5 km to its present location and has increasingly grown in dimension. Although originally only a mere 10.5 m in height, the water of the four Great Lakes which feed the falls now plunges 49 m to the rocks below at a rate of 5.5 million L/sec.

The presence of Goat Island before the sudden drop in the riverbed splits the flowing water so that two separate falls of Niagara actually exist.

One, which is located in New York state, is known as American Falls; while the other, which is located in the province of Ontario, is known as Horseshoe or Canadian Falls.

Swirling torrents of water and rock comprise the base of each; a fact that is readily evident when one views the large boulders amassed along the American shoreline.

From this turbulent pool, the water flows along the Niagara River to Lake Ontario and, then, ultimately to the Atlantic Ocean.