After a bidding process in 2012, the Niagara Parks Commission offered Hornblower a 30-year contract to be the only boat tour operator on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls.

After the Honeymoon Bridge collapsed in 1938 due to the ice buildup on the Niagara River, a new bridge was needed to connect the cities of Niagara Falls, New York, United States, and Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. During their 1939 royal tour of Canada, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth dedicated the site of the Rainbow Bridge.

Located on the US side of the Niagara River, this mighty power plant collapsed on June 7, 1956. A small seepage started in the back wall which grew until the floor was buckling by 4 p.m. Within an hour the entire back wall collapsed.

Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on Febuary 11, 1847. Edison began his career as an inventor in Newark, New Jersey, giving him the nick name "The Wizard of Menlo Park". Edison is accredited with inventing the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.

Nikola Tesla was a Serbian American inventor, mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, and physicist. Tesla is best known for his work on the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity system.