Niagara really is beautiful and one of the few places on the border where the Canadian side is tackier than the American side.

Actually, Niagara Falls did NOT completely freeze in 1911.. That was apparently the "Ice Bridge" that forms from mist. It was in 1848 that the flow of water stopped to the falls:

HOWEVER.... The flow of water was stopped completely over both falls
on March 29th 1848 due to an ice jam in the upper river for several hours. This
is the only known time to have occurred. The Falls did not actually freeze
over, but the flow was stopped to the point where people actually walked out
and recovered artifacts from the riverbed!

http://www.niagarafallslive.com/Fact...gara_Falls.htm