Niagara Falls stopped flowing once

Did you know Niagara Falls stopped flowing once?

On March 29th, 1848, the flow of water at Niagara Falls stopped completely for several hours. This is the only know time to have occurred. The Falls did not actually freeze over, but an ice jam in the upper river caused the flow of water to stop. People actually walked out and recovered artifacts from the riverbed!

For more information about Niagara Falls, see NiagaraFallsLive.com and Wikipedia.

This posting prompted by an email from Marvin Dammann.

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