Getting Up Close to Niagara Falls | Great Lakes Now 

Millions of people visit Niagara Falls each year. Over the Falls Tours provides sightseeing excursions to local attractions including one of the most popular, the Maid of the Mist. The Maid began running in 1846 as a ferry for stagecoaches and has been providing passenger tours since 1886. In 2020, two all-electric vessels were launched. They are the first e-boats of their kind in North America.
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Produced and Written by
Kathy Johnson
Narrated by
Laura Weber Davis
Edited by
Bill Allesee
Camera
Graeme Bachiu
Greg Lashbrook
Additional Material
Library of Congress
Maid of the Mist Steamboat Company
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