There used to be something called the "ice bridge" at the bottom of the falls. It was an area of frozen water you could walk out and stand on very close to falls but the water is still flowing underneath, no matter how cold it gets. The bridge broke one year and almost everyone on it died. It was banned and you can no longer stand on it during the winter
![image showing Niagara Falls stopped flowing for one day due to an ice jam, 1848[1145x643]](e6630b1c-ca87-5e48-a58d-ef1977d58436.jpg)
hundredseven on November 27th, 2017 at 11:08 UTC »
What could go wrong standing near a icy waterfall on the slope towards the edge?
erock23233 on November 27th, 2017 at 14:05 UTC »
Niagara Falls ices over quite often. It's very cold here in the winter.
The picture OP posted actually dates to about 1909.
Here's some more pictures of the Falls frozen, all from the above article:
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2011
2012
Redcrane5502 on November 27th, 2017 at 15:23 UTC »
There used to be something called the "ice bridge" at the bottom of the falls. It was an area of frozen water you could walk out and stand on very close to falls but the water is still flowing underneath, no matter how cold it gets. The bridge broke one year and almost everyone on it died. It was banned and you can no longer stand on it during the winter