Marathon Pundit: US gov't tourism video includes Canadian side of Niagara Falls

I've been to Niagara Falls and let I can assure you that it's very clear which is the United States side and what's part of Canada.

Niagara Falls, all of it, is impressive. But the grandest of the cascades is the Horseshoe Falls--which is as Canadian as Toronto.

But that didn't stop Disney, which produced the tourism video for the US State and once again beleaguered Homeland Security Departments (FEMA is part of that agency), from including Horseshoe Falls in the film that will play in various US embassies and airports in America.

The Scotsman spoke with Niagara Falls, New York historian and author Paul Gromosiak about the Falls segment and said, "This is not the United States, this is 100 per cent Canada, shot from the Canadian side. This is an insult."

I was there in 2003, and the Canadian side has its drawbacks. More tackiness, including three wax musuems, which is three more than can be found on the U.S. side. Maybe they've changed it since then, but as a huge fan of The Who, I was impressed by the tremendous amount of Who memorobilia inside the Niagara Falls, New York Hard Rock Cafe.

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