The Tourism Project Niagara Falls

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The Tourism ProjectNiagara Falls
Year 9 Geography
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How are they formed.
Click on picture to see base jump from Angel Falls

• Hard rock on top of soft rock.
• Soft rock underneath gets eroded by the water in
  plunge pool
• Hard rock on top collapses down and the falls
  retreat.

CLICK ON DIAGRAM ABOVE
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Niagara Falls 2008
Location 10,000 Years ago
The changing location of Niagara Falls
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What the tourists come for.
SOAKED!!
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Some facts

• Annie Taylor was the first survivor (madwoman!)
  to go over the falls in an airtight barrel in
  1901.
• Second largest falls in the world 323 metres.
• 12 Million visitors every year (24 times the
  number of people that live in Sheffield)
• 1846 First tourist boat launched in the waters
  beneath the falls.

Click Image for a video of Annie Taylor.
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The things people do!!!!!
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The Danger of the falls

• Many people have died trying to conquer the falls
  in barrels, boats and even jet skis

October 1st 1995 Robert Overcracker rides a
jetski over the brink of the Horseshoe Falls to
help promote awareness for the homeless. His
parachute did not open and Robert ended up
promoting better parachutes. He plunged to his
death and his body was never recovered. An
Egyptian tourist captured this amazing image.
DEAD!
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July 11th 1920 Englishman Charles G. Stephens
equipped his wooden barrel with an anvil for
ballast. Charles tied himself to the anvil for
security. After the plunge,  Charles right arm
was the only item left in the barrel ugghhhhh!
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Background to the project

• The Niagara Falls tourist board has asked you to
  make an information brochure to tell tourists
  about Niagara Falls. Being a geography expert,
  you should have no problem doing this!! They
  want you to make a colourful brochure with clear
  explanations and lots of interesting facts and
  pictures.

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But before you start, you need to do some research

• On a blank piece of A4 paper complete activity 1
  and 2 on page 11 Connections (instead of
  Activity 2 you may want to copy out the diagrams
  and notes in C)
• Note You will be using these diagrams on your
  brochure so make sure they are neat and spelling
  is correct.