
The Day Niagara Falls Stopped, A Forgotten Natural Phenomenon of 1848
In 1848, for roughly twenty hours on June 29, Niagara Falls came to a standstill—not from human interference, but due to a massive ice jam upstream in the Niagara River. Overnight, torrents of water that usually thundered over the cliffs reduced to a quiet trickle, leaving the iconic falls nearly dry. Witnesses awoke to a…