According to my nifty Schott's Almanac Calendar, on March 29, 1848 Niagara Falls stopped flowing when ice jammed the river.
I found this incredibly interesting, so I googled it.
Look at this:
Isn't that incredible? I wonder if you could've slid down it? You would've had to have worn a lot of protective gear, which might have been worth it, really....
* For some reason when I post this picture, I can't see the people standing on the ice in the top right corner. Maybe it's my computer and you can see them just fine, but if not...there is a little family standing dressed all in black in the upper right section of this picture. The woman, we'll call her "mother," is holding an umbrella. They look very 1848.
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