Key facts

• The barrel stunts: the most precisely barrel single daredevil heritage — Annie Edson Taylor (the most precisely first single barrel Niagara Falls heritage: Annie Edson Taylor was the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel, on 24 October 1901 (her 63rd birthday) — the most precisely 63rd birthday single barrel heritage in any North American waterfall heritage site; she was a retired schoolteacher — the most precisely schoolteacher single barrel heritage in any North American waterfall heritage site; her cat went over first — the most precisely cat single pre-heritage barrel test in any North American waterfall heritage site; the barrel (the most precisely oak single Annie Taylor barrel heritage: her barrel was made of oak — the most precisely oak single barrel heritage in any North American waterfall heritage site); the stunts (the most precisely prohibited single barrel Niagara Falls heritage since 1912: going over the falls in a barrel has been prohibited since 1912 — the most precisely prohibited single daredevil heritage in any North American waterfall heritage site; the fine (the most precisely $10,000 single barrel Niagara Falls heritage fine: the fine for going over the falls is $10,000 in both Ontario and New York — the most precisely $10,000 single daredevil fine heritage in any North American waterfall heritage site))
• The Great Lakes drainage: the most precisely Great Lakes single freshwater heritage Niagara Falls — the freshwater (the most precisely 20% single world fresh surface water heritage: the Great Lakes contain approximately 20% of the world’s fresh surface water — the most precisely 20% single world fresh surface water heritage in any North American UNESCO adjacent world heritage site; Niagara Falls drains the upper four Great Lakes (Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie) into Lake Ontario and then the St Lawrence River — the most precisely four single Great Lakes drainage heritage in any North American UNESCO adjacent world heritage waterfall site; the hydroelectricity (the most precisely 1950 single Niagara hydroelectric treaty heritage: a 1950 treaty between Canada and the USA governs the division of the Niagara River’s water between hydroelectric power generation and the scenic falls — the most precisely 1950 single hydroelectric treaty heritage in any North American waterfall heritage site; during peak tourist hours, the flow over the falls is maximised for scenery — the most precisely peak-tourist single maximised flow heritage in any North American waterfall heritage site; at night and in winter, much of the flow is diverted to power plants — the most precisely night single diverted flow heritage in any North American waterfall heritage site))
• Maid of the Mist: the most precisely oldest single North American heritage boat tour — the boat (the most precisely 1846 single Maid of the Mist heritage: the Maid of the Mist boat tours have operated since 1846 — the most precisely 1846 single boat heritage tour in any North American waterfall heritage site; the iconic blue ponchos — the most precisely blue single poncho heritage in any North American waterfall heritage site: tourists board from the American side and Canadian side (now the Hornblower / Niagara Cruises on the Canadian side) in blue ponchos to approach the base of Horseshoe Falls — the most precisely blue-poncho single heritage boat in any North American waterfall heritage site; the spray (the most precisely spray single Maid of Mist heritage: the spray from Horseshoe Falls drenches visitors completely at the closest approach — the most precisely drenching single spray heritage in any North American waterfall heritage boat tour)
• GPS (Horseshoe Falls): 43.0896° N, 79.0849° W