"Where is the boat ""The Maid of the Mist"", originally designed to ply between USA and Canada and now a tourist facility for a world attraction?"
Maid of the Mist Incline Maid of the Mist Incline The Maid of the Mist Incline, originally known as the Clifton Incline, was a funicular railway in the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. The line was built to convey patrons of the "Maid of the Mist" boat tour, and linked the foot of Clifton Hill to the boat dock below. The line was built, as the Clifton Incline, in 1894. It was long, was electrically hauled, and passengers were carried in two small 12-seater cars. The track splits near the bottom to allow for cars to pass. A station is located near the top
Maid of the Mist to survive a plunge over the Horseshoe Falls with nothing but a life jacket. "Maid of the Mist II" served as a Maid of the Mist until 1983. Subsequently she was relocated to the Amazon River, where she served as a missionary ship for some years. Access to the river-level attraction on the Canadian side was provided by the Maid of the Mist Incline Railway, a funicular railway, between 1894 and 1990, to travel between street level and the boat dock. As this service proved increasingly inadequate in transporting the growing passenger base of the 1990s, four high-speed elevators replaced