The HorseShoe Falls are one of the most voluminous waterfalls in the world! It´s 790 m wide (2.600 feet).
FrenchMan Samuel Champlain described it in his journals, during his exploration of Canada in 1604.
Before the American Nick Wallenda´s crossing of the Niagara Falls in 2012, FrencMan Charles Blondin did it in various ways in 1859.
The only woman to cross the Niagara Falls gorge, was the italian tightrope walker Maria Spelterini who crossed it three times in 1876.
