Joseph Albert "Jean" Lussier is known for going over the what water feature at the border of Canada and the United States?
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Jean Lussier Joseph Albert "Jean" Lussier (1891-1971) was a Canadian-American daredevil, best known for going over Niagara Falls on July 4, 1928. Unlike the daredevils who had gone over the Falls previously in wooden barrels, Lussier designed and built a 6 ft rubber ball lined with oxygen tubes, he rode over Niagara Falls. Lussier capitalized on his fame by moving to Niagara Falls and selling pieces of the ball to tourists and later used tires after the pieces of the ball ran out. In the 1950s, when Lussier was in his 60s, he talked about plans of building a bigger ball and going over the American Falls, but these were never realized and he retired in 1938.
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Niagara Falls Niagara Falls ( ) is the collective name for three waterfalls that straddle the international border between Canada and the United States; more specifically, between the province of Ontario and the state of New York. They form the southern end of the Niagara Gorge.
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Lake Mégantic Lake Mégantic (French: Lac Mégantic ) is a body of water in Québec, located in the Appalachian Mountains near the U.S. border. It is a source of the Chaudière River which drains into the St Lawrence River at Québec City. The name Mégantic means 'where the fish gather' in the Abénaquis language. The lake has a surface area of 26.4 km2 with several villages and small towns on its shores, including Lac-Mégantic, Frontenac, Marston, and Piopolis. It is part of Le Granit Regional County Municipality, a rural region where forestry and granite extraction are important activities.
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Loon River The Loon River is a river that forms part of the Canada–United States border between Minnesota and Ontario.
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Battle of the Thousand Islands The Battle of the Thousand Islands (also known as the Siege of Montreal) was an engagement fought on 16–24 August 1760, in the upper St. Lawrence River, among the Thousand Islands, along the present day Canada–United States border, by British and French forces during the closing phases of the Seven Years' War, as it is called in Canada and Europe, or the French and Indian War as it is referred to in the United States.
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Roosville Border Crossing The Roosville Border Crossing connects the town of Eureka, Montana with Grasmere, British Columbia on the Canada–US border. It can be reached by U.S. Route 93 on the American side and British Columbia Highway 93 on the Canadian side. A crossing has existed at this location since the mid-1800s, but border inspections were not conducted in this area until 1898. Fred Roo, Sr. settled on the Canadian side of the border in the late 1800s, and he bought out the "Philips Trading Post" from Michael Philips, and subsequently opened his own store and post office, which he named "Roosville". The US border station shares this name. This crossing is open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
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Churubusco–Franklin Centre Border Crossing Churubusco-Franklin Centre is a border crossing connecting Franklin Centre, Quebec to Churubusco, New York on the Canada–US border. In an unusual lack of coordination between the two countries, the United States committed to building a new $6.8 Million border inspection station at Churubusco, at the same time Canada committed to closing its Franklin Centre border station. The result is an apparent permanent condition where travelers may enter the US from Canada via southbound Quebec Route 209 at this location, but they must return via another route instead of taking northbound New York State Route 189.
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Similkameen River The Similkameen River runs through southern British Columbia, Canada, eventually discharging into the Okanagan River near Oroville, Washington, in the United States. The river is about 197 km long, with a drainage basin area of 7600 km2 . The river is said to be named for an indigenous people called "<Similkameigh>", meaning "treacherous waters".
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Sunwapta Pass Sunwapta Pass (2,035 m/6,677 ft) (2,023 m/6,637 ft) (2,055 m/6,742 ft) is a mountain pass in the Canadian Rockies in the province of Alberta. The pass marks the boundary between Banff and Jasper National Parks. The Icefields Parkway travels through Sunwapta Pass 108 km (67 mi) southeast of the town of Jasper and 122 km (76 mi) northwest of the Parkway's junction with the Trans-Canada Highway near Lake Louise. The pass is the second highest point on the Icefields Parkway. Bow Summit (2,069 m/6,790 ft) in Banff National Park is the highest point on the parkway.
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St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan) The St. Joseph River (known locally as the St. Joe) is a river, approximately 206 mi long, in southern Michigan and northern Indiana in the United States. It drains a primarily rural farming area in the watershed of Lake Michigan. It was enormously important to Native Americans and greatly aided in the colonial exploration, settlement and administration of New France and the nascent United States as a canoe route between Lake Michigan and the watershed of the Mississippi River.
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Fort Covington–Dundee Border Crossing Fort Covington-Dundee is a border crossing connecting Sainte-Agnès-de-Dundee, Quebec, in Canada to Fort Covington, New York, on the Canada–United States border. It can be reached by Quebec Route 132 on the Canadian side and by Dundee Road on the American side. The crossing is notable because the boundary line crosses through the now-defunct Taillon's International Hotel, where it was possible to order a drink in Canada and play pool in the United States. The hotel was built in 1820, prior to the Webster–Ashburton Treaty of 1842, which redefined this section of the international border.
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Mooers–Hemmingford Border Crossing The Mooers–Hemmingford Border Crossing connects the towns of Hemmingford, Quebec, to Mooers, New York, on the Canada–US border. It can be reached by Quebec Route 219 on the Canadian side and by Hemmingford Road on the American side. This crossing is open 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. The US government is still using the same border station it did when the crossing was first established in 1935. In 2014, the building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
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Saskatchewan River The Saskatchewan River (Cree: "kisiskāciwani-sīpiy", "swift flowing river") is a major river in Canada, about 550 km long, flowing roughly eastward across Saskatchewan and Manitoba to empty into Lake Winnipeg. Through its tributaries the North Saskatchewan and South Saskatchewan, its watershed encompasses much of the prairie regions of central Canada, stretching westward to the Rocky Mountains in Alberta and northwestern Montana in the United States. It reaches 1939 km to its farthest headwaters on the Bow River, a tributary of the South Saskatchewan in Alberta.
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Gouin Reservoir The Gouin Reservoir (in French: "Réservoir Gouin") is a man-made lake in the central portion of the Canadian province of Quebec, fully within the boundaries of the City of La Tuque. It is not one contiguous body of water, but the collective name for a series of connected lakes separated by innumerable bays, peninsulas, and islands with highly irregular shapes. It has therefore a relative long shoreline of over 5,600 km (excluding islands) compared to its surface area of 1,570 km². It is the source of the Saint-Maurice River.
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Champlain–St. Bernard de Lacolle Border Crossing The Champlain–St. Bernard de Lacolle Border Crossing connects Champlain, New York and St-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec on the United States–Canada border. It is the terminus of Interstate 87 in the US and Quebec Autoroute 15 in Canada. This route is the primary corridor between Montreal and New York City, and is the second-busiest USA-Canada border crossing that is not located at a bridge. This crossing is open 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
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Fort Fairfield - Andover Border Crossing The Fort Fairfield - Andover Border Crossing is an international border crossing between the towns of Fort Fairfield, Maine, United States, and Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, Canada on the Canada–US border, joining Maine State Route 161 (Boundary Line Road) and New Brunswick Route 190 (Fort Road). The United States border station was built in 1933, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. The Canada border station was built in 2007, replacing the previous facility that was built in 1954. This crossing was a historical flashpoint during the bloodless Aroostook War of the 1830s, in which the US and Great Britain disputed the border's location. That dispute was ended with the Webster-Ashburton Treaty in 1842.
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Borders of Canada The borders of Canada include the longest shared border in the world, 8893 km with the United States as well as a long maritime boundary with the autonomous country of Greenland, and a short maritime border with the French overseas islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
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Missaguash River The Missaguash River (French: Rivière Missaguash) is a small Canadian river that forms the southern portion of the inter-provincial boundary between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick on the Isthmus of Chignecto. It had historic significance in the 18th century as the "de facto" border between French (to the west) and English-controlled territories.
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St. Clair River The St. Clair River (French: "Rivière Sainte-Claire" ) is a 40.5 mi river in central North America which drains Lake Huron into Lake St. Clair, forming part of the international boundary between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Michigan. The river is a significant component in the Great Lakes Waterway, with shipping channels permitting cargo vessels to travel between the upper and lower Great Lakes.
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Geography of Ontario Ontario is located in East/Central Canada, bordered by the Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, and James Bay. It is Canada's second largest province in total land area. The longest border is with the Canadian province of Manitoba to the west for approximately 1,025 km along longitude 95°50′W to latitude 53°N then a line to Hudson Bay, then the province of Quebec to the east, mostly along longitude 79°30′W (for about 430 km) and the Ottawa River from Lake Timiskaming (for about 620 km). Ontario also shares borders with the U.S. states of Minnesota to the west for 685 km across the Pigeon River, Lakes Saganaga, Basswood, Lac la Croix, Rainy Lake, the Rainy River and Lake of the Woods; New York for 309 km along Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence and Niagara rivers, and Michigan to the south-west for 1,160 km largely across Lakes St. Clair, Huron and Superior. It is also located north of Ohio and Erie, Pennsylvania, across Lake Erie.
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Roseau–South Junction Border Crossing The Roseau–South Junction Border Crossing connects the cities of Roseau, Minnesota and South Junction, Manitoba on the Canada–US border. It is connected by Minnesota State Highway 310 on the American side and Manitoba Provincial Road 310 on the Canadian side. The crossing was established in 1948, and Canada is still using the border station it completed in 1953, which is located about a half mile north of the border. The US rebuilt its border station in 2004. The new facility includes an outdoor gun range.
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Blue Water Bridge The Blue Water Bridge is a twin-span international bridge across the St. Clair River that links Port Huron, Michigan, United States, and Point Edward, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Water Bridge connects Highway 402 in Ontario with both Interstate 69 (I-69) and Interstate 94 (I-94) in Michigan.