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Crystal Beach Park was an amusement park in Crystal Beach, Ontario from 1888 to 1989. It was serviced by the Canadiana passenger ferry in Buffalo , making it a popular tourist destination for both Canadians and Americans.
Backety-Back Scenic Railway was a wooden roller coaster located at Crystal Beach Park.The ride opened to the public in 1909 and operated until 1926. [1] The Backety-Back Scenic Railway was notable for a backward-traveling innovation which would be adopted many years later in more modern steel roller coasters. [2]
Crystal Beach is a lakefront community in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.As of 2016, it had a population of 8,524. [2] It was named for the "crystal clear" water conditions present when it was founded on the northeast shore of Lake Erie, across from Buffalo.
The coaster started its existence at Crystal Beach Park (an amusement park in Fort Erie, Ontario) as a ride known as Cyclone in 1927. Cyclone was known as a fearsome coaster. Its metal support structure was torn down and rebuilt as The Comet in 1947. The ride was saved shortly after the park closed down forever after the 1989 season.
SS Canadiana lifeboat at Buffalo Maritime Center Canalside Buffalo, New York.. The SS Canadiana was a passenger excursion steamer that primarily operated between Buffalo, New York, US, and the Crystal Beach Park in Crystal Beach, Ontario, Canada, from 1910 to 1956. [3]
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Laugh in the Dark is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Justine Pimlott and released in 1999. [1] The film profiles a group of gay men who, in response to the HIV/AIDS crisis of the early 1980s, moved to the faded resort town of Crystal Beach, Ontario with an eye to reviving it as a gay resort comparable to Provincetown or Fire Island; [2] spearheaded by Gary Colwell and Don Morden, the ...