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Maid of the Mist
43°05′11″N 79°04′04″W / 43.0865°N 79.0679°W
The Maid of the Mist is a sightseeing boat tour of Niagara Falls, New York, US. The tour starts and ends on the American side of the falls, crossing briefly into Canada during a portion of the trip.
James V. Glynn was chairman and chief executive officer of Maid of the Mist Corp. He joined Maid of the Mist in 1950 as a ticket seller and purchased the company in 1971. He died in 2025.
There have been sightseeing boats at Niagara since 1846. Steam-powered boats were replaced by diesel-powered craft in 1955. All were named Maid of the Mist until 2020, when company president Christopher M. Glynn introduced two new boats powered by lithium-ion battery-powered electric motors; these were named James V. Glynn, after the CEO; and Nikola Tesla, for the engineer who developed a type of alternating current (AC) motor. Tesla's patents were licensed by George Westinghouse, whose company later won the bid to build the first AC power plant at Niagara Falls.
The name, Maid of the Mist, could be a reference to the Iroquois myth of Lelawala.
The original Maid of the Mist was built at a landing near Niagara Falls on the American side of the border. The boat was christened in 1846 as a border-crossing ferry; its first trip was on September 18, 1846. The two-stage barge-like steamer was designed primarily as a link for a proposed ferry service between New York City and Toronto. It was a 72-foot (22 m)-long side-wheeler with an 18-foot (5.5 m) beam which was powered by steam produced from a wood- and coal-fired boiler. It could carry up to 100 passengers.
The ferry did well until 1848, when the opening of a suspension bridge between the US and Canada cut into the ferry traffic. It was then that the owners decided to make the journey a sightseeing trip, plotting a journey closer to the Falls.
The present day Maid of the Mist Corporation was formed in 1884 by Captain R. F. Carter and Frank LaBlond, who invested in a new Maid that would launch in 1885. Captain Carter and Mr. LaBlond hired Alfred H. White from Port Robinson, Ontario, to build the new ship.[citation needed] A letter in the archives of the Buffalo Historical Society from Mr. LaBlond to Alfred White says that they are well pleased with the vessel and asks Alfred to add a wale onto the boat.[citation needed]
Maid of the Mist
43°05′11″N 79°04′04″W / 43.0865°N 79.0679°W
The Maid of the Mist is a sightseeing boat tour of Niagara Falls, New York, US. The tour starts and ends on the American side of the falls, crossing briefly into Canada during a portion of the trip.
James V. Glynn was chairman and chief executive officer of Maid of the Mist Corp. He joined Maid of the Mist in 1950 as a ticket seller and purchased the company in 1971. He died in 2025.
There have been sightseeing boats at Niagara since 1846. Steam-powered boats were replaced by diesel-powered craft in 1955. All were named Maid of the Mist until 2020, when company president Christopher M. Glynn introduced two new boats powered by lithium-ion battery-powered electric motors; these were named James V. Glynn, after the CEO; and Nikola Tesla, for the engineer who developed a type of alternating current (AC) motor. Tesla's patents were licensed by George Westinghouse, whose company later won the bid to build the first AC power plant at Niagara Falls.
The name, Maid of the Mist, could be a reference to the Iroquois myth of Lelawala.
The original Maid of the Mist was built at a landing near Niagara Falls on the American side of the border. The boat was christened in 1846 as a border-crossing ferry; its first trip was on September 18, 1846. The two-stage barge-like steamer was designed primarily as a link for a proposed ferry service between New York City and Toronto. It was a 72-foot (22 m)-long side-wheeler with an 18-foot (5.5 m) beam which was powered by steam produced from a wood- and coal-fired boiler. It could carry up to 100 passengers.
The ferry did well until 1848, when the opening of a suspension bridge between the US and Canada cut into the ferry traffic. It was then that the owners decided to make the journey a sightseeing trip, plotting a journey closer to the Falls.
The present day Maid of the Mist Corporation was formed in 1884 by Captain R. F. Carter and Frank LaBlond, who invested in a new Maid that would launch in 1885. Captain Carter and Mr. LaBlond hired Alfred H. White from Port Robinson, Ontario, to build the new ship.[citation needed] A letter in the archives of the Buffalo Historical Society from Mr. LaBlond to Alfred White says that they are well pleased with the vessel and asks Alfred to add a wale onto the boat.[citation needed]
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