This is where your visit to Niagara Falls starts!
Table Rock Center is the heart of Niagara Parks - where every year over 8 million visitors come to stand close to the thundering water rushing over the brink of the Horseshoe Falls!
Table Rock Center features:
- Journey Behind the Falls where you can walk through tunnels far behind the Falls and to observation decks at the foot of the Falls.
- A Welcome Center where you can purchase our special admission Passes, plan your day and make timed-ticket reservations.
- The Shops at Table Rock - our "Canadian Treasures" including Canadian Diamonds, Roots, Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Kids Explor-it.
- Table Rock Restaurant Dining as close as you can get to the Falls.
- Tim Hortons, Pizza Pizza, Ah-So Sushi and other Quick Serve options for a light meal or beverage.
All the areas of Table Rock are fully accessible and wheelchair rental is available during the summer months at the Welcome Center. You will also find the Digital Attractions photo services, Automatic Teller Machines, our one-hour Photo Lab, Currency Exchange and a First Aid station.
Fallsview hotels and the Fallsview Casino Resort are all a short walk to the Falls Incline Railway, that will quickly transport you down the steep moraine. From the Clifton Hill Tourist Area, it is just a 10-minute walk through the beautiful gardens of Queen Victoria Park.
Paid parking is available just across the street at the Falls Parking lot or you can park at the Rapidsview lot, a short drive south of the Falls, and a free shuttle bus will bring you back to Table Rock Center.
Click to read about developments coming up for 2008 at Table Rock Center.
Hours of Operation: Journey Behind the Falls, Table Rock Restaurant and the main Shops are all open daily year-round except December 25. Some services close in the winter. The view of the Falls is always available - 24-hours a day, 7 days a week!
Location: 6650 Niagara Parkway, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
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History of Table Rock Center
Hundreds of years ago, the land on which the pedestrian walkway at the brink of the falls and Table Rock Center now stands, formed part of the Falls and was covered with fast flowing water.
The original Table Rock Center was one of the oldest structures taken over by the Commission with the Parks?? lands in 1886. It was erected in 1853 by Saul Davis at a time when private owners controlled the land surrounding the Falls. It occupied a site just north of the existing Table Rock House, opposite the historic land form of Table Rock, a limestone ledge which was overhanging near the brink of the Falls and that fell into the Niagara Gorge in 1850.
Table Rock House was a starting point for the Scenic Tunnels, now much changed and renamed Journey Behind the Falls. In 1926, the old Table Rock House was demolished and a new Table Rock House was built of limestone with a copper roof, south of the old one and closer to the Horseshoe Falls. The new facility contained a lunch counter, souvenir sales, washrooms and dressing rooms for Scenic Tunnel visitors. It was also the station for the electric railway, the main mode of transportation through the Park at the time.
In 1960, the second floor housed a display of replicas of the Royal Crown Jewels of Britain.
Extensive alterations were made to Table Rock House in 1963 and in 1974 an expansion was added upstream of the main building consisting of the semi-circular dining room on the upper floor providing a panoramic view of the Falls. The lower floor housed a gift shop and snack bar. In 1989, a major revitalization program was started in the Table Rock area which spanned several years and improvements to the Table Rock complex were made again in 1993.
2001 marked the 75th anniversary of Table Rock House as a spectacular vantage point for visitors to view the Falls.
For 2007 and beyond, NPC is beginning renovations to ensure our visitors can more easily access and enjoy this popular location.
Every dollar you spend with Niagara Parks helps preserve the nature and heritage of the Falls and the Niagara River corridor. Niagara Parks has operated without tax dollars since 1885.
