6月20日，尼亚加拉parkway摩托车集会

官方主办的第一届摩托车集会。从6月18日到20日，这条路上就会有很多摩托车前来，不过正式的只有20日上午11点那场，出发地点为瀑布上游的Falls rapids view point到下游瀑布诞生地Queenston Heights Park.

Bike Rally on the Parkway

It is said that Winston Churchill called it “the prettiest Sunday afternoon drive in the world” and on Sunday, June 20, thousands of bikers will likely share his sentiment as they cruise down the Niagara Parkway.


Between June 18 and 20 thousands of bikers will descend on Niagara Falls for the inaugural Bikers Rally, the first of its kind in the city. The event is being hosted by the Niagara Parks Commission, Niagara Parks Police and Fallsview Business Improvement Area. The main event of the weekend will be a mass bike rally down the Niagara Parkway escorted by the Niagara Parks Police.


“So many people when the great weather comes want to be out on their bikes,” said organizer Sue McDowell, executive director for the Fallsview BIA. “We want to give them a place to do it.”


The rally will begin June 20 at 11 a.m. with registration beginning at 10 a.m. It will begin at the Rapidsview Parking Lot and Welcome Centre before following the parkway to Queenston Heights where the riders will break before continuing on to the Falls’ parking lot at Table Rock. Riders will be required to make a $5-minimum donation to participate with all proceeds going to Women’s Place of South Niagara.


“All of my buddies are talking about it,” said Frank D’Agostino, a Niagara Falls resident who has been riding a motorcycle for four years. D’Agostino said he has heard that bikers will be coming from as far as Vancouver for the event.


“It’s going to be a great event bringing members of the community together for a great cause,” he said, adding the event is something new for Niagara.


The Sunday rally is the only formally organized event of the weekend-long rally, but local restaurants and hotels will be offering discounts and featuring entertainment. The Miller Chill Girls and Dave and Busters on Clifton Hill will be hosting a Miller Chill Beer dance party as part of the weekend event on Saturday, June 19, starting at 8 p.m. Various other restaurants have booked live entertainment for the weekend. For more information on the event and related discounts visit www.niagarafallsbikers.com.


The event has been talked of for several years, according to McDowell, who said the Fallsview BIA plans to introduce similar events.  


“We want to promote more events in the city,” said McDowell. “Our goal is to attract thousands of bikes to the city, so we’re encouraging bikers and motorcycle enthusiasts alike to come on down to Niagara Falls.”