Destination Canada

It's time to start the series that I have had in my head for a while, it'll be called project world trip and it's basically a make believe fantasy that one day I will have the time, money and courage to make a world trip visiting all sorts of physics places!

First stop (though there will be no particular order to this): Canada, Niagara falls! It's somewhere I've always wanted to go because the pictures I have seen are utterly beautiful. I've been researching trip details and found this website which is very helpful and even though I've not had a lot of experience with boats the boat trips are an absolute must! Niagara falls is actually the collective name of 3 water falls and combine to form the highest flow rate of any waterfall in the world. I suppose some geography might creep into this visit but I don't mind!

It is the second largest waterfall in the world and has a huge hydroelectric plant to harness the power of the moving water and turn it into electricity by turning turbines. The station first generated power in 1961 and today it generate 2.4 million kilowatts. This has many advantages in terms of cost and renewablilty. Nikola Tesla owned 9 out of the 13 patents for the original technology so there is a statue for him there which of course I must see!