Video: Queen’s passing sees Niagara Falls lit in blue for 10-day mourning period

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Published September 13, 2022 at 12:08 pm

The official mourning period for the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II started on September 10, two days after her death, and runs until September 19 throughout Great Britain.

However, the U.K. is not the only region paying tribute to the world’s longest running monarch. Here in Niagara Falls, both the Horseshoe and American Falls are being lit up during those same 10 days in royal blue as a tribute to her.

Niagara Falls will join landmarks across Canada, such as the Senate of Canada Building and Peace Tower, in a coordinated illumination to create a powerful nationwide visual tribute to the Queen.

The Niagara Falls Illumination Board said, “The royal blue is inspired by the blue found in all the vice-regal flags of Canada, a colour that unites the vice-regal family. The royal blue hue also mimics the shade of the jewels worn by Her Majesty in her last official Canadian portrait.”

As is well-documented, Niagara Falls holds many important connections to the royal family and Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen herself visited Niagara Parks to view the falls in 1951, just months before she would ascend to the throne.


At that time, then-Princess Elizabeth requested a visit to Niagara Falls during a Canadian trip. A few months later, she would ascend to the throne.

“With great sadness, the Niagara Falls Illumination Board expresses its sympathies with the members of the Royal Family as they mourn such a significant loss,” said the Niagara Falls Illumination Board.

Recent polls are seeming to emphasize that neither the Queen nor the monarchy are of great concern to Canadians. That certainly does not seem to be the case in the below clip when on October 6, 2002, she dropped the ceremonial puck at a Vancouver Canucks-San Jose Sharks game.

With players from both teams doing the respectful stick-tap, the Queen, escorted by Wayne Gretzky and members of Team Canada, got raucous and heartfelt applause from the crowd.

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