A boat got stranded in the rapids above Niagara Falls in 1918. Last week, it finally broke free.
November 3, 2019 at 5:25 p.m. EST
For over a century, the iron boat clung to the rocks in the rapids above the Niagara Falls, defying the forces of both time and nature. The vessel, known as the Iron Scow, has been lodged there ever since a fateful accident in 1918, when it broke free of a tugboat and swept downstream toward the falls with two men still on board.
It somehow stayed put just a third of a mile from the brink of the Horseshoe Falls, until this Halloween, when a storm bearing intense wind and rain knocked it from its perch. It came to a stop about 164 feet downstream, according to park officials, and appeared to have rotated and flipped on its side.
Last year, the park observed the centennial of the Iron Scow’s stranding and the daring rescue that ensued. The boat had deteriorated throughout the years, but the story of how it got there has lost none of its thrill.
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After a brief moment of freedom on Oct. 31, the scow became stranded in a different part of the rapids. Park officials said they would monitor the vessel for any other changes. “It could be stuck there for days, or it could be stuck there for years,” said Jim Hill, senior manager of heritage for the Niagara Parks Commission. “It’s anyone’s guess.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/11/03/boat-got-stranded-rapids-above-niagara-falls-last-week-it-finally-broke-free/
Me and my sisters and family drove up to Niagara Falls about 5 years ago and stayed a couple days - on the Canadian side. We took a bunch of tours but I had no idea that was there and I don't recall any mention of it. They celebrated the 100th anniversary of its capsize last year and apparently this latest storm to come through was finally too much (am guessing too it was really rusted after all that time so whatever part of the boat was holding it wedged where it was, probably broke off and away it went).
Pic from the OP article when it first capsized in 1918 while on the Niagara River that feeds into the falls -
Since there are all sorts of tour boats that run along both sides of the border at the bottom of the falls, let's hope that thing doesn't suddenly break free and go over the side while the boats are idling around nearby!
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I would have thought someone would have mentioned that it was there, even if it weren't visible! 
There was always a lot of discussion about all the fools in the barrels but not of that!
I regret that I did not know about it until the recent news stories.
(at least the surface) so it really is amazing that it lasted in one place that long with the yearly freeze/thaw.
Subchaser Sunbeam
A similar wreck, involving a wooden vessel, occurred in June 1923. The craft, previously a World War I submarine patrol boat called the Sunbeam, had been returned to its owner, a New Yorker, after the war ended. The owner sold the boat to a new owner, and the boat was taken west on the Erie Canal, to be docked at a port in Lake Erie. The crew made a navigation mistake and found themselves well into the Niagara River, though still several miles upstream from the falls. They retired for the night in a nearby hotel. During the night, the unmanned boat came loose from its moorings.
The current carried the craft to the vicinity of the scow, and it likewise became caught in the shoals. The owners sold the wreck to Red Hill for one dollar, but Hill decided that the salvage cost was too high, particulary because the Parks Commission wanted a cash bond that would cover any damage caused during the process. Hence, the boat remained marooned and by the late 1930s had broken apart. A 2014 report stated that some people claim that some of its metallic parts are still visible at times when a significant quantity of water is being diverted for hydropower production.
IIRC, it looked pretty much the same (half-gone) when I first visited Niagara Falls in July, 1974 (I remember the month and year because it was in Niagara Falls that I first heard that Mama Cass Elliot passed away).
Full pic at Horseshoe Falls from the Canadian side (boat circled in red; photo taken with my Samsung S4 back then... file info 1/1250 sec., f/2.2, 4.2mm, ISO 50, phone camera was 13 megapixels) -
Zoom of the above -
This was taken August 27 of 2014 around 1 pm.
Had to hunt through various news articles/videos to see exactly where it was. Most of the pics of it in the reporting, were taken from way around the riverside bend from where we were, so had to find the cluster of rock islands where it appeared to be closest, so I could look through my pics to see if I captured it.
Apparently it has fallen over on its side, swung around 180 degrees, and moved closer to the falls due to the current (according to an article that had a video animation of how its position shifted), so it's now more jammed up against that rock island.
I had setup a NAS last year and moved stuff on that from my laptops (including downloads of the pics, for backup/archive) and was trying to find what folders I put them in. I brought 2 phones to take pics (the Samsung Galaxy S4 and an iPhone 4s), so since I still have the phones, I grabbed one and transferred this one to annotate. The Skylon pics would have been from further away but would have also been more of an overhead view.
Red circle around where I think it is (this was from my iPhone 4s, 1/1600 sec. f/2.4 4.28mm, ISO 64) -
Zoomed view -
Based on that Toronto Power Generating Station video clip, that building is apparently where most of the pics/views of it have been taken vs getting shots of it from across the way on the other side of the falls where the above was taken.
I had no idea of the history, and am gonna try to find it. 
I know I took a bunch of pics from all sorts of vantage points so for all I know, it may be in one of them and I just didn't know it was there. I even took some pics from the Skylon Tower (including while on the elevator), so if any of the views from that overlooked where the boat had been, that would be a bonus!