This is one of Niagara Falls' most beautiful buildings and also one of its oldest institutions dating back to 1895. For anyone with an interest in history or the Roman Catholic Religion, or merely architecture, I would recommend a stop here. It was situated in this location for its peaceful and beautiful surroundings. Yes, the Falls really are close-by. The gift shop is not like souvenir gift shops where one might expect to find tacky t-shirts. The gift shop has some nice religious gifts that you would not find easily elsewhere. I purchased a gold rosary for my late grandmother here and a soft white Madonna figurine which illuminates for my great aunt. I have seen bus tours stop in to have a look at both the store and the edifice. To refer to it as merely a church as one person does here, is an understatement and I would not want to see the review that same person submits for Gaudi's "La Sagrada Familia" in Barcelona. After all, it's only a church. :-S

This is all very misleading! It's not a museum and it's not an art centre. This is a ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH! There is no tourist value here other than maybe the gift shop that is just like the rest of them in Niagara Falls - filled with cheap junk from China. The only tiny bit of tourist value MAYBE...is that supposedly it's here that Louis Hennepin first saw the Falls, but there is no evidence to confirm this. I think because Hennepin was a RC priest the RC Church is trying to capitalize on this property because it's next to the Falls. Very poor taste to try to take credit for something there is no proof of. This is just another RC Church money grab to keep this building going and let other people pay for it.