• Aerial view of Niagara Falls
  • Aerial view of Niagara Falls

International Niagara Board of Control

The Board monitors the operation of the Chippawa-Grass Island Pool control structure above Niagara Falls, and oversees the annual installation and removal of an ice boom at the outlet of Lake Erie.
 

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News Release
Date
April 1, 2026
Removal of the Lake Erie Niagara River ice boom will begin Monday, April 6, 2026.
News Release
Date
December 10, 2025
Installation of the ice boom for the 2025-2026 ice season is scheduled to begin as early as December 14, 2025, by the New York Power Authority crews, subject to safe in water working conditions.
News Release
Date
April 11, 2025
New York Power Authority (NYPA) will begin removal of the Lake Erie-Niagara River ice boom as ice conditions and safe working conditions allow. Due to heavy buildup of ice in the Maid-of-the-Mist Pool and persistent thick ice conditions at the boom, a gradual removal of the boom will be undertaken.
News Release
Date
April 1, 2025
The International Joint Commission’s International Niagara Board of Control has determined that the removal of the Lake Erie-Niagara River ice boom will begin after April 1.

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