Niagara Falls is a huge tourist draw, but even it could be eclipsed — at least for a few minutes — this spring, by a rare solar eclipse.

The April 8 event, which is already causing many school boards to declare PA days to ensure the safety of its students, will carve a very narrow path through the Golden Horseshoe — including Hamilton, Niagara Falls and Brantford — and then onto a sliver of eastern Ontario before heading eastward into Quebec and the Atlantic provinces.