Safe Viewing Tips

Where can I get Solar Eclipse Viewing Glasses?

Solar eclipse viewing glasses are available at the locations listed below at no charge. Fort Erie Solar Eclipse glasses are not for resale and are limited to the members in your household only. We are encouraging residents to bring donation items in exchange for glasses to help those in need throughout the community.  Supplies are very limited and being provided to Fort Erie residents only at this time. Please bring valid ID. 

Please bring one of the following items to receive your solar eclipse glasses:

• Non-perishable food items
• Cereal
• Canned goods
• Children's packaged snacks
• Soap, Shampoo and Conditioner
• Laundry and Dish Detergent
• Toothpaste & Toothbrushes
• Diapers, Baby Food and Formula

Pick-up Locations

Fort Erie Town Hall
1 Municipal Centre Drive
Monday – Friday: 8:30 a.m.– 4:30 p.m.
905-871-1600

Libraries no longer have solar eclipse viewing glasses.

Donations are encourage but not required. 

Safe Solar Eclipse Viewing 

• Always inspect your solar filter before use; discard it if scratched, punctured, torn, or otherwise damaged. Read and follow any instructions printed on or packaged with the filter.
• Always supervise children using solar filters.
• If you usually wear eyeglasses, keep them on. Put your eclipse glasses on over them, or hold your handheld viewer in front of them. 
• Stand still and cover your eyes with your eclipse glasses or solar viewer before looking up at the bright Sun. After looking at the Sun, turn away and remove your filter — do not remove it while looking at the Sun.
• Do not look at the uneclipsed, partially eclipsed, or annularly eclipsed Sun through an unfiltered camera, telescope, binoculars, or other optical device.
• Similarly, do not look at the Sun through an unfiltered camera, telescope, binoculars, or any other optical device while using your eclipse glasses or handheld solar viewer in front of your eyes — the concentrated solar rays could damage the filter and enter your eyes, causing severe injury.
• Seek expert advice before using a solar filter with a camera, telescope, binoculars, or any other optical device; note that solar filters must be attached to the front of any telescope, binoculars, camera lens, or other optics

Other Resources

https://www.niagararegion.ca/solar-eclipse/safety.aspx