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Historical setting
While the name “Niagara” is said to come from an Iroquois phrase “Onguiaahra”, or “The Strait”, I have noticed the folklore to be a more engrossing story. The legend from Native American Indians tells of Lelawala, a gorgeous maiden engaged by her father to an Indian warrior she despised. She chose to sacrifice herself to the Thunder God He-No instead of marrying a man she did not love. The history says that she paddled her canoe over the falls and into He-No’s arms. Together their souls will live forever in the Thunder God’s refuge behind the Falls.
You in all probability already know that tourism is the regions main source of income. This really started during the early 1900's and even Napoleon's brother Jérôme Bonaparte visited with his bride. After our country's Civil War the railroads began publicising the area as a vacation spot. It wasn't hard given the history to romanticise Niagara Falls as an idealistic honeymoon destination.
The touristry industry enjoyed another boom immediately after World War One. It was the automobile that provided a much need boost to the industry. Travel to the area went much easier and was one of the best vacation destinations that New Yorkers could drive their shiny new automobiles to.
Almost from the instance that Niagara Falls was found man has been seeking to harness the massive water flow as an perpetual supply of energy. The first successful endeavor to use the falls as an energy source was documented in 1759 when Daniel Joncairs powered his sawmill with a minor man made channel. The major evolution came in 1883 when Nikola Tesla invented the three-phase system of alternating current power transmission. This engineering made it possible to transmit electricity over long distances. Today Niagara Falls will bring more than 4.4GW of power to the encompassing areas of both the United States and Canada.
Conservation efforts
Once Europeans began to settle in the Niagara Falls area it was rapidly targeted by developers and enterprisers alike as a way to make a quick fortune. Unlike today most of the land in the area was privately owned and was easily acquired for growth. This came at a cost to the innate beauty of the region. As luck would have it a group of caring citizens directed by noted artist Frederick Church organized the Free Niagara crusade. This organization was successful in convincing the general populace that Conservation of the area was in its best interest.
In 1885 the Niagara Reservation State Park, chartered by New York State, commenced purchasing land from developers in an effort to slow down the consuming development in the area. The Canadians followed suit in the same year with the Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park. Each administrations have been tremendously successful at conserving the area and restricting exploitation so that new generations will be able to enjoy this natural wonderment.
Niagara has so much to offer. From a robust chronicle of romance and adventure to a true natural wonder. If your deliberating a vacation to the metropolitan area, I’m certain you’ll be able to discover enough to do. I have listed various good books at the closing of this article or you can visit Amazon for a overall list of books on Niagara Falls. Please don't forget to depart the area as decent as you discovered it and to leave the barrel at home.
Niagara Falls : An Intimate Portrait - by John Grant
Fodor's Toronto 2006 : With Niagara Falls & the Niagara Wine Region (Fodor's Gold Guides) - by Fodor's
In the Mad Water: Two Centuries of Adventure and Lunacy at Niagara Falls - by T. W. Kriner
Niagara Falls Volume II (Images of America) - by Daniel M. Dumych
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