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Historical backdrop
While the moniker “Niagara” is told to come from an Iroquois word “Onguiaahra”, or “The Strait”, I have noticed the folklore to be a more fascinating story. The fable from Native American Indians tells of Lelawala, a gorgeous maiden pledged by her father to an Indian warrior she hated. She opted to sacrifice herself to the Thunder God He-No instead of espousing a man she did not love. The tale says that she paddled her canoe over the falls and into He-No’s arms. Together their souls will live evermore in the Thunder God’s sanctuary behind the Falls.
You in all probability already know that tourism is the areas chief source of income. This really started during the early 1900's and even Napoleon's brother Jérôme Bonaparte visited with his bride. After this country's Civil War the railroads began advertising the area as a vacation spot. It wasn't hard given the history to romanticize Niagara Falls as an ideal honeymoon destination.
The touristry industry enjoyed a second boom immediately after World War One. It was the auto that offered a much need boost to the industry. Travel to the area got much easier and was one of the best holiday destinations that New Yorkers could drive their shiny new automobiles to.
Almost from the time that Niagara Falls was found man has been seeking to harness the monumental water flow as an eternal supply of energy. The first successful attempt to use the falls as an energy source was documented in 1759 when Daniel Joncairs powered his lumbermill with a small man made canal. The major exploitation came in 1883 when Nikola Tesla formulated the three-phase system of alternating current power transmission. This technology made it possible to transfer electricity over long distances. Today Niagara Falls supplies around 4.4GW of power to the encircling areas of both the United States and Canada.
Preservation efforts
Once Europeans began to settle in the Niagara Falls area it was rapidly targeted by developers and enterprisers alike as a way to bring in a quick fortune. Unlike today most of the land in the area was privately owned and was easily acquired for development. This came at a cost to the natural beauty of the area. Fortunately a group of caring citizens directed by noted artist Frederick Church organised the Free Niagara drive. This organization was successful in convincing the general populace that Conservation of the area was in its best concern.
In 1885 the Niagara Reservation State Park, engaged by New York State, set about purchasing land from developers in an attempt to slow down the overpowering development in the area. The Canadians followed suit in the same year with the Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park. Both establishments have been enormously successful at keeping up the area and limiting development so that future generations will be able to enjoy this natural wonder.
Niagara has so very much to offer. From a rich chronicle of romance and adventure to a major natural wonder. If your considering a holiday to the region, I’m certain you’ll be able to locate enough to do. I have numbered a few adept books at the closing of this article or you can visit Amazon for a complete list of books on Niagara Falls. Please don't forget to depart the area as nice 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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