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Historical setting
While the moniker “Niagara” is told to come from an Iroquois phrase “Onguiaahra”, or “The Strait”, I have discovered the folklore to be a more absorbing story. The fable from Native American Indians tells of Lelawala, a gorgeous maiden pledged by her father to an Indian warrior she despised. 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 always in the Thunder God’s sanctuary behind the Falls.
You likely already know that tourism is the areas principal source of income. This really began during the early 1900's and even Napoleon's brother Jérôme Bonaparte visited with his bride. After this country's Civil War the railways began advertising the area as a vacation spot. It wasn't hard given the history to romanticise Niagara Falls as an idealistic honeymoon destination.
The tourism industry enjoyed a second boom immediately after World War One. It was the automobile that supplied a much need boost to the industry. Travel to the area got much easier and was one of the best vacation destinations that New Yorkers could drive their shiny new motorcars to.
Almost from the time that Niagara Falls was found man has been attempting to rule the monumental water flow as an perpetual supply of energy. The first successful campaign to use the falls as an energy source was documented in 1759 when Daniel Joncairs powered his lumbermill with a small man made channel. The major evolution came in 1883 when Nikola Tesla invented the three-phase system of alternating current power transmission. This technology made it possible to channel electrical energy over long distances. Today Niagara Falls provides around 4.4GW of power to the encircling areas of both the United States and Canada.
Conservation efforts
Once Europeans started to settle in the Niagara Falls area it was promptly targeted by developers and entrepreneurs alike as a way to attain a speedy fortune. Unlike today most of the land in the area was privately owned and was easily acquired for development. This came at a toll to the natural beauty of the area. Fortunately a group of caring citizens led by noted artist Frederick Church forged the Free Niagara movement. This organization was successful in convincing the general community that Preservation of the area was in its best concern.
In 1885 the Niagara Reservation State Park, chartered by New York State, started buying land from developers in an endeavor to retard the overwhelming development in the region. The Canadians followed suit in the same year with the Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park. Both administrations have been hugely successful at preserving the area and curtailing growth so that succeeding generations will be able to enjoy this natural wonder.
Niagara has so very much to offer. From a robust story of romance and adventure to a true natural wonder. If your looking for a vacation to the metropolitan area, I’m certain you’ll be able to locate enough to do. I have named various beneficial books at the end 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 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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