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Historical backdrop
While the name “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 bespoken by her father to an Indian warrior she detested. She chose to sacrifice herself to the Thunder God He-No instead of marrying a man she did not love. The chronicle 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 probably 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 our Civil War the railroads began publicizing the area as a holiday spot. It wasn't hard given the history to glamorise Niagara Falls as an idealistic honeymoon destination.
The tourism industry enjoyed another boom immediately after World War One. It was the motorcar that offered a much need boost to the industry. Travel to the area turned much easier and was one of the best holiday destinations that New Yorkers could drive their shiny new motorcars to.
Almost from the time that Niagara Falls was found man has been seeking to harness the massive water flow as an endless supply of energy. The first successful endeavor to use the falls as an energy source was documented in 1759 when Daniel Joncairs powered his lumbermill with a little man made channel. The major growth came in 1883 when Nikola Tesla invented the three-phase system of alternating current power transmission. This engineering science made it possible to transmit electricity over long distances. Today Niagara Falls supplies more than 4.4GW of power to the encircling 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 bring in a speedy fortune. Unlike today most of the land in the area was privately owned and was easily acquired for growth. This came at a toll to the raw beauty of the region. As luck would have it a group of worried citizens directed by noted artist Frederick Church formed the Free Niagara movement. This administration was successful in convincing the general populace that Conservation of the area was in its best concern.
In 1885 the Niagara Reservation State Park, chartered by New York State, set out buying land from developers in an endeavor to slow the consuming development in the area. The Canadians followed suit in the same year with the Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park. Each organisations have been staggeringly successful at upholding the area and curbing development so that future generations will be able to enjoy this natural wonder.
Niagara has so very much to offer. From a rich history of romance and adventure to a real natural wonder. If your considering a vacation to the metropolitan area, I’m certain you’ll be able to locate plenty to do. I have named a few dependable books at the end of this article or you can visit Amazon for a absolute list of books on Niagara Falls. Please remember to depart the area as nice as you found 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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