The Niagara falls are spectacular waterfall on the Niagara River in southern Ontario. Canada on the border with theUnited States. They are one of the greatest waterfalls in the world, measured by the volume of water.
The falls were formed some 10,000 years ago when the last continental glacier retreated. The word Niagara isa neutral word , meaning ‘neck’, because the Niagara river makes a cut through the Niagara Peninsula. The falls were a holy place to the native people who had many myths to explain them.
The falls beame a tourist attraction in the early 1800’s. in 1846 the Maid of the Mist began taking tourist to the base of the falls. The railway arrived in 1853 bringing many more sightseers. The area took on a carnival athmoshpere with hotels, taverns, fortune tellers, souvenir stands, and hucksters sompeting for the tourist money. At one time it was impossible to view the falls without paying a fee. Finally in 1885 Queen Victoria Park was created to preserve an open space around the falls. It was Canada’s firs provincial park. Niagara Falls were a natural site for the firs great hydroelectric development in North America. Water was first diverted for Hydroelectricity from the Canadian side in 1893. when the Adam Beck generating Station Number 1 opened in 1921, it was the largest powerhouse in the world. This powerhouse divert water from the falls into tunnels, so in 1950 an agreement was signed between Canada and United States to make sure that much of water continues to flow over the falls. One important thing related to Niagara Falls is about daredevils. They have defied the falls in barrels, boats, rubber balls and tightropes. The most famous of these was the great Blondin, who walked a rope across the gorge in 1859. another time he carried a terrified man on his back.
Niagara Falls remain one of the great tourist attractions in the world, with over 12 million visitor each year.They can view the falls from several towers an aerocar over the whirpool, the latest Maid of the Mist and tunnels behindthe Horseshoe Falls
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