11 On the brink of the Canada Fall
On the brink of the Canada Fall
Here, better than anywhere else, can be seen the angular shape of the Canadian Fall. The process of erosion is dearly visible in the angle near the left of the Fall, where the mighty onrush of the current has eaten away, bit by bit, the flint-like sutjstance of the precipice. It is in this angle that the water, falling with its accumulated force upon a mass of rock half-way down the precipice, dashes itself back again as it in baffled rage at the obstacle. We are now viewing the Canadian Fall from the Canadian side. It is historic ground. A mile farther west, up the Niagara River, but within sound of the mighty roar of the Cataract, was fought, eighty-eight years ago, on the 25th day of July, 18 14, the battle of Lundy's Lane, between the British and American forces.
Here, better than anywhere else, can be seen the angular shape of the Canadian Fall. The process of erosion is dearly visible in the angle near the left of the Fall, where the mighty onrush of the current has eaten away, bit by bit, the flint-like sutjstance of the precipice. It is in this angle that the water, falling with its accumulated force upon a mass of rock half-way down the precipice, dashes itself back again as it in baffled rage at the obstacle. We are now viewing the Canadian Fall from the Canadian side. It is historic ground. A mile farther west, up the Niagara River, but within sound of the mighty roar of the Cataract, was fought, eighty-eight years ago, on the 25th day of July, 18 14, the battle of Lundy's Lane, between the British and American forces.
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