The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-08-13
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and the orchards, the immense
patches. and the really
good farming district we were pass
ing through. We were nearing the
good old u. s. A. and it really began
look more like home, at least many
OF US felt that way. After arriving
at Niagara Falls, we boarded electric
ears for a trip around the gorge, and
this trip also took US owe on the
American side.
The passing Of time has not detract
ed from the sublime spectacle afford
ed by this famous,cataract, Niagara
0 has it lessened the number of Wis
itors who are annually drawn to the
banks OF the Gorge to witness the wa
ters of Lake Erie come tumbling in
one grand plunge I'VE a precipice, one
hundred and sixty four feet in height
In their mad rush toward the ocean,
by way Of Lake Ontario and the st.
Lawrence River. While there are
water falls of greater height, the inn
mense volume of water, and the sheer
decent Of the Gnbroken plunge, give
to Niagara a sublimity which hight
alone cannot impart. The tumultous
rapids above the falls and the deep
gorge below, add not a little to the
grandeur of the scene, while the his
toric traditions associated with the
entire neighborhood render a visit to
Niagara an event which is remember
ed as long as life lasts.
To describe Niagara, is impossible.
The finest writers in the English lam
guage are compelled to acknowledge
the feebleness of words in attempting
TO convey to their readers an impress
sion Of the spectacle.
AS light is required to bring out
the colors Of the rainbow, SO is a trip
around the Niagara Belt Line necess-
airy to bring out the true beauties and
grandeur Of the American and Horse
Shoe Falls. The great Whirl Pool
Rapids, the wonderful Gorge, and the
magnificent scenery that has made
Niagara world-famous. Before the
great lines Of electric traction were
established at the Falls, it was impos-
sible to gain access to many points of
interest now reached with ease by the
wonderful trolley system encircling
the Gorge, which for a distance Of
twenty miles, continually presents to
the tourist an ever changing panora-
ma of wonderful scenery. At Queens
ton Heights the visitor may see the
great monument, 1876 feet high. erect
ed ia 1853 rebuilt in 1870, to the
memory Of the famous British Gener-
al, Sir Isaac Brock, who fell in battle
on these heights in the war Of 1912.
We were guests of the Queen Vic
toria Niagara Falls Park Commission
for luncheon on the veranda of a great
resteraunt over looking the Falls, and
while we ate we feasted our eyes on
this wonderful sight, while the wind
waited the mist created by the falls
to where we sat.
After luncheon we were taken for
an auto ride to view the great canal
that Is now being dug at Niagara by
the Canadian government to develop
Sc veral more hundred thousand horse
power of electrical energy. The work
is a great undertaking and when com
pleted will give this section of Canada
a lot OF cheap power that will have a
tendency to draw still more of Ameri-
can manufacturing enterprises on the
other side of the bounGry line. These
Canadians fully appreciate the value
of cheap power and they are develop
ing their water power plants very
rapidly.
In the evening we were shown a
| film of the Falls in winter time after
| which we were given an opportunity
to see the Falls illuminated by a pow
erful battery of search lights, and
thus ended a most wonderful day Of
entertainment and sight seeing.
The route followed by the Grand
| Trunk Railway between Niagara Falls
and hamilton. takes the traveller
| through the Garden of Canada"
1t Is in reality a region that Is not
only q garden but a granary where
wide acres of the finest lands produce
the best of grain with miles OF peach
and apple orchards and leagues of lux
urant vineyards, The Province of
Ontario has more than 100000 acres
under fruit and 1t is estimated that
| sSO. 600. 600 have been invested In the
fruit growing industry inthe Province
There are more than 300 factories
utalizing the products Of the fruit
farms, and more than ifty-one Co
operative frpit growers associations.
The approximate annual output of
wine In the Province is275,0O0 gallons
Under normal conditions of ocean ship
ping Ontario. exports more apples to
Great Britain than any other Province
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