For a token fee, visitors can stroll
along Niagara Falls Park's famous White Water Walk, a trail that
winds down a mountainous crevasse at the bottom of Niagara Falls
itself. To get to the trail, an elevator takes visitors from the top
of the ravine to the level of the river itself.
The Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada
are an enormous waterfall. It is the most powerful and biggest in
North America, in terms of the volumes of water that pass through it
every day. The waterfall empties into a deep gouge that millennia of
rushing water have hewed in the very rock of the mountain range. The
White Water Walk is a trail leading alongside this roaring, churning
river of water--perhaps the most extreme example of whitewater on all
the earth. Several trillion gallons of water flow through this ravine
daily, at breathtaking speeds. The mere sight of this stunning
example of nature's power has been known to cause accelerated
heartbeat and hyperventilation in more than one visitor.
Over and over, visitors are shocked by
how close they are able to physically approach the awesome power of
the falls via the trail that comprises the White Water Walk. Walking
along the trail, hikers are literally but a few feet from sheer
whitewater, which sprays mist in their eyes.
A few brave and reckless souls have
tried to raft down this endlessly roiling stream, which seems like it
leads to the edge of the world itself. Standing at various points
alongside White Water Walk are photo displays, documenting the
activities of these thrill-seeking sportsmen.
