Kakabeka Falls #1

Kakabeka Falls ( meaning ‘steep cliffs in Ojibwa) is often refered to the Niagara of the North.Located in Northern Ontario Canada.about 30KM from... more

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Kakabeka Falls #1

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Kakabeka Falls ( meaning ‘steep cliffs" in Ojibwa) is often refered to the Niagara of the North.Located in Northern Ontario Canada.about 30KM from Thunder Bay. The water drops about 131 feet to the gorge below.The rocks at the bottom are over a billion years old; fossils dating back 1.6 billion years have been found here. This was a major traveling route for the Voyegeures who were the first europeans to overwinter annually in Ont. The travelers had to get out of cannoes and portage. This portage route was used by fur traders, explorers, soldiers, settlers and missionaries to bypass the Falls. in 1882 George Munro Grant a Canadian Writer is quoted as saying.

"The fall itself is as beautiful as anything on the continent.......One may sit by the hour spell-bound and study the motion of colour of this wondrous creation. The foam is softer in appearance than the finest wool, more translucent than alabaster, and behind it the more solid mass of falling water is seen, by gleams and flashes, in colour and transparency like the purest amber."

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May 13th, 2012