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Journey of the Falls:
The Falls was not always located here at Table Rock Point. The Falls has been on a slow journey south, moving 11 kilometers (7 miles) from its original position at the Niagara Escarpment near the present-day Village of Queenston. Niagara carries 20% of the world's fresh water, flowing from four of the Great Lakes. Traveling at 65 kilometers (40 miles0 per hour, the water's speed and huge volume had immense erosive power. The brink of the Falls moved up to 3 meters (10 feet) every year until twentieth century engineering intervened to slow the rate down to only 30 centimeters (1 foot) ??? years. |