Niagara Falls State Park is located in the city of Niagara Falls in New York. It is the oldest state park in the United States. It was first established in 1885 as the Niagara Reservation and later became a national historic landmark. The park offers food, recreation, hiking trails, fishing, movie theater, gift shop, and a museum.
The state park contains the American Falls, Bridal Veil Falls, and part of the Canadian Falls. The water from Niagara is used by both the United States and Canada for drinking, fishing, industrial cooling, and hydroelectric power generation. With 3,160 tons of water flowing over the falls every second, it is no great wonder that the falls are harnessed for energy! The falls are capable of producing over 4 million kilowatts of electricity.
The Prospect Point Park Observation Tower on the left is one of the options for viewing the falls. It is 282 ft. tall and has 8 million visitors annually. The Maid of the Mist boat tour, pictured on the right, is available for anyone who is adventurous. Ponchos are a must unless you want to be soaked! The boat tour closes in late October, but reopens in May depending on the presence of ice. http://www.maidofthemist.com/en/
The American Falls are 70-100 ft. (21-30 m) high depending if boulders are present at the base of the falls. The height is small compared to the width which is 1,060 ft. (320 m). Looking over the falls, I noticed that the water’s hue is a bit greenish. This is not a mysterious happenstance, but occurs through the process of salts and minerals dissolving from the fall’s power and thus being swept away unmercifully.
We walked to the top of the falls to get a better view. The walk up the stairway was a bit slippery and mist spewed forth from the grand waters (This is when a poncho would really comes in handy). When my heart beat quickened and the water’s thundering noise consumed my ears, that is when I realized how small I am and how huge God is! To gaze over God’s creation and see how He designed it to perform in a synchronized fashion, helps me to place my trust in God even when trials and difficulties seem to be unconquerable.
Bible Verse to Ponder: Jeremiah 17: 7-8
Blessed [is] the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and [that] spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
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