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DECEW FALLS – A Beautiful Bit of Canadian Scenery
[Welland Tribune, 9 August 1895]
There are many lovely bits of scenery close at hand that are neglected by the seeker after nature’s charms. The other day a Welland party had the delight of a visit to Decew Falls. Upon reaching the brink of the first waterfall they were amazed at its weird, wild beauty. With one unbroken leap the pure water dashes over the cliff and sinks into the white foam far beneath, twists and twirls in and out among the rocks-a veritable rapids-and with another roar dashes from ledge to ledge down another series of waterfalls. Foaming, eddying, leaping, the water cuts its way out of sight down the ravine beneath the overhanging branches of the deep green leafed trees-on, on.
Immediately beneath the first fall, Mr. Morningstar’s enterprise has been the means of erecting a safe and convenient enclosed winding stairway; and it does not cost half a dollar to use it-only a dime. Down the serpentine passage the party wended its way, emerging at the bottom amid the cooling spray that rises from the boiling water at the base of the cliff.
From this point a pathway leads down the stream, starting just beneath the mountain of rock that overhangs the abyss, and gradually winding westward and downward till you reach the water’s edge beyond the second fall. Here is one of the grandest sights in this Canada of ours, and lovers of nature sit spellbound and watch the struggling waters as they speed on their crooked way; or turn the eye to the cliffs above and the little patch of blue sky that is visible through the branches of arching trees.
“Can it be possible that for twenty years I have lived within ten miles of this scene-one of nature’s masterpieces-and never visited it before?” said one. And that was the sentiment of all-that it was a neglected beauty spot.
Dear reader, have you even seen these falls? Then spend your first holiday there, that you may view it in all its grandeur, climb the ragged sides of the ravines and view the beauties to nature untouched by man.
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