Rainbow Truth

Can you imagine my dissonance last week during trivia when one of the truisms of my life was shattered? The question was: Which Falls at Niagara is referred to as the Rainbow Falls? I got the answer wrong!!@ Not getting that point bankrupted my wisdom bank and shook my understanding of what is real in the world. 

Now I am not claiming to be a scholar of world geography, however, you must know that Niagara  Falls is my Hometown – yup, born and raised there.  If fact as a kid I used to play in the gorge alongside where the great cascades tumbled, beneath the very Rainbows in question.  Actually, we lived so close that I could hear the Falls roar as I lay in bed at night dreaming of Rainbows.

Certainly, any local person would answer the question as I did:  the Horseshoe Falls are known as the Rainbow Falls.  Just ask any enlightened tour operator, bar fly or school kid for that matter,  the Rainbows come from under the Horseshoe. Even in the Iroquois legends.

So what does Mr. Goggle say? Well actually, the is no reference to Rainbow Falls in Niagara on the internet. We have Rainbow Towers, the Rainbow Bridge, the Rainbow Bar and Grill and even Rainbow Dairies (great ice cream for kids). There are pages of stunning photos showing Rainbows gracing the Horseshoe/Canadian Falls but exactly zero on the American side.

Fake American Rainbow

Officially the is no Rainbow Falls at Niagara, so I contend that we must defer to the local lore for the truth.  Give me that extra point, and my confidence in my childhood memories can remain intact.

Photo was taken on September 11, 2001, in the Niagara Gorge.

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