The Story of the Falls began 600 million years ago.<br/>The future site of the Great Lakes stood at the centre<br/>of a broad, shallow sea that covered much of North America.<br/>Beneath these waters were the already ancient Pre-Cambrian<br/>rocks of the Canadian Shield-the bowl- shaped basement of<br/>our continent.
Niagara Rainbow
The Story of the Falls began 600 million years ago.
The future site of the Great Lakes stood at the centre
of a broad, shallow sea that covered much of North America.
Beneath these waters were the already ancient Pre-Cambrian
rocks of the Canadian Shield-the bowl- shaped basement of
our continent.
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