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Moments later, all three of them go over a waterfall.
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Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2025
On the way to the suspension bridge, about a 15-minute walk, see giant icicles along the cliff sides and the frozen top of the Montmorency River, their stillness stark against the roaring rush of the waterfall.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
The phenomenon results from rapid tidal currents squeezing between two gorges, making the water rush as quickly and dramatically as, well, a waterfall, only horizontally.
—Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
Montmorency Falls, a roughly 15-minute drive east of Quebec, is a 272-foot-tall waterfall with several vantage points, including an observation deck and a suspension bridge.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2025
On the way to the suspension bridge, about a 15-minute walk, see giant icicles along the cliff sides and the frozen top of the Montmorency River, their stillness stark against the roaring rush of the waterfall.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
The phenomenon results from rapid tidal currents squeezing between two gorges, making the water rush as quickly and dramatically as, well, a waterfall, only horizontally.
—Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
Montmorency Falls, a roughly 15-minute drive east of Quebec, is a 272-foot-tall waterfall with several vantage points, including an observation deck and a suspension bridge.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Waterfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waterfall. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
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