Bridal Veil Falls the Legend - Provo Canyon, Utah
N 40° 20.458 W 111° 36.220
12T E 448727 N 4465777
The Legend of Bridal Veil Falls is in Provo Canyon Utah.
Waymark Code: WMBJPE
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 05/27/2011
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As we were waymarking and geocaching in Provo Canyon we came across a plaque of the legend of Bridal Veil Falls.
Here is what the plaque reads of the legend:
BRIDAL VEIL FALLS
The Legend
Many moons ago, an Indian named Norita and a brave from a rival tribe, named Grey Eagle met and fell in love. They planned to meet near a streamlet high on the mountainside and elope to a land far away from both their tribes. On that fateful night, instead of her lover, Norita was confronted by braves from her own tribe. Fearing her lover had been destroyed she leaped from the high ledges.
Mother Nature was touched by her wild beauty, and she caught up Norita's streaming tresses and made from them a Bridal Veil of falling water. From her flowing gown an alter was formed on the face of the mountain. Then her spirit was sent out as a mist, causing a green carpet to spread over the mountainside.
The intruders fled while her saddened lover stood and gazed down at the strange yet beautiful transformation. His grief was more than he could bear, so out of compassion for his sorrow, Mother Nature molded his massive frames into the mountain and stretched his mighty shoulders high into the heavens like silent sentinels to guard over his loved one. His cries of anguish were softened into love calls to whisper forever.
What's the Real Story?:
This is a nice legend to explain the formation of the mountain and beautiful falls.
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