Reversing Falls

[1] As a result, vessels wishing to enter or exit from the river must wait for slack tide.

Irving, the company which has operated the pulp mill since purchasing it in the late 1940s, has faced criticism in recent decades for maintaining the facility at what is viewed as one of Saint John's prime tourism locations.

This criticism became most pronounced during the 1980s and 1990s when the city government developed Fallsview Park on the former industrial foundry lands on the east side of the gorge.

[5] The operators typically stayed in the choppy waters immediately downstream and attempted to soak passengers by driving through small whirlpools at the base of the railway bridge.

Another more recent development at the Reversing Falls has been its growing use as a whitewater kayaking location, made unique by the changes in the formation of the rapids during incoming or outgoing tides.