My friend Scott and I went to Lover's Leap State Park today. It's called Lover's Leap because, according to legend, Princess Lillinonah, "canoed to her death over the Great Falls because her white lover did not return after visiting his people." He saw her floating in the water and leapt to his death in trying to save her. The falls are under 15 feet of water now that Connecticut Light and Power has built a dam down river. Who created this legend? Are the falls below this bridge that traverses the gorge? I think of Bobby Gentry's song, "Ode to Billy Joe." I never liked the song.
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