--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Lambourne, Alfred collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 23 number: 8 published: 1920-06 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Lambourne, Alfred, "Bridal Veil Falls, Provo Canyon," *Improvement Era* 23, no. 8 (June 1920): 669–670.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera238unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera238unse start_page: 669 end_page: 670 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1920-06) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera238unse publication_year: 1920 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1920, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Bridal Veil Falls, Provo Canyon Bridal Veil Falls, Provo Canyon For such a mountainous country, Utah is singu- larly devoid of waterfalls. Of cascades, water running over ledges or steps, there are an unlimited number, but few indeed, meriting the name of falls. Among those few, however, the Bridal Veil Falls, in Provo Canyon, is surely one of the most beautiful. To reach the high body of water, a hidden moun- tain lake, the source of this waterfall, is considered a daring climb. It is often accomplished, however, and the sight of the lonely crystal mirror, reflecting flow- ers, crags, and pine-woods, well repays the toil of the explorer. "How expressive of a Divine element in nature," ex- claims an enthusiast, "is a stream of water!" In the per- fectness of its marvelous purity there appears something of the spirit of sanctification — of the All Holy. Truly might this be said of the Utah mountain streams. We see them come hurrying from the snowy heights, winding stilly "amidst the low thrillings of the forest shade;" and ever springing fearless from the edge of a dizzy cliff, clothing with moss, the rocks around; carving their way through stubborn granite all the while clear and bright, ministering to the earth, but unstained by it. Alfred Lambourne. he ^ ^^*^^^^^ L- - ti^SSm "*- ' ~~' ^»^ Hptc 'JW 5F i I BH^SBS^^j -i&i^ffl*i Jfc P/iofo 6v C. R. Savage. BRIDAL VEIL FALLS, PROVO CANYON, UTAH