The silvery falls

We hadn't been to the Rideau Falls for a while but walked there with friends after supper last Friday. The falls seen from the side had a beautiful silvery sheen to them in the evening light. A solitary duck standing on the lip looked as if it might get washed over at any moment, but the flow is relatively gentle at this time of year; I think it liked the view from there. A sunset cruise boat approached slowly to the nearest point it could reach at the bottom of the falls. Why do the boat companies feel obliged to broadcast loud music on their cruises, ruining the peace of the evening? I don't understand it, and nor do I understand why the NCC and other interested parties (that should read "uninterested," probably) have still done nothing about restoring the viewing platform at the falls and the derelict building there that used to house the Canada and the World Pavilion? A runner came by, found he couldn't get through the fences blocking off the terrace, and had to turn round and run back the way he'd come.