Prior to the building of the first one in 1843, people and wagons would attempt to ford the river or were ferried across.

This allowed for two battalions of infantry to ford the river there.

At the first crossing of that river, vehicles had to ford the river, since the wooden bridge from 1943 had long since collapsed.

It was easier to ford the river at the two waterfalls because at that point, it flows over hard bedrock, making the crossing much easier.

They forded the river effortlessly.