Ancaster Heights Falls is a 13.4 metre high terraced ribbon cascade waterfall

Waterfall

A waterfall is a place where flowing water rapidly drops in elevation as it flows over a steep region or a cliff.-Formation:Waterfalls are commonly formed when a river is young. At these times the channel is often narrow and deep. When the river courses over resistant bedrock, erosion happens...

 found in the Tiffany Falls Conservation Area in Ancaster

Ancaster, Ontario

Ancaster is a picturesque and historic community located on the Niagara escarpment, within the greater area of the city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This former town was founded officially in 1793 and was one of the oldest European communities established in present day Ontario along with Windsor...

, Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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Nearby attractions include Bruce Trail

Bruce Trail

The Bruce Trail is a hiking trail in southern and central Ontario, Canada.-General:The trail follows the edge of the Niagara Escarpment, one of the thirteen UNESCO World Biosphere Reserves in Canada, for almost...

, Dundas Valley Conservation Area

Dundas Valley Conservation Area

Dundas Valley Conservation Area is located on the Niagara Escarpment in Dundas, Ontario, a constituent community of Hamilton, Ontario, and is owned and operated by the Hamilton Conservation Authority. Its 40-kilometre trail system provides a connection to the Bruce Trail...

, Hermitage ruins, Griffin House, Fieldcote Memorial Park & Museum, Royal Botanical Gardens, Dundurn Castle

Dundurn Castle

Dundurn Castle is a historic neoclassical mansion on York Boulevard in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The house took three years and $175,000.00 to build, and was completed in 1835....

, Crooks Hollow Conservation Area, Christie Lake Conservation Area, Tiffany Falls

Tiffany Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Tiffany Falls is a 21 metre high ribbon waterfall located in the Tiffany Falls Conservation Area, just off of Wilson Street East, Ancaster, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Tiffany Falls was named after Dr. Oliver Tiffany, the district's first doctor...

, Tiffany Falls Conservation Area, Iroquois Heights Conservation Area.

Directions

From Highway 403

Highway 403 (Ontario)

King's Highway 403, also known as Highway 403, is a 400-series highway in the Canadian province of Ontario that travels between Woodstock and Mississauga, branching off from and reuniting with Highway 401 at both ends and travelling south of it through Hamilton and Mississauga. It is concurrent...

 take the Lincoln Alexander Parkway

Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway

The Lincoln Alexander Parkway, officially nicknamed "The Linc", is a municipal expressway in the Canadian city of Hamilton, Ontario. Located on the Hamilton mountain, atop the Niagara Escarpment...

 exit and keep to the right to merge onto Rousseaux Street. At the "T" intersection turn right onto Wilson Street East. Park at Tiffany Falls Conservation Area and walk back up Wilson Street East to the waterfall. The crest of this waterfall originates at the intersection of Montgomery Drive and Haig Road.

External links

• Cascades and Waterfalls of Hamilton (www.waterfalls.hamilton.ca)
• Ancaster Heights Falls at www.cityofwaterfalls.ca
• Bruce Trail (www.brucetrail.org)
• Vintage Postcards: Waterfalls in and around Hamilton, Ontario