List of waterfalls in 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...

is home to more than 100 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...

s and cascades, most of which are on or near the 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...

as it winds through the Niagara Escarpment

Niagara Escarpment

The Niagara Escarpment is a long escarpment, or cuesta, in the United States and Canada that runs westward from New York State, through Ontario, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois...

. Hamilton known as "The City of Waterfalls" brands itself as "The Waterfall Capital of The World." Ontario's

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

internationally recognized Niagara Escarpment provides perfect geological conditions for waterfalls to occur, from Tobermory

Tobermory, Ontario

Tobermory is a small community located at the northern tip of the Bruce Peninsula in the municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, Canada. It is 300 km northwest of Toronto...

to Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls

The Niagara Falls, located on the Niagara River draining Lake Erie into Lake Ontario, is the collective name for the Horseshoe Falls and the adjacent American Falls along with the comparatively small Bridal Veil Falls, which combined form the highest flow rate of any waterfalls in the world and has...

.

The most scenic waterfall in Hamilton is Webster's Falls

Webster's Falls

Webster's Falls, noted for its panoramas, is a 22 metre high classical curtain/ plunge waterfall found in the Spencer Gorge/Webster's Falls Conservation Area in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The water flows down Spencer Creek. In the past the falls have been known by various names such as Dr...

. With its 30 metres (98 ft) crest, it is the largest within the city. Tew's Falls is a 41 metre ribbon waterfall, 11 metres shorter than Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls

, and is the tallest waterfall found in Hamilton. Both Webster's and Tew's are located at the Spencer Gorge / Webster's Falls Conservation Area

Spencer Gorge / Webster's Falls Conservation Area

Spencer Gorge/Webster's Falls 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. It is renowned for offering spectacular views of Hamilton and for containing two...

. Albion Falls

Albion Falls

Albion Falls is a classical/cascade waterfall flowing down the Niagara Escarpment in Red Hill Valley, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. With cascade falls the downpour is staggered into a series of steps causing water to "cascade". The top of the falls are located on Mud Street...

was once seriously considered as a possible source of water for Hamilton. Rocks from the Albion Falls area were used in the construction of the Royal Botanical Gardens' Rock Garden.

There used to be more waterfalls in Hamilton than exist today. Many of the waterfalls in central Hamilton slowly vanished as population and construction on Hamilton Mountain

Hamilton Mountain

Hamilton Mountain is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968. The riding is located in the Hamilton, Ontario region....

increased. As well, in the early years, James Street

James Street (Hamilton, Ontario)

James Street is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at the base of the Niagara Escarpment from James Mountain Road, a mountain-access road in the city, originally was a one-way street going south throughout but now has sections of it that are two-way...

extended south, but was interrupted by a bog

Bog

A bog, quagmire or mire is a wetland that accumulates acidic peat, a deposit of dead plant material—often mosses or, in Arctic climates, lichens....

at Hunter Street

Hunter Street (Hamilton, Ontario)

Hunter Street is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is a one-way street that starts West of Locke Street at Hill Street Park and ends two blocks East of Victoria Avenue at Emerald Street...

which eventually (1844) was drained out and graded. Many of Hamilton's main buildings and factories in the north end are built on reclaimed or infilled land, which harmed the drainage of Hamilton and the water ecology

Ecology

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of Hamilton Harbour.

Many of the falls in west Hamilton are accessible from the Chedoke Radial Trail. It is built on what was once the route for the Brantford

Brantford, Ontario

Brantford is a city located on the Grand River in Southern Ontario, Canada. While geographically surrounded by the County of Brant, the city is politically independent...

and Hamilton Electric Railway owned by the Cataract Power Light and Traction Company (later Dominion Power and Transmission). The "Five Johns", (John Cameron, John Dickenson (Canadian politician)

John Dickenson (Canadian politician)

John Dickenson was a Hamilton, Ontario contractor and political figure. He represented Wentworth South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1896 to 1904 as a Liberal member....

, John Morison Gibson

John Morison Gibson

Sir John Morison Gibson, KCMG, KC was a Canadian politician and the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Ontario....

, John Moodie, Sr.

John Moodie

John Moodie, Jr., born: 1859 in Hamilton, Ontario. died: 8 August, 1944. Textile manufacturer, executive, hobbyist. In 1903, was founder of the Hamilton Automobile Club, first organization of its kind in Canada. Also belonged to the Royal Auto Club of London, England.Moodie invested in many...

and John Sutherland), formed The Cataract Power Co. Ltd. introducing electric power to Hamilton in 1898. On August 25, 1898, power was sent twenty seven miles from DeCew Falls, St. Catharines

St. Catharines, Ontario

St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in Ontario, Canada, with 97.11 square kilometres of land...

, using water from the old Welland Canal

Welland Canal

The Welland Canal is a ship canal in Canada that extends from Port Weller, Ontario, on Lake Ontario, to Port Colborne, Ontario, on Lake Erie. As a part of the St...

. New industries, such as the forerunners of the Steel Co. of Canada (Stelco

Stelco

US Steel Canada is a steel company based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.-History:Several existing smaller steelworks combined and were incorporated as the Steel Company of Canada in 1910. Charles S...

) and Canadian Westinghouse

Westinghouse Electric (1886)

Westinghouse Electric was an American manufacturing company. It was founded in 1886 as Westinghouse Electric Company and later renamed Westinghouse Electric Corporation by George Westinghouse. The company purchased CBS in 1995 and became CBS Corporation in 1997...

, were attracted here by the cheaper, more efficient power. One time this Company controlled hydro power from Brantford

Brantford, Ontario

Brantford is a city located on the Grand River in Southern Ontario, Canada. While geographically surrounded by the County of Brant, the city is politically independent...

to St. Catharines

St. Catharines, Ontario

St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in Ontario, Canada, with 97.11 square kilometres of land...

, including the Hamilton Street Railway

Hamilton Street Railway

The Hamilton Street Railway Company is the Transit Division of the City of Hamilton, Public Works Department in Ontario, Canada. The name is a legacy of the days when the majority of public transit vehicles were streetcars; the present-day Hamilton Street Railway is in fact a bus operator...

and the area's radial lines. Back then the city's nickname was "The Electric City."

There are four waterfall types and they are designated as follows:

Ribbon- The height
Height
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is notably greater than its crest width; stream forms a thin "ribbon" of water
Water
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.

Classical- The height and crest width are nearly equal.

Curtain- The height is notably smaller than its crest width.

Cascade- The vertical
Vertical direction
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drop is broken into a series of steps causing water to "cascade" down incline.

Some of the criteria used to define a separate Hamilton waterfall include:
The waterfall has to have a vertical drop of at least 3 metres or 10 feet (3 m) either as a vertical drop or a cascade,
the crest width has to be at least 1 metre or 3 foot (0.9144 m) wide,
the waterfall must have some natural component and not be entirely man-made; If a waterfall is beside another waterfall but coming from two separate creeks

Stream

A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...

or streams

STREAMS

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, then they could be considered as two separate waterfalls and the waterfall has to be located within the boundaries of the new City of Hamilton.

On January 1, 2001 the new city of Hamilton was formed from the amalgamation of the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth and its six municipalities: Hamilton, 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...

, Dundas

Dundas, Ontario

Dundas is a formerly independent town and now constituent community in the city of Hamilton in Ontario, Canada. It's nickname is the Valley Town. The population has been stable for decades at about twenty thousand, largely because it has not annexed rural land from the protected Dundas Valley...

, Flamborough

Flamborough, Ontario

Flamborough is a former town near, and a current community in, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

, Glanbrook, and Stoney Creek

Stoney Creek, Ontario

Stoney Creek is a community in Ontario, Canada.Note: This article will only deal with matters up to its amalgamation with Hamilton.-Geography and population:...

. Before amalgamation, the "old" City of Hamilton had 331,121 Hamiltonians divided into 100 neighbourhoods. The new amalgamated city has 490,268 people in over 200 neighbourhoods.

Waterfalls list

A listing of the 100 waterfalls found along the Bruce Trail and the Niagara Escarpment in Hamilton, Ontario, 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...

. Most can be easily accessed, or viewed by public lands and some are on or border private property

Private property

Private property is the right of persons and firms to obtain, own, control, employ, dispose of, and bequeath land, capital, and other forms of property. Private property is distinguishable from public property, which refers to assets owned by a state, community or government rather than by...

. The list below was compiled by Joe Hollick, (with some original work done by Steve Head). The list can also be found at The Hamilton Naturalists' Club official web site. As of July, 2008, the waterfall count for Hamilton was 100. Twenty of the waterfalls are found to be currently innaccessible because they are either on private property in which the Bruce Trail does not traverse or its too dangerous to access these waterfalls.

* Albion Falls

* Ancaster Heights Falls

Ancaster Heights Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Ancaster Heights Falls is a 13.4 metre high terraced ribbon cascade waterfall found in the Tiffany Falls Conservation Area in Ancaster, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

* Baby Webster’s Falls

* Betzner Falls

Betzner Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Betzner Falls is a 6.3 metre high twin classic cascade waterfall found on private property in Flamborough, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include Bruce Trail, Hermitage ruins, Royal Botanical Gardens, Dundurn Castle, Crooks Hollow Conservation Area, Christie Lake Conservation Area,...

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* Billy Green Falls

Billy Green Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Billy Green Falls is a 17 metre high complex ribbon waterfall found in Battlefield Creek, Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Billy Green Falls is named after Billy Green, the scout in the Battle of Stoney Creek , an epic conflict during the famous war of 1812-14.Nearby attractions include...

* Borer's Falls

* Boundary Falls

Boundary Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Boundary Falls is a 6 metre high ribbon waterfall found near the Bruce Trail on the border of cities Burlington and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This is a seasonal waterfall and best viewed in the springtime and after heavy rains....

* Buttermilk Falls

* Canterbury Falls

Canterbury Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Canterbury Falls is a 9 metre ribbon waterfall that flows year round in Ancaster in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include the Old Mill Restaurant, retail and convenience stores, the Dundas Valley Conservation Area, Bruce Trail, Sherman Falls, Canterbury Hills Conference Centre and...

* Centennial Falls

Centennial Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Centennial Falls is a 10 metre high terraced ribbon cascade waterfall found in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include Bruce Trail, Mount Albion Conservation Authority, Felker's Falls, Felker's Falls Conservation Area, King's Forest Golf Course, Mohawk Sports Park,...

* Chedoke Falls

* Cliffview Falls

Cliffview Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Cliffview Falls is a 15 metre terraced ribbon waterfall located beside Cliffview Park on Scenic Drive Upper Paradise Road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Can be accessed via the Bruce Trail....

* Darnley Cascade
Darnley Cascade (Hamilton, Ontario)
Darnley Cascade is a 4 metre high cascade waterfall located at Crooks Hollow Conservation Area in Greensville, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Featured in many vintage Hamilton waterfall postcards and is called Stutts Falls on those postcards....

* Denlow Falls
Denlow Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)
Denlow Falls is a 19 metre high horsetail ribbon cascade waterfall found in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include Bruce Trail, Dundas Valley Conservation Area, Iroquoia Heights Conservation Area, Chedoke Radial Trail, Chedoke Golf Course, Copps Coliseum, Canadian Football Hall of...

* Devil's Punch Bowl
Devil's Punch Bowl (Hamilton, Ontario)
Devil's Punch Bowl is a 37 metre ribbon waterfall on the Niagara Escarpment, in the Stoney Creek community of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is found in the Devil's Punchbowl Conservation Area, maintained by the Hamilton Conservation Authority, and features an escarpment access trail with...

* Dewitt Falls

Dewitt Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Dewitt Falls is a 7 metre high complex ribbon cascade waterfall found in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include Bruce Trail, Dofasco 2000 Trail, Battlefield House Museum, Devil's Punch Bowl, Devil's Punch Bowl Conservation Area, Erland Lee House Museum.-Directions:From...

* Dundas Falls

Dundas Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Dundas Falls is an 8 metre terraced classical waterfall found on CN property that flows year round near the Bruce Trail at the Dundas District Public School in Dundas, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada...

(P-CN)

* Dyment Falls

Dyment Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Dyment Falls is a 15.7 metre high overhang ribbon waterfall found in Flamborough, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include Dyment's Farm, Rock Chapel Sanctuary, Borer's Falls, Borer's Falls Conservation Area, Sydenham Falls, Spencer Gorge / Webster's Falls Conservation...

* East Glover’s Falls

East Glover’s Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

East Glover Falls is a 6 metre high talus ribbon cascade waterfall found in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include Bruce Trail, Glover’s Falls, Mount Albion Conservation Area, Felker's Falls, Felker's Falls Conservation Area, King's Forest Golf Course, Mohawk Sports park, Glendale...

* East Iroquoia Falls
East Iroquoia Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)
East Iroquoia Falls is a 20 metre horsetail ribbon waterfall found in the Iroquioa Heights Conservation Area in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

* East of Fifty Falls

East of Fifty Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

East of Fifty Falls is a 5 metre high overhang ribbon waterfall found on private property, , in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

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* Erland Falls

Erland Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Erland Falls is a 13 metre high washboard ribbon cascade waterfall found on Canadian National Railway property in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.It was named after Erland Lee, co-founder of the Women's Institutes....

(P-CN)

* Felker's Falls
Felker's Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)
Felker's Falls is a 22 metre high ribbon style waterfall found at the Felker's Falls Conservation Area, a small park within a subdivision in near Stoney Creek in East Hamilton, Ontario, Canada...

* Ferguson Falls

Ferguson Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Ferguson Falls is a 15 metre high ribbon cascade waterfall found in Flamborough, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include the Bruce Trail, Rock Chapel Sanctuary, Tew's Falls, Spencer Gorge / Webster's Falls Conservation Area, Dundas Valley Conservation Area, Hermitage ruins, Royal...

* Fifty Road Cascade

Fifty Road Cascade (Hamilton, Ontario)

Fifty Road Cascade is a 10 metre high talus ribbon cascade waterfall found at the Vinemount Conservation Area in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

* Fruitland Falls

Fruitland Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Fruitland Falls is an 8.5 metre high fan ribbon cascade waterfall found on CN property in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Named after the road that lies north of it, Fruitland Road....

(P-CN)

* Glendale Falls

Glendale Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Glendale Falls is a 3 metre high terraced classic waterfall found in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include the Bruce Trail, Mount Albion Conservation Area, Albion Falls, King's Forest Golf Course, Buttermilk Falls, Mohawk Sports Park, Glendale Golf Course, Escarpment Rail Trail,...

* Glover’s Falls

Glover’s Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Glover's Falls is an 8 metre high complex ribbon cascade waterfall found in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include Bruce Trail, East Glover's Falls, Mount Albion Conservation Area, Felker's Falls, Felker's Falls Conservation Area, King's Forest Golf Course, Mohawk Sports Park,...

* Grand Cascade

Grand Cascade (Hamilton, Ontario)

Grand Cascade is a 4 metre high talus ribbon cascade waterfall found on private property in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

* Great Falls

Great Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Great Falls is a 10 metre high ribbon waterfall located in Waterdown, Ontario, Canada. Its a very picturesque waterfall featured many times on Hamilton waterfall postcards...

* Greensville Falls

Greensville Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Greensville Falls is a 5.5 metre high terraced ribbon cascade waterfall found on the Crooks Hollow Conservation Area in Flamborough, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada...

* Grindstone Cascade

Grindstone Cascade (Hamilton, Ontario)

Grindstone Cascade is a complex curtain cascade waterfall found Waterdown, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include Bruce Trail, Rock Chapel Golf Course, Royal Botanical Gardens and the town of Waterdown.-Directions:...

* Heritage Falls

Heritage Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Heritage Falls is a 5 metre high classical cascade waterfall found in Ancaster, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Also known as Griffin Falls. Best viewed in the springtime as it tends to dry up in the summer months....

* Hermitage Cascade

* Jones Road Falls

Jones Road Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Jones Road Falls is a 6 metre high terraced ribbon cascade waterfall found on CN property in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include the Bruce Trail, Dofasco 2000 Trail, Battlefield House Museum, Devil's Punch Bowl, Devil's Punch Bowl Conservation Area, Erland Lee House...

(P-CN)

* Lafarge Falls

Lafarge Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Lafarge Falls is a 15 metre horsetail ribbon waterfall found on private property, , in Flamborough, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

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* Lewis Road East Falls

Lewis Road East Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Lewis Road East Falls is an 8 metre high terraced classic cascade waterfall found on private property, , in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

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* Lewis Road West Falls

Lewis Road West Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Lewis Road West Falls is a 9 metre high overhang ribbon waterfall found on private property, , in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

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* Little Canterbury Falls

Canterbury Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

* Little Davis Falls

Little Davis Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Little Davis Falls is a 3 metre high twin curtain waterfall found in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include Bruce Trail, Mount Albion Conservation Area, Felker's Falls, Felker's Falls Conservation Area, King's Forest Golf Course, Mohawk Sports Park, Glendale Golf Course, Escarpment...

* Little Falls

Little Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Little Falls is a 7 metre high terraced ribbon cascade waterfall found in Ancaster, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Also known as Waterfall on Wilson Street....

* Little Rock Chapel Falls

Little Rock Chapel Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Little Rock Chapel Falls is an 8 metre high horsetail ribbon waterfall found on Royal Botanical Gardens controlled property in Flamborough, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

* Lower Beckett Falls

Lower Beckett Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Lower Beckett Falls is a 3 metre high ribbon cascade waterfall found in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include the Bruce Trail, Dundas Valley Conservation Area, Iroquoia Heights Conservation Area, Chedoke Falls, Chedoke Radial Trail, Chedoke Civic Golf Course, Denlow Falls, Canadian...

* Lower Borer's Falls

* Lower Chedoke Falls

* Lower Cliffview Falls

Cliffview Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Cliffview Falls is a 15 metre terraced ribbon waterfall located beside Cliffview Park on Scenic Drive Upper Paradise Road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Can be accessed via the Bruce Trail....

* Lower Fruitland Falls

Lower Fruitland Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Lower Fruitland Falls is a 4.9 metre high talus ribbon cascade waterfall found on CN property in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Named after the road that lies just north of it, Fruitland Road....

(P-CN)

* Lower Hopkins Cascade

Lower Hopkins Cascade (Hamilton, Ontario)

Lower Hopkins Cascade is a 6 metre high talus classic cascade waterfall found in the Borer's Falls Conservation Area in Flamborough, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

* Lower Little Falls

Lower Little Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Lower Little Falls is a 8.2 metre high talus ribbon cascade waterfall found in Ancaster, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include the Bruce Trail, Tiffany Falls Conservation Area, Tiffany Falls, Dundas Valley Conservation Area, Hermitage ruins, Griffin House, Fieldcote Memorial Park &...

* Lower Mill Falls

Mill Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Mill Falls is a 7 metre high complex classic waterfall found in Ancaster, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include the Old Mill Restaurant, Bruce Trail and the Heritage Trail....

* Lower Punchbowl Falls

Devil's Punch Bowl (Hamilton, Ontario)

Devil's Punch Bowl is a 37 metre ribbon waterfall on the Niagara Escarpment, in the Stoney Creek community of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is found in the Devil's Punchbowl Conservation Area, maintained by the Hamilton Conservation Authority, and features an escarpment access trail with...

* Lower Sanatorium Cascade

Lower Sanatorium Cascade (Hamilton, Ontario)

Lower Sanatorium Falls is a 4 metre high talus classic cascade waterfall found near the Chedoke Civic Golf Course in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

* Lower Sydenham Falls

Sydenham Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Sydenham Falls is a 15 metre ribbon waterfall near the Spencer Gorge / Webster's Falls Conservation Area in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.The three Sydenham waterfalls, Sydenham Falls, Middle Sydenham Falls and Lower Sydenham Falls, are found on Sydenham Creek close to Sydenham Road. All three...

* Lower Tews Falls

* Lower Westcliffe Falls

Lower Westcliffe Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Lower Westcliffe Falls is a 7.9 metre high complex classic cascade waterfall found near the Chedoke Civic Golf Course in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

* McNeilly Falls

McNeilly Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

McNeilly Falls is a 12 metre high complex ribbon cascade waterfall found in Vinemount Conservation Area in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

* McNeilly West Falls

McNeilly West Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

McNeilly West Falls is a 6 metre high horsetail classic waterfall found on private property, , in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

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* Middle Sydenham Falls

Sydenham Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

* Middle Vinemount Falls

Middle Vinemount Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Middle Vinemount Falls is a 10 metre high cascade waterfall found on CN property in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include the Bruce Trail, Vinemount Conservation Area, Dofasco 2000 Trail, Battlefield House Museum, Devil's Punch Bowl, Devil's Punch Bowl Conservation...

(P-CN)

* Mill Falls

Mill Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Mill Falls is a 7 metre high complex classic waterfall found in Ancaster, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include the Old Mill Restaurant, Bruce Trail and the Heritage Trail....

* Mineral Springs Falls

Mineral Springs Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Mineral Springs Falls is a 3 metre high cascade waterfall which flows year round on from Sulphur Creek in Ancaster, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. There's a fence beside it that gives off the impression that it lies on private property but is actually on the roadway allowance of Mineral Springs Road at...

* Mountview Falls

Mountview Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Mountview Falls is a 10 metre high complex classic cascade waterfall found in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include the Bruce Trail, Dundas Valley Conservation Area, Tiffany Falls, Iroquoia Heights Conservation Area, Chedoke Radial Trail, Chedoke Golf Course.-Directions:From Highway...

* Old Dundas Road Falls
Old Dundas Road Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)
Old Dundas Road Falls is a 24 metre high complex ribbon cascade waterfall found on private property, , in Ancaster, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.-Directions:...

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* Pond Falls

Pond Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Pond Falls is a 16 metre high terraced ribbon waterfall in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include Bruce Trail, Puddicombe Farms, Dofasco 2000 Trail, Battlefield House Museum, Devil's Punch Bowl, Erland Lee House Museum....

* Princess Falls

Princess Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Princess Falls is a 7 metre ribbon/plunge waterfall found near the Chedoke Radial Trail in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Best viewed after a heavy rain or snow melt. Also known as Lower Princess Falls....

* Progreston Falls

Progreston Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Progreston Falls is a 6.7 metre high and 16.5 metre wide terraced curtain waterfall found on private property, , in Carlisle, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

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* Promontory Falls
Promontory Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)
Promontory Falls is an 18 metre horsetail, ribbon waterfall found on private property, , in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

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* Puddicombe Falls

Puddicombe Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Puddicombe Falls is a 6 metre high talus ribbon cascade waterfall found in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include Bruce Trail, Puddicombe Farms, Dofasco 2000 Trail, Battlefield House Museum, Devil's Punch Bowl, Erland Lee House Museum.-Directions:From QEW take the Fifty...

* Quarry Falls

Quarry Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Quarry Falls is a 6 metre high horsetail ribbon waterfall found on private property in Flamborough, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada...

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* Ridge Falls

Ridge Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Ridge Falls is an 11 metre high washboard ribbon cascade waterfall found on CN property in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include the Bruce Trail, Dofasco 2000 Trail, Battlefield House Museum, Devil's Punch Bowl, Devil's Punch Bowl Conservation Area, Erland Lee House...

(P-CN)

* Samuel Cascade

Samuel Cascade (Hamilton, Ontario)

Samuel Cascade is an 8 metre high waterfall found on private property, , in Flamborough, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

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* Scenic Falls
Scenic Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)
Scenic Falls is an 18 metre high ribbon/plunge waterfall found along the west-end of the Chedoke Radial Trail in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Best viewed after a good rain or snow melt....

* Shaver Falls

Shaver Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Shaver Falls is an 11 metre high complex ribbon cascade waterfall found on the Iroquoia Heights Conservation Area property in Ancaster, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

* Sherman Falls

* Sisters of Mary Falls
Sisters of Mary Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)
Sisters of Mary Falls is a 20 metre high talus ribbon cascade waterfall found on private property, , in Ancaster, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

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* Spring Falls

Spring Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Spring Falls is a 6 metre high plunge, curtain waterfall found on private property in Waterdown, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Located on a tributary of the Grindstone Creek , in the Waterdown section of Hamilton, north of the end of George Street...

(P)

* Springhill Falls

Springhill Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Springhill Falls is a 5 metre high horsetail ribbon cascade waterfall found on private property, , in Flamborough, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

* Stephanie Falls

Stephanie Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Stephanie Falls is an 8.5 metre high complex classic cascade waterfall fround on private property, , in Ancaster, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

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* Steven’s Falls

Steven’s Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Steven's Falls is an 8 metre complex classic cascade waterfall found in Dundas, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include Bruce Trail, Dundas Valley Conservation Area, Hermitage ruins, Royal Botanical Gardens, Dundurn Castle, Hamilton Farmer's Market, Crooks Hollow Conservation Area,...

* Sydenham Falls

Sydenham Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

* Tallman East Falls

Tallman East Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Tallman East Falls is a 3 metre high plunge classic waterfall found on private property, , in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

(P)

* Tallman West Falls

Tallman West Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Tallman West Falls is a 5 metre high horsetail ribbon waterfall found on CN property in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include the Bruce Trail, Dofasco 2000 Trail, Battlefield House Museum, Devil's Punch Bowl, Devil's Punch Bowl Conservation Area, Erland Lee House...

(P-CN)

* Tews Falls

* 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...

* Upper Beckett Falls

Upper Beckett Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Upper Beckett Falls is a 10 metre high ribbon cascade waterfall found in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include the Bruce Trail, Dundas Valley Conservation Area, Iroquoia Heights Conservation Area, Chedoke Falls, Chedoke Radial Trail, Chedoke Civic Golf Course, Denlow Falls, Canadian...

* Upper Hopkins Cascade

Upper Hopkins Cascade (Hamilton, Ontario)

Upper Hopkins Cascade is a 3.5 metre cascade waterfall found in the Borer’s Falls Conservation Area in Flamborough, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

* Upper Princess Falls

Upper Princess Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Upper Princess Falls is a 6.7 metre high complex, cascade, ribbon waterfall found on the Chedoke Radial Trail in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Many of the falls in west Hamilton are accessible from the Chedoke Radial Trail...

* Upper Quarry Cascade

Quarry Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Quarry Falls is a 6 metre high horsetail ribbon waterfall found on private property in Flamborough, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada...

(P)

* Upper Sanatorium Falls

Upper Sanatorium Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Upper Sanatorium Falls is a 9 metre high complex ribbon cascade waterfall found near the Chedoke Civic Golf Course in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Also known as Sanatorium Falls....

* Upper Shaver Falls

Upper Shaver Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Upper Shaver Falls is a 3 metre high curtain/ cascade waterfall found on private property, , in Ancaster, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

(P)

* Veever’s Falls

Veever’s Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Veever's Falls is a 12 metre high complex ribbon cascade waterfall found on private property, , in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

(P)

* Wall Falls

Wall Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Wall Falls is a 4 metre high complex ribbon cascade waterfall found on CN property in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nearby attractions include the Bruce Trail, Dofasco 2000 Trail, Battlefield House Museum, Devil's Punch Bowl, Devil's Punch Bowl Conservation Area, Erland Lee House...

(P-CN)

* Washboard Falls

Washboard Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Washboard Falls is a 5 metre high classical cascade waterfall found in the Tiffany Falls Conservation Area in Ancaster, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Found 100 metres upstream from Tiffany Falls...

* Webster's Falls

* Weir's Falls

Weir's Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Weir's Falls is a 3.4 metre high overhang ribbon waterfall found on private property, , in Flamborough, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

(P)

* West Iroquoia Falls
West Iroquoia Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)
West Iroquoia Falls is a 22 metre high terraced ribbon waterfall found at the Iroquoia Heights Conservation Area in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

* West of Fifty Lower Falls

West of Fifty Lower Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

West of Fifty Lower Falls is a 5.5 metre high twin classic waterfall found on private property, , in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada...

(P)

* West of Fifty Upper Cascade

West of Fifty Upper Cascade (Hamilton, Ontario)

West of Fifty Upper Cascade is a 9 metre high terraced ribbon cascade waterfall found in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Named after Fifty Road in Stoney Creek....

* West Vinemount Falls

West Vinemount Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Vinemount West Falls is a 9 metre high talus ribbon cascade waterfall found on CN property near the unincorporated settlement of Vinemount in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....

(P-CN)

* Westcliffe Falls

Westcliffe Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Westcliffe Falls is a 15 metre complex ribbon cascade waterfall found in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This waterfall can be seen from Cliffview Park at the top of the stairs leading down to Chedoke Golf Course....

There are 18 waterfalls from this list, (and the expanded list below), that are either 18 metres in height or 18 metres wide. They are the ones designated in bold type.

Expanded waterfall list

There are two primary sources used for the waterfall count in Hamilton. The first is a book put out by the Hamilton Conservation Authority called "Hamilton Waterfalls and Cascades - Research & Inventory Report (Second Edition November 1, 2007)." The second source is a list compiled by the Hamilton Naturalists' Club and can be found at their web site. The book lists 96 and the web site lists 100 waterfalls. When you cross-reference the two you end up getting five extra waterfalls from the book that are not listed at the web site. This then brings the grand total of Hamilton waterfalls up to 105. These extra five waterfalls are listed below:

Note: Both Lower and Middle Quarry Cascades are based in Burlington

Burlington, Ontario

Burlington , is a city located in Halton Region at the western end of Lake Ontario. Burlington is part of the Greater Toronto Area, and is also included in the Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area. Physically, Burlington lies between the north shore of Lake Ontario and the Niagara Escarpment...

right near the Hamilton/ Burlington city boundary line. Their watersource, Grindstone Creek and Upper Quarry Cascade are both based in Hamilton. As well, Lower and Snake Falls are based in Burlington but the property there is owned by the City of Hamilton.

* Lower Quarry Cascade (P)

* Lower Snake Falls

* Middle Quarry Cascade (P)

* Snake Falls

* Vinemount East Falls (P-CN)

Thirty four of these 105 waterfalls lie on private property. 11 are owned by Canadian National Railway

Canadian National Railway

The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. CN's slogan is "North America's Railroad"....

(CN) and 23 are by individual property owners. In some cases waterfalls found on private properties can still be accessed with permission from the owners. With some of the other waterfalls found on private properties they are off limits entirely.

Private properties owned by CN are designated with: (P-CN)
Private properties not owned by CN designated with: (P)

Undiscovered waterfalls

There are actually more waterfalls than is what listed here. There are a lot of areas on the escarpment that are impossible or dangerous to get to which makes the finding and recording even more of a challenge.

External links

Maps

Video clips

Hamilton- The City of Waterfalls (www.myhamilton.ca)

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