Sunset Falls is the final of the three 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 on the South Fork Skykomish River

Skykomish River

The Skykomish River is a Washington river which drains the west side of the Cascade Mountains in the southeast section of Snohomish County and the northeast corner of King County. The river starts with the confluence of the North Fork Skykomish River and South Fork Skykomish River approximately one...

. The falls drop 104 feet (31.7 m) in a long, narrow, powerful chute. The river is thought to attain speeds of 60 kilometres (37.3 mi) an hour and the chute is nearly 300 feet (91.4 m) long. In high water, because of several potholes in the falls, water can sometimes shoot out as much as 30 feet.

Al Faussett Feat

On May 30, 1926, daredevil stunt performer

Stunt performer

A stuntman, or daredevil is someone who performs dangerous stunts, often as a career.These stunts are sometimes rigged so that they look dangerous while still having safety mechanisms, but often they are as dangerous as they appear to be...

 Al Faussett ran the falls in a canoe with dozens of people watching from the rocks beside the falls. He escaped with only brief and minor inner pains. He later went on to run Eagle Falls as well.