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Street (2nd set of lights) Driving Directions: Brock Road and turn Turn right on Brock Road and turn right onto From Hwy 403 to right at the flashing light Location: Dundas Valley Conservation Area and right again at the flash - Wilson Street. You’ll be Hamilton. Exit at Main Street West and con - onto Harvest Road. Type: Complex Classical Cascade ing light onto Harvest heading down the tinue on Main Street Turn right on Short Rd. Height: 4 metres escarpment. At the first Location: Crooks Hollow Conservation Area, Greensville Road. Access to Tews is West past McMaster Type: Washboard Curtain Cascade and left onto Fallsview Source: Hermitage Creek set of lights, turn left on just off Harvest. University in West Height: 4 metres and follow the signs to Ownership: City of Hamilton Montgomery Drive, Driving Directions: From the 403, take the Rousseaux exit west to Trail Access: Access is Hamilton. Just after Source: Spencer Creek then a quick right onto the parking lot. Ancaster. Follow Rousseaux to Wilson Street (2nd set of lights) and turn you pass University Ownership: Hamilton Conservation Authority from the Dundas section of Trail Access: left onto Wilson. From Wilson Street, turn right onto Sulphur Springs Old Dundas Road. You Plaza, you will make Driving Directions: From the 403, exit onto Highway 6 North. From the . Access from the Road. Turn right again at the stop sign. This is Sulphur Springs Road. will come to a three-way intersection where Old Dundas Road another left to Highway 6, turn left on Highway 5. Turn left on Brock Road and right Dundas section of the Continue downhill into the valley until you see a small sign on your Nearby Attractions: crosses Lions Club Road. The falls are located in the woods to your continue on Main onto Harvest Road. This will turn into Crooks Hollow Road. The con - right for the Hermitage. Park at the first parking lot. The falls are Spencer Gorge/Webster’s Falls Conservation Area (spectacular in the fall), left. Park on Lions Club Road. Street West. Main Street West will become Wilson Street as you servation area and parking will be located on your left. Walk west Bruce Trail Nearby Attractions: located behind the Gatehouse, the small stone building near the Dundas Peak, Crooks Hollow and Christie Lake Conservation Areas, Trail Access: This waterfall is located on private property just steps head towards the Ancaster area. Soon you will begin to ascend a along Crooks Hollow Road to the bridge where the Darnley Mill Ruins entrance. Please ensure you view the falls from only this side of the from the Dundas section of the Bruce Trail. Spencer Gorge, Dundas Peak, historic Crooks Hollow Conservation Carnegie Gallery and downtown Dundas. long climb up the escarpment. About half way up there is a small are visible on the north side of the road. trail, which is public property. Nearby Attractions: Conservation Area, Dundas Valley Trail Access: Access is from the Dundas section of the Bruce Trail, Area, Christie Lake Conservation Area, parking area on your left with a sign identifying "Tiffany Falls Trail Access: This waterfall can be accessed by taking the Dundas Conservation Area, Iroquoia Heights Conservation Area, Hermitage Conservation Area". Park there and follow the footpath that runs Crooks Hollow Historical Trail and ‘Round-the-Lake Trail at Christie downtown Dundas and the Dundas Historical Society Museum. section of the Bruce Trail in the Dundas Valley. It will parallel the Main Logie’s Creek tumbles 41 metres over the escarpment to form Tews Falls, Ruins, Griffin House, Fieldcote Museum and downtown Ancaster. along the south bank of the creek. Lake Conservation Area. Loop Trail and take you right to the Hermitage Ruins. The Main Loop just a few metres less in height than Niagara Falls. Though the flow of Trail Access: Tiffany Falls is located just off the Dundas section of Nearby Attractions: Christie Lake, Spencer Gorge/Webster’s Falls One of the most stunning and easily accessed waterfalls in the Trail can also be accessed from the Hamilton-to Brantford Rail Trail or and Dundas Valley Conservation Areas, downtown Dundas, Dundas from the Dundas Valley Trail Centre. Logie’s is substantially less that the main branch of Spencer Creek, the Located on private property along the Bruce Trail, this is where the Bruce Trail. Hamilton area, Webster’s Falls is created by the main branch of Historical Society Museum and Carnegie Gallery. Nearby Attractions: Griffin House, Dundas Valley Trail Centre, sheer height of the falls is what makes it such a stunning sight. There are Ancaster Creek flows over the . This waterfall, Nearby Attractions: , Iroquoia Heights Conservation Spencer Creek as it flows into the gorge. One of two waterfalls Hamilton Conservation Authority Main Office, Woodend, Fieldcote two platforms just off the Bruce Trail that allow visitors to get a spectacu - fed by springs from its headwaters, has a strong, continuous flow Area, Dundas Valley Conservation Area, Hermitage Ruins and within the Spencer Gorge, it is a beautiful, classical waterfall. With a Griffin House, Fieldcote Museum and downtown Ancaster. The picturesque , at 225 metres above sea level, is at Museum, historic Ancaster Town Hall (built in 1871). lar view of the falls and gorge below. Side trails in the area also offer throughout most of the year. This lovely waterfall, also known as crest of 30 metres (79 feet), it is also the largest in the region. The Fairy Falls or Angel Falls, has two cascading drops with a wide flat the highest elevation of any waterfall in the Hamilton area. access to Dundas Peak and the historical Crooks Hollow Conservation main falls has two overhanging drops with a short break in between. At only 4-metres this diminutive hidden treasure is one of the ledge that divides the upper and lower falls. Although it is located This waterfall, made up of an Upper and Lower Falls, is surrounded Area. Darnley Cascade is located in Crooks Hollow, founded by James A second smaller 30-foot ribbon waterfall, known as Baby Webster’s smaller waterfalls in the area, but still worth the trip to see, especially in just off of the intersection of Lions Club Road and Old Dundas Road by typical Bruce Trail terrain: rocks to step over and steep ascents. the spring thaw, or after a heavy rain. To find the waterfall, park in the Crooks, a Scottish immigrant who came to the area in 1805. The Falls, is located to your right as you descend the staircase to the and is fairly large in size, many people pass by this hidden treasure At the Lower Falls, a cascade waterfall, Tiffany Creek tumbles 21 first parking lot at the Gatehouse (before the Hermitage Ruins) and metres from a broad valley above the escarpment into a V-shaped Hollow had its industrial beginnings in 1801, when Jonathan Morden bottom of the main falls. Most of the present gorge at Spencer Gorge/Webster’s Falls was carved without ever knowing of its existence. built a sawmill on Spencer Creek. James Crooks built the area’s first walk back toward the entranceway. The waterfall is located east of the ravine below. It is an imposing sight, towering above visitors and driveway. If you have the time, take a few minutes to follow the Main out by the predecessor to Spencer Creek about 10,000 years ago when gristmill, completed in 1813, and named it after his hero, Lord Darnley. surrounded by dolostone cliffs on either side. The Upper Tiffany The Webster family purchased the waterfalls and surrounding land Loop Trail to view the Hermitage Ruins. the creek’s water volume was much greater The waterfall is named after the Sherman family, who had a farm in By 1829, this area contained the Darnley gristmill, a woollen mill, tan - that area. The Shermans are well known in the Hamilton area, as Falls at 6.4 metres is a much smaller classical waterfall, which has in 1819. Their manor still stands on Webster’s Falls Road, accessible and stream erosion consequently much more nery, a distillery, linseed oil mill, cooperage, a general store, clothing Clifton Sherman founded Inc. in 1912. He was joined later also been called Washboard Falls. Tiffany Falls was named after only by foot from this area. Family gravestones have been preserved Back in 1855, George Gordon Browne Leith bought the Hermitage prop - active. The various rock layers embedding the the area’s first doctor, Dr. Oliver Tiffany. factory, foundry, paper mill, agricultural implement factory, log cabins erty in the Dundas Valley. As a second son of a Scottish baronet, he by his brother Frank A. for workers and an inn. The cascade was named after the Darnley in a small area just off the Bruce Trail by the edge of the woods as could not inherit either his father’s fortune or his title, so he moved to escarpment can be seen in the walls of the Sherman. His son (and Clifton’s The footpath from the Wilson Street parking Mill, which was gutted by fire in 1934, leaving only the ruins. you head towards Tews Falls. This area also offers picnic and Canada to start a new life. Only ruins exist today, but it takes little imagi - gorge. These layers are deposits of mud, silt, nephew), Frank H. Sherman, lot crosses Tiffany Creek in two locations. washroom facilities. The cobblestone bridge crossing Spencer Creek nation to consider what they must have looked like in their and muck from the floors of primeval seas that joined Dofasco in 1939 and As you look upstream from Crooks Hollow Road, with the mill to your The footpath is steep and quite rocky, so was built in 1936. Over time, the bridge fell into disrepair and was heyday. The ground floor of the main house had a drawing room, served as an officer, director, left, you will be able to see the cascade, signs of the former James covered portions of this continent. Fossilized hiking boots are recommended. During wet slated for demolition. The Greensville Optimists raised the library, dining room and a huge entrance hall; all furnished in stately chairman, and honorary Crooks dam and the mill race. In the background is the present-day opulence with oil paintings, fine carpets and polished fixtures. remains of various aquatic plants and animals weather the slopes of the trail can be slippery, necessary funds and held a Canada Day Celebration to reopen the chairman from 1949 until his Christie Dam and Reservoir. Regrettably, The Hermitage burned almost completely in October 1934, can be found in rocks in the area. so visitors should avoid using the trail when bridge to the public July 1st, 2000. leaving the Ruins and Gatehouse that stand today. death in 1994. conditions are inclement.

Location: Borer’s Location: Directly Location: Felker’s Falls Location: Devil’s Falls Conservation below Oak Knoll Park Conservation Area, Punchbowl Area, Dundas (adjacent to King’s Stoney Creek Conservation Area, Type: Plunge Ribbon Forest Park), Mountain Type: Terraced Ribbon Stoney Creek Height: 15 metres Brow Boulevard, Height: 22 metres Type: Overhang Hamilton Source: Borer’s Source: Red Hill Creek Ribbon Type: Terraced Ribbon Creek Ownership: Hamilton Height: 23 metres Height: 37 metres Conservation Authority Ownership: Source: Red Hill Source: Stoney Hamilton Creek Driving Directions: Exit Creek Conservation Ownership: City of the QEW on Centennial Ownership: Authority below Hamilton Parkway and go south. Hamilton escarpment, Royal Driving Directions: You will be heading up Conservation Botanical Gardens Follow the the escarpment. Turn Authority above escarpment directions to its exit on right onto Mud St, and Parking: Available Driving Directions: Mud Street/Mountain then turn right again at at the Devil’s For access to top - Brow Boulevard. Paramount Dr. From Punchbowl Take QEW west to Continue along Location: Southernmost tip of Upper King’s Forest Park, Hamilton Paramount Drive, turn Conservation Area. Hwy 403. Follow Hwy Mountain Brow Type: Complex Classical Cascade right onto Ackland Driving Directions: Boulevard. Oak Knoll 403 to Hwy 6 and go Location: Just off Mill Street in Waterdown Height: 19 metres Street, follow the street From the QEW, exit Park is located just north. Turn left onto Source: Red Hill Creek around the curve and onto Centennial Type: Terraced Ribbon past Limeridge Road Ownership: City of Hamilton Hwy 5 (Dundas you will find the Parkway South. Height: 10 metres East on the right. Driving Directions: From the Lincoln Alexander Parkway, exit on Street) and then turn parking lot. The water - Head up the Source: Grindstone Creek Dartnall Road. Head south on Dartnall Road and left onto left onto Rock Chapel Road. Stay on this road for a few kilome - fall is located across the field, behind the wooden fence. escarpment until Ownership: City of Hamilton Nearby Attractions: Stonechurch Road East. Turn left onto Pritchard Road, then turn left tres. It will take a sharp left turn and you will be able to see the Trail Access: Access is from the Stoney Creek section of the Bruce you reach Green Mountain Road. Turn left onto Green Driving Directions: Take Hwy 403 towards Toronto and exit on Highway Escarpment Rail Trail, Felker’s Falls, , Albion again onto Mud Street. There are two parking lots for Albion Falls creek on your left. The parking lot for Rock Chapel will be on Falls, scenic views of Hamilton, King’s Forest Golf Course and Park, Trail. Mountain Road and left again at First Road East. Follow the 6 North. Exit on Highway 5, also known as Dundas Street East. You will located on either side of Mud Street where it meets Mountain Brow your left in a few hundred metres. For access to base - Take QEW Gage Park and Hamilton Children’s Museum. Boulevard. Nearby Attractions: Devil’s Punchbowl and Mount Albion signs to the Devil’s Punchbowl. west to Hwy 403. Follow Hwy 403 to Hwy 6 and go north. Turn be heading east on Dundas Street East. When you come to Mill Street, Trail Access: This area can be accessed by at least three different Conservation Areas, Albion Falls, Battlefield House Museum. Trail Access: Access is from the Stoney Creek section of the left onto York Road. Watch for "Conservation Area" signs. Parking turn right. Follow Mill Street downhill and under the railway overpass. The flow of water over the falls for much of the year is either major trails; the Escarpment Rail Trail, the Red Hill Valley Trail and the Bruce Trail and the Dofasco 2000 Trail. for Borer’s Falls Conservation Area will be on your right. There is a park called Smokey Hollow Park on the right. The falls is a non-existent or a trickle, so it is best viewed during spring thaw or Albion Side Trail of the Bruce Trail. Felker’s Falls is a 22-metre ribbon waterfall located in the Felker’s Nearby Attractions: Battlefield House Museum, Nash Jackson Trail Access: Access is from the Dundas section of the Bruce Trail very short walk from the parking lot. after a heavy rainfall. Located near Albion Falls by Oak Knoll Park, Nearby Attractions: Devil’s Punchbowl and Felker’s Falls Falls Conservation Area, a beautiful spot steps away from an urban House, Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology, Fifty Point Buttermilk Falls is just a short walk away. From Oak Knolls Park, Nearby Attractions: Spencer Gorge/Webster’s Falls Trail Access: This waterfall is just off the Waterdown section of the Conservation Areas, Confederation Park , Mohawk Sports Park, environment. Since the waterfall is located in a subdivision, visitors Conservation Area and Confederation Park. Conservation Area, the Royal Botanical Gardens and Nature visitors can view the Buttermilk Falls Gorge. Buttermilk Falls is a Bruce Trail as it runs from Highway 6 to Waterdown Road. Buttermilk Falls, scenic views of lower Hamilton, King’s Forest Golf must observe care and respect for private property. This escarpment Centre, Rock Chapel Sanctuary narrow waterfall entering a deep gorge. Visitors to the falls are Course and Park, Gage Park and Hamilton Children’s Museum. area is forested and features trails, scenic vantage points and the This waterfall area contains two separate falls, Upper and Nearby Attractions: Royal Botanical Gardens, Borer’s Falls also offered a beautiful view of the Red Hill Valley. They can also Peter Street Trail, a wheelchair accessible loop trail which travels Lower. The Lower Falls is a 6 metre classical waterfall, and the access the bottom of the falls from side paths of the Red Hill This 15-metre curtain waterfall can be accessed from both the Conservation Area, downtown Waterdown Once seriously considered as a possible source of Hamilton’s water through the conservation area. Valley Trail. main Upper Falls is a 37 metre ribbon waterfall. The Devil’s Hamilton Conservation Authority’s Borer’s Falls Conservation supply, Albion Falls is a stunning, 19-metre cascade waterfall with a Punchbowl is one of the Niagara Escarpment’s most amazing Great Falls is the last in the series of waterfalls in the northern part of crest of 10 metres located at the southernmost tip of King's Forest Park. Area (base of the falls) and the Royal Botanical Garden’s Rock Looking out over the valley, one can only imagine what the flow of Felker’s, like many escarpment river channels, has an upper and sights, created at the end of the last ice age by huge meltwater Rocks from the area were used in the Royal Botanical Garden's rock Chapel Sanctuary (top of the falls). This waterfall powered the the escarpment in the City of Hamilton as it tapers back from the water once must have been to carve out the large gorge. The orig - lower gorge. The upper gorge eroded to rapids while the lower gorge rivers that plunged over the Stoney Creek Escarpment, thus Rock Chapel village sawmill, run by the Borer family, for more Flamborough Head. This waterfall is also known as Smokey Hollow inal gorge was garden. A wonderful, distant view of the falls can be seen from the developed a waterfall due to its composition of a layer of hard carving the Punchbowl and gorge. From the bottom of the falls, parking lot off Mud Street. The trail from Mud Street to the bottom of than 100 years. Land clearing in the area eventually altered the Falls and Grindstone Falls. The area known as Smokey Hollow is a for - carved by glacial limestone over softer rock. These layers are repeated near the base you can see the many different coloured rock layers of the the falls can be quite difficult, so take care. creek’s flow to such a degree that it could no longer provide suffi - mer industrial area where Grindstone Creek once powered several meltwaters around of the falls, creating another small waterfall. Escarpment. The Punchbowl is the only area where you can cient energy, so the family switched to steam to power the mill. mills, including a sawmill that was built at the base of Great Falls. As late 10,000 years ago view such a large vertical display of Ordovician and Silurian and over the years, Once known as Albion Mills or the Village of Mount Albion, the as 1890, this area still supported two mills, nine outbuildings, three original owner of the property was William Davis, a plantation owner stratified rock. Some of the layers include Borer’s Falls Conservation Area features informal trails and a the stream was houses and fourteen other buildings. who sided with the British in the American Revolution. He lost Queenston Formation red shale, Cabot Head wide variety of plants and animals, including large stands of reduced to a thin grey shale, limestone and shale dolomite. ribbon of water. everything and fled North Carolina in 1792. He was granted the lilacs. The Borer’s Creek bridge offers a stunning view of the waterfall and surrounding 500 acres (202 hectares) and, by the year By 1912, due to the reduction of the water level in Grindstone Creek, Settlement in the gorge. 1800, had established Albion Mills as a thriving business. This area There is a spectacular view of Stoney Creek and the inherent danger of the steam engines used to maximize water - area has further reduced the water once housed a gristmill, saw mill, three hotels, a general store and a and from the lookout, not to power, the mills had all closed down. In 1994, the area was rehabilitat - flow to an blacksmith shop. A millstone has been preserved in King's Forest Park, mention the view down into the seemingly ed by the Town of Waterdown and turned into a beautiful city park. intermittent stream. not far from its original location. bottomless gorge.