Chedoke Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

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name = Chedoke Falls


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caption = Chedoke Falls
location = Hamilton, Ontario
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type = Ribbon
height = convert|15.5|m|ft|abbr=on
width = convert|2|m|ft|abbr=on
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watercourse = Chedoke Creek
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Chedoke Falls is 15.5 metre urban ribbon waterfall found atop the Niagara Escarpment in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.cite web|url=http://www.cityofwaterfalls.ca/waterfall_types.html|title=Hamilton- City of Waterfalls (Ecklund Marketing Group)|accessdate=2008-06-19] cite web|url=http://www.gowaterfalling.com/waterfalls/chedoke.shtml|title=Great Lakes Waterfalls & Beyond- Chedoke Falls|accessdate=2008-06-19]

The watercourse is the Chedoke Creek, an urban creek that runs through the west end of Hamilton and crosses the Bruce Trail and the "Radial Trail". Denlow Falls can be found nearby just east of Chedoke Falls.

Nearby attractions include the Bruce Trail, Canadian Football Hall of Fame Museum, Copps Coliseum.cite book| title = Hamilton Waterfalls and Cascades: Research & Inventory Report, 2nd Edition| publisher = Hamilton Conservation Authority| date = November 2007]

"Lower Chedoke Falls" is an irregular curtain waterfall found a few hundred metres north of the main Chedoke Falls. It is 16-metres in height and 31-metres wide.cite web|url=http://www.start.ca/users/mharris/waterfalls/chedoke-falls--lower-.html|title=Waterfalls of Ontario.ca- Lower Chedoke Falls|accessdate=2008-06-19]

Directions

Access to these waterfalls are not easy. Best view of it would be to bring good pair of hiking boots and travel by foot. Above the falls is a residential area. Below the gorge is a golf course. You get a limited view of the falls from "Scenic Drive." Chedoke Falls can be accessed via the "Chedoke Radial Trail" which can be accessed via Dundurn Street South near the Chedoke Beddoe Civic Golf Course.cite web|url=http://www.gowaterfalling.com/waterfalls/chedoke.shtml|title=Great Lakes Waterfalls & Beyond- Chedoke Falls|accessdate=2008-06-19]

References

External links

* [http://www.brucetrail.org Bruce Trail (www.brucetrail.org)]
* [http://www.cityofwaterfalls.ca/ Hamilton- "The Waterfall Capital of the World" (www.cityofwaterfalls.ca)]
* [http://www.hamiltonpostcards.com/pages/waterfalls.html Vintage Postcards: Waterfalls in and around Hamilton, Ontario]

Maps

* [http://map.hamilton.ca/Static/PDFs/General%20Interest%20maps/Overall%20City/WaterfallMap.pdf Hamilton Waterfall Map PDF. (http://map.hamilton.ca)]
* [http://www.hamiltonnature.org/waterfalls/waterfalls.html
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