Felker's Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Felker's Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Infobox Waterfall
name = Felker's Falls


image_size =
caption = Felker's Falls
location = Hamilton, Ontario
latitude =
longitude =
coordinates = coord|43.203477|-79.790201
elevation =
type = Ribbon
height = convert|22|m|ft|abbr=on
width = convert|6|m|ft|abbr=on
height_longest =
average_width =
number_drops =
average_flow =
watercourse = Felker's Creek
world_rank =

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.cite web|publisher=(www.cityofwaterfalls.ca)| title =Hamilton- Waterfall Capital of the World| url=http://www.cityofwaterfalls.ca/| accessdate = 2008-07-27] The Bruce Trail passes by the top of the falls and from there you get a clear view of lower Stoney Creek and Lake Ontario.cite web|url=http://www.conservationhamilton.ca/parks/visit/Felkers_falls.asp|title=Hamilton Conservation Authority: Parks & Attractions- Felker's Falls|accessdate=2008-07-27]

Nearby attractions include the "Bruce Trail", Little Davis Falls, Battlefield House Museum. Felker's Falls Conservation Area is a small park that lies between the Devil's Punch Bowl (east) and King's Forest Golf Course and Park (west).cite book| title = Hamilton Waterfalls and Cascades: Research & Inventory Report, 2nd Edition| publisher = Hamilton Conservation Authority| date = November 2007]

Directions

By car, exit the QEW on Centennial Parkway and drive south. Go right onto "Mud Street, and then turn right again at "Paramount Drive. Go right once again onto "Ackland Street", which leads to the parking lot.cite web|publisher=(www.escarpment.org)| title =Travel the Niagara Escarpment: Parks in the City of Hamilton| url=http://www.escarpment.org/Travel/travel_hamilton_parks.htm| accessdate = 2008-07-27]

References

External links

* [http://www.cityofwaterfalls.ca/ Hamilton- "The Waterfall Capital of the World" (www.cityofwaterfalls.ca)]
* [http://www.brucetrail.org Bruce Trail (www.brucetrail.org)]
* [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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