Great Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)
- Great Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)
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name = Great Falls
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caption = Great Falls
location = Hamilton, Ontario
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type = Ribbon
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watercourse = Grindstone Creek
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Great Falls is a 10 metre high ribbon waterfall located in Waterdown, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.[cite web|publisher=(www.cityofwaterfalls.ca)| title =Hamilton- Waterfall Capital of the World| url=http://www.cityofwaterfalls.ca/| accessdate = 2008-07-31] Its a very picturesque waterfall featured many times on Hamilton waterfall postcards. Can see the waterfall from the Bruce Trail.][cite web|publisher=(www.hamiltonnature.org/)| title =Hamilton Naturalist's Club: Hamilton- The City of Waterfalls| url=http://www.hamiltonnature.org/localspecies/waterfalls_intro.htm| accessdate = 2008-07-31] ]Nearby attractions include Rock Chapel Golf Course, Borer's Falls, Borer's Falls Conservation Area and the Royal Botanical Gardens.[cite book| title = Hamilton Waterfalls and Cascades: Research & Inventory Report, 2nd Edition| publisher = Hamilton Conservation Authority| date = November 2007] ]Directions
From Highway 403 take Highway 6 (Guelph) exit and travel approximately 3 kilometres to Highway 5 East ("Dundas Street East"). Turn right on Highway 5 East and then turn right onto "Mill Street" before the railway tracks. After the overhead railway bridge the "Smokey Hollow Resource Management Area" parking lot will be on the right. This waterfall is next to the parking lot.
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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