Darnley Cascade (Hamilton, Ontario)

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name = Darnley Cascade


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location = Hamilton, Ontario
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watercourse = Spencer Creek
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Darnley Cascade is a 4 metre high cascade waterfall located at Crooks Hollow Conservation Area in Grensville, 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] Featured in many vintage Hamilton waterfall postcards and is called "Stutts Falls" on those postcards.cite web|publisher=(www.hamiltonnature.org)| title =Hamilton Nature- Darnley Cascade| url=http://www.hamiltonnature.org/waterfalls/slideshow/slideshow.htm| accessdate = 2008-07-31]

Darnley Cascade is located in "Crooks Hollow", which has a rich historic past. Many early settlers, namely United Empire Loyalists fleeing the United States at the end of the American Revolution, came to the area and settled along Spencer Creek.cite web|publisher=(www.cityofwaterfalls.ca)| title =Hamilton- Waterfall Capital of the World| url=http://www.cityofwaterfalls.ca/| accessdate = 2008-07-31]

Nearby attractions include Bruce Trail, Dundas Valley Conservation Area, Spencer Gorge / Webster's Falls Conservation Area, Hermitage ruins, Royal Botanical Gardens, Dundurn Castle, Christie Lake Conservation Area, Dundas Historical Society Museum and Carnegie Gallery.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 North (Guelph) exit and travel approximately 3 kilometres to Highway 5 East ("Dundas Street East"). Turn left on Highway 5 East and then turn left onto "Ofield Road South". Turn right onto "Harvester Road", Harvester Road will become "Crooks Hollow Road". Park on the right, past the Spencer Creek bridge, at the Darnley Mill ruins.

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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