Progreston Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

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name = Progreston Falls


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caption = Progreston Falls
location = Hamilton, Ontario
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type = Curtain
height = convert|6.7|m|ft|abbr=on
width = convert|16.5|m|ft|abbr=on
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watercourse = Bronte Creek
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Progreston Falls is a 6.7 metre high and 16.5 metre wide terraced curtain waterfall found on private property, (private with permission to access), in Carlisle, 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] cite web|publisher=(www.hamiltonnature.org)| title =Hamilton Nature- Progreston Falls| url=http://www.hamiltonnature.org/waterfalls/slideshow/slideshow.htm| accessdate = 2008-07-31]

Progreston was once a manufacturing centre on account of the available water power. The community of Progreston deteriorated rapidly as the twentieth century progressed, and by the 1950s was reduced to a handful of residents.

Directions

No trail currently in place and no potential for new trail.

From Highway 403 take the Highway 6 North (Guelph) exit and travel approximately 13 kilometres to "Carlisle Road". Turn right on Carlisle Road and then turn right onto "Progreston Road". The waterfall is beneath the overhead railway bridge.cite book| title = Hamilton Waterfalls and Cascades: Research & Inventory Report, 2nd Edition| publisher = Hamilton Conservation Authority| date = November 2007]

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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