Grindstone Cascade (Hamilton, Ontario)

Grindstone Cascade (Hamilton, Ontario)

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name = Grindstone Cascade


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location = Hamilton, Ontario
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type = Complex Curtain Cascade
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watercourse = Grindstone Creek
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Grindstone Cascade is a complex curtain cascade waterfall found Waterdown, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.cite book| title = Hamilton Waterfalls and Cascades: Research & Inventory Report, 2nd Edition| publisher = Hamilton Conservation Authority| date = November 2007] cite web|publisher=(www.hamiltonnature.org/)| title =Hamilton Naturalist's Club: Protecting Nature since 1919| url=http://www.hamiltonnature.org/| accessdate = 2008-08-05]

Nearby attractions include Bruce Trail, Rock Chapel Golf Course, Royal Botanical Gardens and the town of Waterdown.

Directions

From highway 403 take the highway 6 North (Guelph) exit and travel approximately 3 kilometres to 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. Follow the Bruce Trail to the waterfall.

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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