Ancaster Heights Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Ancaster Heights Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Infobox Waterfall
name = Ancaster Heights Falls


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caption = Ancaster Heights Falls
location = Hamilton, Ontario
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type = Terraced Ribbon Cascade
height = convert|13.4|m|ft|abbr=on
width = convert|1.8|m|ft|abbr=on
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watercourse = Tiffany tributary
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Ancaster Heights Falls is a 13.4 metre high terraced ribbon cascade waterfall found in the Tiffany Falls Conservation Area in Ancaster, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.cite web|publisher=(www.hamiltonnature.org/)| title =Hamilton Naturalist's Club: Protecting Nature since 1919| url=http://www.hamiltonnature.org/| accessdate = 2008-08-06]

Nearby attractions include Bruce Trail, Dundas Valley Conservation Area, Hermitage ruins, Griffin House, Fieldcote Memorial Park & Museum, Royal Botanical Gardens, Dundurn Castle, Crooks Hollow Conservation Area, Christie Lake Conservation Area, Tiffany Falls, Tiffany Falls Conservation Area, Iroquois Heights Conservation Area.cite book| title = Hamilton Waterfalls and Cascades: Research & Inventory Report, 2nd Edition| publisher = Hamilton Conservation Authority| date = November 2007]

Directions

From Highway 403 take the Lincoln Alexander Parkway exit and keep to the right to merge onto "Rousseaux Street". At the "T" intersection turn right onto Wilson Street East. Park at Tiffany Falls Conservation Area and walk back up Wilson Street East to the waterfall. The crest of this waterfall originates at the intersection of "Montgomery Drive" and "Haig Road."

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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