Grand Cascade (Hamilton, Ontario)
- Grand Cascade (Hamilton, Ontario)
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name = Grand Cascade
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caption = Grand Cascade
location = Hamilton, Ontario
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type = Talus Ribbon Cascade
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watercourse = Fifty Creek tributary
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Grand Cascade is a 4 metre high talus ribbon cascade waterfall found on private property (with permission to access) in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.[cite web|publisher=(www.hamiltonnature.org/)| title =Hamilton Naturalist's Club: Protecting Nature since 1919| url=http://www.hamiltonnature.org/| accessdate = 2008-08-07] ]Nearby attractions include the Bruce Trail, Puddicombe Farms, Dofasco 2000 Trail, Battlefield House Museum, Devil's Punch Bowl, Devil's Punch Bowl Conservation Area, Erland Lee House Museum.[cite book| title = Hamilton Waterfalls and Cascades: Research & Inventory Report, 2nd Edition| publisher = Hamilton Conservation Authority| date = November 2007] ]Directions
From QEW take the "Fifty Road" exit and follow this road south up the Escarpment. Park on the right side of the road at the top of the hill. Follow Fifty Road back down the escarpment until you reach the Bruce Trail. Head west on the Bruce Trail until you reach the waterfall on the south side of the trail.
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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