Little Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Little Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Infobox Waterfall
name = Little Falls


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caption = Little Falls
location = Hamilton, Ontario
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elevation =
type = Terraced Ribbon Cascade
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width = convert|3|m|ft|abbr=on
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watercourse = Ancaster tributary
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Little Falls is a 7 metre high terraced ribbon cascade waterfall found in Ancaster, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Also known as "Waterfall on Wilson Street."cite web|publisher=(www.hamiltonnature.org/)| title =Hamilton Naturalist's Club: Protecting Nature since 1919| url=http://www.hamiltonnature.org/| accessdate = 2008-08-08]

Nearby attractions include the 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.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, past Ancaster Heights Falls.

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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