Lower Fruitland Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Lower Fruitland Falls (Hamilton, Ontario)

Infobox Waterfall
name = Lower Fruitland Falls


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caption = Lower Fruitland Falls
location = Hamilton, Ontario
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type = Talus Ribbon Cascade
height = convert|4.9|m|ft|abbr=on
width = convert|2.4|m|ft|abbr=on
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watercourse = Unknown Creek
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Lower Fruitland Falls is a 4.9 metre high talus ribbon cascade waterfall found on CN property 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 = 2008-08-13] Named after the road that lies just north of it, "Fruitland Road."

Nearby attractions include the Bruce Trail, 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

Inaccessible without permission from owner. Must hike off the Bruce Trail trail to see waterfall. Just north of Fruitland 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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