Upper Hopkins Cascade (Hamilton, Ontario)

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name = Upper Hopkins Cascade


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caption = Upper Hopkins Cascade
location = Hamilton, Ontario
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type = Cascade
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watercourse = Borer's Creek (sometimes called Hopkin's Creek)
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Upper Hopkins Cascade is a 3.5 metre cascade waterfall found in the "Borer’s Falls Conservation Area" in Flamborough, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.cite web|publisher=(www.cityofwaterfalls.ca)| title =Hamilton- Waterfall Capital of the World| url=http://www.cityofwaterfalls.ca/| accessdate = 2008-08-15]

Nearby attractions include Rock Chapel Golf Course, Smokey Hollow Resource Management Area, Spencer Gorge / Webster's Falls Conservation Area, Borer's Falls, Little Rock Chapel Falls, Royal Botanical Gardens, Dundurn Castle.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 Highway 6 North (Guelph) exit and travel approximately 3 kilometres to Highway 5 East ("Dundas Street East"). Turn left on Highway 5 East and then turn left again on "Valley Road". Park on the widened shoulder at the Bruce Trail head south of "Patterson Road". Follow the Bruce Trail to the second ravine. The waterfall can be viewed from the Bruce Trail.

Just a few metres south of Lower Hopkins Cascade.

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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