Chedoke Falls
| Chedoke Falls | |
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 Chedoke Falls | |
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| Location | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Coordinates | 43°14′30″N 79°54′02″W / 43.241576°N 79.900475°W |
| Type | Ribbon |
| Total height | 15.5 m (51 ft) |
| Total width | 2 m (6.6 ft) |
| Watercourse | Chedoke Creek |
Chedoke Falls is 15.5 metre urban ribbon waterfall found atop the Niagara Escarpment in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.[1][2]
The watercourse is the Chedoke Creek, an urban creek that runs through the west end of Hamilton and crosses the Bruce Trail and the Radial Trail. Denlow Falls can be found nearby just east of Chedoke Falls.
Nearby attractions include the Bruce Trail, Canadian Football Hall of Fame Museum, Copps Coliseum.[3]
Lower Chedoke Falls is an irregular curtain waterfall found a few hundred metres north of the main Chedoke Falls. It is 16-metres in height and 31-metres wide.[4]
Directions
Access to these waterfalls are not easy. Best view of it would be to bring good pair of hiking boots and travel by foot. Above the falls is a residential area. Below the gorge is a golf course. You get a limited view of the falls from Scenic Drive. Chedoke Falls can be accessed via the Chedoke Radial Trail which can be accessed via Dundurn Street South near the Chedoke Beddoe Civic Golf Course.[2]
References
- ^ "Hamilton- City of Waterfalls (Ecklund Marketing Group)". Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ a b "Great Lakes Waterfalls & Beyond- Chedoke Falls". Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ Hamilton Waterfalls and Cascades: Research & Inventory Report, 2nd Edition. Hamilton Conservation Authority. November 2007.
- ^ "Waterfalls of Ontario.ca- Lower Chedoke Falls". Retrieved 2008-06-19.
External links
- Bruce Trail (www.brucetrail.org)
- Hamilton- "The Waterfall Capital of the World" (www.cityofwaterfalls.ca)
- Vintage Postcards: Waterfalls in and around Hamilton, Ontario
Maps
- Hamilton Waterfall Map PDF. (http://map.hamilton.ca)
- Map: Hamilton Waterfalls (www.hamiltonnature.org)
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