Chedoke Falls is 15.5 metre urban ribbon waterfall

Waterfall

A waterfall is a place where flowing water rapidly drops in elevation as it flows over a steep region or a cliff.-Formation:Waterfalls are commonly formed when a river is young. At these times the channel is often narrow and deep. When the river courses over resistant bedrock, erosion happens...

 found atop the Niagara Escarpment

Niagara Escarpment

The Niagara Escarpment is a long escarpment, or cuesta, in the United States and Canada that runs westward from New York State, through Ontario, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois...

 in Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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The watercourse is the Chedoke Creek, an urban creek that runs through the west end of Hamilton and crosses the Bruce Trail

Bruce Trail

The Bruce Trail is a hiking trail in southern and central Ontario, Canada.-General:The trail follows the edge of the Niagara Escarpment, one of the thirteen UNESCO World Biosphere Reserves in Canada, for almost...

 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

Canadian Football Hall of Fame

The Canadian Football Hall of Fame is a not-for-profit corporation, located in Hamilton, Ontario, that celebrates great achievements in Canadian football. It is an open to the public institution. It includes displays about the Canadian Football League, Canadian university football and Canadian...

, Copps Coliseum

Copps Coliseum

Copps Coliseum is a sports and entertainment arena, on the corner of Bay Street North and York Boulevard, in Hamilton, Ontario. Depending on event, the Copps Coliseum has a capacity of up to 19,000.It is named after the former Hamilton mayor, Victor K...

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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.

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

Dundurn Street (Hamilton, Ontario)

Dundurn Street, is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is a two-way street that starts off at Mountain Face Park, Niagara Escarpment in front of the Bruce Trail as a collector road, right behind Hillcrest Avenue and then turns into a four lane thoroughfare from Aberdeen...

near the Chedoke Beddoe Civic Golf Course.

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)