Darnley Cascade (Hamilton, Ontario)
Encyclopedia
Darnley Cascade is a 4 metre high cascade waterfall
located at Crooks Hollow Conservation Area in Greensville
, Hamilton, Ontario
, Canada
. Featured in many vintage Hamilton waterfall postcard
s and is called Stutts Falls on those postcards.
Darnley Cascade is located in Crooks Hollow, which has a rich historic past. Many early settlers, namely United Empire Loyalists
fleeing the United States
at the end of the American Revolution
, came to the area and settled along Spencer Creek.
Nearby attractions include Bruce Trail
, Dundas Valley Conservation Area
, Spencer Gorge / Webster's Falls Conservation Area
, Hermitage ruins, Royal Botanical Gardens, Dundurn Castle
, Christie Lake Conservation Area, Dundas Historical Society Museum and Carnegie Gallery.
take 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 onto Ofield Road South. Turn right onto Harvester Road, Harvester Road will become Crooks Hollow Road. Park on the right, past the Spencer Creek bridge, at the Darnley Mill ruins.
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...
located at Crooks Hollow Conservation Area in Greensville
Greensville, Ontario
Greensville is a community in Flamborough, Hamilton in the Canadian province of Ontario.Hamilton Conservation Authority attractions Webster's Falls and Tew's Falls are in Greensville....
, 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...
. Featured in many vintage Hamilton waterfall postcard
Postcard
A postcard or post card is a rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended for writing and mailing without an envelope....
s and is called Stutts Falls on those postcards.
Darnley Cascade is located in Crooks Hollow, which has a rich historic past. Many early settlers, namely United Empire Loyalists
United Empire Loyalists
The name United Empire Loyalists is an honorific given after the fact to those American Loyalists who resettled in British North America and other British Colonies as an act of fealty to King George III after the British defeat in the American Revolutionary War and prior to the Treaty of Paris...
fleeing the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
at the end of the American Revolution
American Revolution
The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America...
, came to the area and settled along Spencer Creek.
Nearby attractions include 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...
, Dundas Valley Conservation Area
Dundas Valley Conservation Area
Dundas Valley Conservation Area is located on the Niagara Escarpment in Dundas, Ontario, a constituent community of Hamilton, Ontario, and is owned and operated by the Hamilton Conservation Authority. Its 40-kilometre trail system provides a connection to the Bruce Trail...
, Spencer Gorge / Webster's Falls Conservation Area
Spencer Gorge / Webster's Falls Conservation Area
Spencer Gorge/Webster's Falls Conservation Area is located on the Niagara Escarpment in Dundas, Ontario, a constituent community of Hamilton, Ontario, and is owned and operated by the Hamilton Conservation Authority. It is renowned for offering spectacular views of Hamilton and for containing two...
, Hermitage ruins, Royal Botanical Gardens, Dundurn Castle
Dundurn Castle
Dundurn Castle is a historic neoclassical mansion on York Boulevard in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The house took three years and $175,000.00 to build, and was completed in 1835....
, Christie Lake Conservation Area, Dundas Historical Society Museum and Carnegie Gallery.
Directions
From Highway 403Highway 403 (Ontario)
King's Highway 403, also known as Highway 403, is a 400-series highway in the Canadian province of Ontario that travels between Woodstock and Mississauga, branching off from and reuniting with Highway 401 at both ends and travelling south of it through Hamilton and Mississauga. It is concurrent...
take Highway 6 North
Highway 6 (Ontario)
King's Highway 6, also known as Highway 6, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. It crosses a distance of between Port Dover on the north shore of Lake Erie and Espanola on the northern shore of Lake Huron, ending at the Trans-Canada Highway in McKerrow.- Port...
(Guelph
Guelph
Guelph is a city in Ontario, Canada.Guelph may also refer to:* Guelph , consisting of the City of Guelph, Ontario* Guelph , as the above* University of Guelph, in the same city...
) exit and travel approximately 3 kilometres to Highway 5 East
Highway 5 (Ontario)
King's Highway 5, also known as Highway 5 and historically as the Dundas Highway, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The east–west highway travels a distance of between Highway 8 at Peter's Corners, north of Hamilton and Highway 6 at Clappison's Corners...
(Dundas Street East). Turn left on Highway 5 East and then turn left onto Ofield Road South. Turn right onto Harvester Road, Harvester Road will become Crooks Hollow Road. Park on the right, past the Spencer Creek bridge, at the Darnley Mill ruins.
External links
- Hamilton- "The Waterfall Capital of the World" (www.cityofwaterfalls.ca)
- Bruce Trail (www.brucetrail.org)
- Vintage Postcards: Waterfalls in and around Hamilton, Ontario
Maps
- Hamilton Waterfall Map PDF. (http://map.hamilton.ca)
- Map: Hamilton Waterfalls (www.hamiltonnature.org)