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The falls and park are located on the opposite side of the river from Highway 5, forcing most visitors to settle for views of the falls from across the river. However, passengers on Via Rail trains (most notably The Canadian) are able to get a close-up view of the falls as the train track run past the falls. The approach to the falls is ...
Waterfall Image Discharge Province Coordinates m 3 /s ft 3 /s ; Niagara Falls: 2,407 85,000: Ontario / New York (: Vermilion Falls: 1,812 64,000: Alberta: Limestone ...
Vermilion Falls (French: chutes Vermilion; Cree: nepegabeketik, lit. 'where the water falls') is a waterfall on the Peace River in Alberta, Canada. It is the second largest waterfall in Canada by average flow rate after the Niagara Falls, and the largest entirely within the country. [1] It is also the 6th widest waterfall in the world. [2]
Similkameen Falls actually resembles a major series of rapids more than a waterfall. Over a stretch of about 0.2 km, the river drops about 25 feet at the bottom of a canyon. Huge walls of igneous rock, some about 250 feet high, rise above the falls on both sides. The first drop of the falls is a small but powerful 5-foot-tall (1.5 m) chute.
The park covers an area of 87 hectares (210 acres). The main point of interest is Shannon Falls, the third highest waterfall in BC, where water falls from a height of 335 meters (1,099 ft). [3] [4] The falls are named after a William Shannon who first settled the property in 1889 [5] and made bricks in the area.
The falls are located by the stone bridge, [5] which crosses the Pollett River. [6] The falls are surrounded by cliffs measuring 10–20 meters (33–66 ft), [3] making it a popular destination for swimming and cliff jumping. The area has been subject to major safety concerns by locals due to the amount of incidents and accidents resulting in ...
Both reaches are about 20 km (12 mi) in length. The flanks of the fjord and the valley of the Skwawka River, which feeds the head of the inlet, are the site of two of Canada's highest waterfalls, James Bruce Falls 840 metres (2,760 ft) and Alfred Creek Falls at 700 m (2,300 ft).
Kattimannap Qurlua, formerly Wilberforce Falls, [1] is an almost 60 m (200 ft) tall waterfall located in the Wilberforce Gorge of the Hood River in Nunavut, Canada. The falls are one of the few major waterfalls in the North America mainland north of the Arctic Circle .