Borer's Falls
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Borer's Falls is a 15-metre-high (49 ft) ribbon-style waterfall found along the trails of Royal Botanical Gardens Rock Chapel trail system in Dundas, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. A road side walk along the gorge from the parking lot is required to reach it. Its source is Borer's Creek. A very picturesque waterfall featured on many Hamilton waterfall postcards over the years. Named after the Borer family who ran a sawmill for over a century. This mill was the lifeblood of the village of Rock Chapel. Also known as Rock Chapel Falls. The area is a hiker's haven and also an ice-climbing destination in the winter when the weather is cold enough to freeze the Falls.
Nearby attractions include the Bruce Trail, Cootes Paradise, Borer's Falls, Borer's Falls Conservation Area, the Spencer Gorge / Webster's Falls Conservation Area, Rock Chapel Sanctuary and Royal Botanical Gardens, who own the lands around the falls. There are also many other waterfalls in the area.
Lower Borer's Falls is a complex curtain/ cascade waterfall, 3 metres in height and 5 metres wide and hidden in the environmental protection area of the gorge and not intended for access but can be heard from the escarpment edge rim trail above.
Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.