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River

Muskoka, North Branch

Class

Cascade

Size

Medium

Visitability

Mediocre

Accessibility

Free

Activity

Urban setting

Walk Time

5min

Trail

Moderate

Gorge Access

Moderate

Other Trails

Many

County

Muskoka

Take Hwy 11 to Taylor Road (Muskoka Rd 42), and go west (left). Follow Muskoka Rd 42 into Bracebridge and turn left on to Cedar lane, and then turn right on Entrance Drive. Follow Entrance drive for just over 0.5 km and watch for the municipal parking lot on the left side of the road, just before the road turns sharply to the left at the bottom of the hill. Park in the lot and follow the walking trail into the forest.

Stay to the left to reach Bracebridge Falls, or go right to reach Upper Bracebridge Falls.

Settlement

Bracebridge

NTS Map

31E/3

Easting

633280

Northing

4988942

UTM Zone

This is another example of how to ruin a pleasant waterfall: cover it by a big concrete bridge and surround it by townscape. Only a few minutes walk upstream along the trail from the main Bracebridge Falls, the waterfall is worth a quick visit, although don't expect to make beautiful landscape photography here.

A small building to the left of the falls houses a hydroelectric plant, built in 1902. It replaced the first hydro station built for a small municipality in Ontario, which was located beside Upper Bracebridge Falls and built in 1894.