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River

Crowe River

Class

Cascade

Size

Small

Visitability

Average

Accessibility

Free

Activity

Quiet

Walk Time

2min

Trail

Easy

Gorge Access

Moderate

Other Trails

few

County

Hastings

Follow the directions to Upper Cordova Falls. As you drive along Fire Route 18, watch for a gravel lane leading into the woods on the left side. The laneway very quickly opens up into the clearing in the woods that leads down to the rivers edge.

Settlement

Cordova Mines

NTS Map

31 C/12

Easting

276091

Northing

4937360

UTM Zone

What a perfect spot for a picnic! Located just off the road to the upper and middle Cordova Falls, this spot is easily missed if you aren't careful. As a special surprise, there are actually three water falls at the site. A small island separates two waterfalls on separate branches of the river. The third falls is about 50 metres behind the eastern falls. A clearing in the forest gives the site a park-like feeling, complete with bare rock ridges shaded by large white pines.

None of the three waterfalls is very spectacular on its own, yet together they make the site quite peaceful and relaxing. The Crowe River widens to a small pond below the falls, before continuing south and separating once again into two different channels.

George Fischer's beautiful photograph of Cordova Falls in the print version of "Waterfalls of Ontario" shows the lower Cordova Falls.