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River

Sixteen Mile Creek

Class

Plunge

Size

Small

Visitability

Good

Accessibility

Admission Collected - $3

Activity

Busy

Walk Time

20min

Trail

Moderate

Gorge Access

Difficult

Other Trails

Lots (Bruce Trail and others)

County

Halton

Take Hwy 401 west to Halton Rd 1 (Guelph Line) and go north. Turn right on to Halton Rd 9 (Campbellville Rd), which is only a few hundred meters north of Hwy 401. Follow this road for a few kilometers and watch for the entrance to the Hilton Falls Conservation Area on the left.

Settlement

Campbellville

NTS Map

30 M/12

Easting

582508

Northing

4817941

UTM Zone

No, I haven't taken up photographing models... The above picture was supplied by Chris Coleman. Thanks Chris! Please visit his web site, listed under the links section below.

The Hilton Falls Conservation Area can be quite busy, as it located right off Canada's busiest highway, within about an hour of greater Toronto. A large parking lot easily holds close to 100 cars, and during summer the place can get quite crowded. Nevertheless, the park's 16 kilometres of walking trails keep the visitors well spread out, so the falls site is by no means a zoo. Keep in mind that the walk to the waterfall is about 20 minutes. While there is a steep, rocky hill right at the beginning of the trail close to the parking area, don't be discouraged - the rest of the trail is relatively flat and well surfaced.

At least three mills are known to have existed at this site. In the photographs, you can see the remnants of one constructed by Edward Hilton in 1835. Sixteen Mile Creek is also known as Oakville Creek. Note that this is a different Sixteen Mile Creek than that located in Niagara (see Louth Falls).

This waterfall is featured in the print version of "Waterfalls of Ontario."

HINT (?): The topographic map shows a gorge shaped feature with a small creek running through it, located on the west side of the main valley, perhaps 700-800 m downstream from Hilton Falls. Could there be another little waterfall here tucked away in the woods? Please let me know if you find anything!