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River

Boyne River

Class

Plunge

Size

Small

Visitability

Average

Accessibility

Free

Activity

Quiet

Walk Time

3min

Trail

Moderate

Gorge Access

Difficult

Other Trails

Some

County

Grey

From Owen Sound, go south on Hwy 6 and turn left on to Hwy 10 at Chatsworth. Follow the road for about 36 km and then turn left at Grey Rd No. 4 at Flesherton. Follow the road for 1.6 km and turn left on East Back Line. Turn right on the first road and drive for about 1km. Watch for some yellow metal gates on the left. There are two sets of gates, about 100-200 m apart. There is very limited parking here (maybe 2 cars at each gate), and there are few good places to park on the road. Follow the path from the yellow gates for just a few minute to the falls.

Settlement

Flesherton

NTS Map

41 A/7

Easting

536539

Northing

4904036

UTM Zone

Shhh! Hoggs Falls is a secret neighbour of Eugenia Falls. It is much smaller, undeveloped, beautiful, yet still remarkably easy to access. The waterfall is classified as a plunge waterfall, but unlike most plunge falls, there is no obvious weaker base rock. Usually plunge waterfalls have a hard rock layer overtop of a weaker rock, like shale. The face of this waterfall consists of similar rock from top to bottom. As a result, you don't see large blocks of dolostone littering the base of the falls like at so many other falls along the Niagara Escarpment.

The concrete foundations of a structure are found about 50 m upstream of the falls. I don't know the history of this structure, but suspect that, as usual, it was some failed industrial attempt from the late 19th or early 20th century. The falls are named after William Hogg, of the same family after which Hogg's Hollow in mid-town Toronto is named.

Judging by some of the photographs that I've seen, there is obviously a way to the base of the falls. Try to find a weakly worn path leading towards the river from the section of the main path that is just downstream of the falls. Be careful here in winter, as it can be slippery!

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