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River

Vermilion River

Class

Cascade

Size

Medium

Visitability

Poor

Accessibility

Private

Activity

Quiet

Walk Time

2min

Trail

Moderate

Gorge Access

Danger!

Other Trails

few

County

Sudbury

From Sudbury, drive west on Hwy 17 for about 40 km to Lorne Falls Rd. Turn left and keep left until you reach a dead end at a chain link fence, with a bay of water to your right. Walk along the shore to the right, around the fenced area to a rocky point (also a Canoe portage spot) for a distant view of the falls.

Settlement

Nairn

NTS Map

41J/1

Easting

459949

Northing

5129412

UTM Zone

This is a medium-sized waterfall that you can see, but not visit. Unfortunately, the waterfall is associated with the Wabagishik Generating Station that supplies power to INCO in Sudbury Access (at least from land) is blocked by a chain link fence. You are able to see the falls from a distance from two locations. The first is from a rocky point about 100 m away, from which I took the above photograph. The second is from a road on the south side of the bay. The view here is no better, although you can see the falls from head on.

I don't recommend any visit this falls, unless you have a canoe, which would give you access to the base of the falls. The land around the falls may be private property, so I don't recommend that you wander too far.

Of interest: One of Franklin Carmichael's (Group of Seven) paintings was of Lake Wabagishik.