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River

Eels Creek

Class

Cascade

Size

Small

Visitability

Mediocre

Accessibility

Free

Activity

Quiet

Walk Time

0min

Trail

Easy

Gorge Access

Moderate

Other Trails

County

Peterborough

Follow the directions to Burleigh Falls. To reach Marble Rapids, drive about 30 km further north on Hwy 28 to Mill Lake Rd, just north of the village of Apsley. Turn right on Mill Lake Rd and drive 0.8 km to the little falls, located on the left side of the road. Please note that the pictuesque pond downstream of the falls is private property. In fact, the entire site could be private property, so you may wish to view this little falls from the road.

Settlement

Apsley

NTS Map

31D/16

Easting

730532

Northing

4961052

UTM Zone

Marble Rapids is a tiny waterfall located just north of the village of Apsley. Set amid a beautiful forest and framed by rounded hills of metamorphic rock, this little waterfall presents a charming scene proving that even the smallest waterfalls can be beautiful. A log frame remaining in the middle of the waterfall is likely evidence of an earlier mill or log flume once existing at this site. As late as 1953, Eels Creek was used to transport logs downstream to sawmills in Apsley and Stoney Lake. A sawmill constructed in 1863 by James Golbourne was the impetus for the settlement of the Apsley. Eels Creek likely gets its name from Eels Lake to the north, which is reported to be named after a native Indian known as Eel Cow who lived in the area many years ago.

Several smaller waterfalls are also found in the Kawartha Highlands Provincal Park to the west of Apsley. If you have a canoe you can visit small waterfalls at the south, east and northwest ends of Rathburn Lake, as well as on the southwest arm of Copper Lake (overnight trip required).

Yes! This is a terrible photograph! I used a polarizer, which made the water so dark, that I could barely salvage the photograph.