Waterfalls of Ontario - Add a Waterfall

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Ontario covers a huge land area, with perhaps thousands of waterfalls! No one person (not even someone as crazy as me) can find them all. This is why I'm asking you to help. If you have any corrections or additions to be made to the existing waterfall information, please contact me.

During the life of this page's predecessor (called "Waterfalls of Southern Ontario") I received Email messages almost every week from visitors with information about new waterfalls, or corrections to my existing page.

Can you provide any of this information?

Waterfall Name
River
County, Nearest Settlement or Lake
Size, Visitability, Activity (see terminology below)
Class (see Waterfallogy 101)
Walk time (how long is the hike?)
Access (is the waterfall on private property, or is it on "public" lands?)
Directions (from the nearest highway or concession road).

Corrections are welcome!

The table to the right lists most of the information that I try to collect about each waterfall. Please feel free to offer anything you can - even if it's just: "Mark, there's a little waterfall on Country Rd 23, just behind that old factory."

This kind of exercise helped to catalogue over 800 waterfalls in Western New York state.

Terminology used by the Web site and the Book

The following section explains some of the terminology that you will find on the detailed waterfall pages.

River	Name of the river flowing over the waterfall
Form	Waterfall classification - refer to Waterfallogy 101 page
Size	Overall magnitude of the waterfall. Many sources classify waterfalls by height : I don't like this because it can be misleading.
Visitability	Subjective rating of how "fun" it is to visit the waterfall. Large ones can have low visitability, because other than looking at the falls, there may be little else to do. Little falls can have high ratings if you can swim, or get great photos.
Accessibility	Free, Private, Pay site, etc. Please avoid private property. If in doubt, ask first!
Activity	Subjective measure of how busy the site is likely to be. Varies widely depending on the time of year. Waterfalls in urban areas (eg. Bracebridge Falls) are termed "busy"
Walk Time	Approximate time to walk to the falls (one way) from the parking area. "0 minutes" means that you can see the falls from your car.
Trail	How easy/safe is the trail to the falls. Those falls marked "Wheelchair accessible" are not guaranteed to be this way; this is my best guess.
Gorge Access	How easy/safe is it to access the gorge, or the area below the waterfall.
Other Trails	Are there other walking trails connected to the waterfall site?
Nearest Place	The nearest settlement or lake found on a detailed road map.
NTS Map	Refers to the Federal Topographic map on which the waterfall is found. NOTE: Some falls are not labeled on the map
Easting	Corresponds to the vertical blue grid lines on the topographic map. Use the second and third digit of the easting to find the right easting line. Use the fourth digit to get the distance (in tenths) across to the next vertical blue line.
Northing	Corresponds to the horizontal blue grid lines on the topographic map. Use the third and fourth digit of the northing to find the right northing line. Use the fifth digit to get the distance (in tenths) across to the next vertical blue line.

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Waterfalls of Ontario

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CAUTION! Waterfalls can be dangerous places! Mark Harris takes no responsibility for your safety and he does not guarantee that it is fully safe and/or legal to visit these waterfalls. You are responsible for your own safety at all times. Mark Harris cannot give you permission to trespass on any private land. CAUTION!