Archives: Waterfalls
Lower Bertha Falls
Lower Bertha Falls was the last Canadian waterfall that we saw during our September 2010 trip. What Julie and I enjoyed most about this excursion were the views of Waterton Lake as well as the…
Cameron Falls
Cameron Falls was a pretty easy waterfall to visit considering it was pretty much right in the town of Waterton. Although we were able to view the falls from its well developed…
Blackiston Falls
Blackiston Falls (or Blakiston Falls – I’ve seen it spelled both ways) was a waterfall that Julie and I hadn’t planned on seeing. Fortunately for us, we noticed it on a topographic map…
Sunwapta Falls
Sunwapta Falls is another one of those waterfalls that we remembered more for its backdrop than the falls itself. In fact, I easily got this confused with Athabasca Falls…
Lower Sunwapta Falls
Lower Sunwapta Falls is actually a series of three waterfalls (at least that’s what I believe I saw) further downstream of the well-signed and well-visited Sunwapta Falls…
Silverton Falls
Silverton Falls is a relatively quiet and fairly unknown waterfall within the boundaries of Banff National Park. At least it certainly seemed that way to us as we only saw a couple…
Tangle Falls
Tangle Falls was a delicate multi-tiered cascade that we just happened to see following a rather unusual snowstorm (unusual in that it was still technically Summer when it happened)…
Bridal Veil Falls
Bridal Veil Falls was a pretty tall multi-tiered cascade said to have a cumulative drop of some 1200ft. I had doubts about that gaudy height figure because I was only able to see something on the…
Panther Falls
Panther Falls was what Julie and I thought of as the mysterious neighbor to Bridal Veil Falls. While Bridal Veil had a signpost and was quite easy to see from the large pullout…
“Sideways Falls” (“Big Bend Falls”)
I’m putting “Sideways Falls” or “Big Bend Falls” in quotes because I believe that these are informal names this fairly conspicuous waterfall that can be spotted right off…
Weeping Wall
The Weeping Wall apparently pertained to a particular wall where supposedly many waterfalls could be coming down at once under the right conditions. Well, as you can see from…
Maligne Canyon Waterfalls
The Maligne Canyon Waterfalls (pronounced “muh-LEEN”) are the waterfalls that can be found within the depths of Maligne Canyon. Julie and I did a real straightforward…
Overlander Falls
Overlander Falls is a short but wide gushing waterfall on the Fraser River. This was another one of those waterfalls that we hadn’t planned on seeing going into our September…
Rearguard Falls
Rearguard Falls was another one of those unplanned waterfalls that we happened to chance upon thanks to its conspicuous sign right off the Hwy 16. This waterfall was more like a wide series…
Thunder Falls
Thunder Falls is a waterfall I noticed across Moose Lake while motoring along Hwy 16. I almost dismissed this waterfall as one of those dime-a-dozen cascades you normally chance upon…
Dawson Falls
Dawson Falls, which Julie likes to refer to it as “Dawson’s Creek Falls” because of the TV show she used to watch, was a wide river-type waterfall said to be on the Murtle River. Due to its broad…
Helmcken Falls
Helmcken Falls is probably the most famous of the waterfalls we’ve seen in the Wells Gray Provincial Park. It seemed like tour buses would routinely stop here and off load their busloads…
Spahats Falls
Spahats Falls (I’ve also seen it referred to as Spahats Creek Falls) is a tall waterfall pouring out of a narrow hanging gorge and into a wider gorge. It’s said to be 60m in height, but one thing…
Moul Falls
Moul Falls was actually one waterfall that we had to work a little to see. Unlike the other three waterfalls we saw in the Wells Gray Provincial Park, we had to hike about 5.8km round trip…
Athabasca Falls
Athabasca Falls was memorable to us because it featured a pretty mountain backdrop. The falls itself wasn’t particularly mindblowing, but it possessed enough power to carve out a bit of a gorge…