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Southern Ontario is blessed with the many parks along the Niagara Escarpment. Although Niagara Falls is the most well know, there are dozens of other smaller, and in my opinion more interesting, falls.

The two water falls along 20 Mile Creek, like many other falls along the Niagara Escarpment, were developed in the early 19th century for mills that harnessed the power of the water falling over the escarpment precipice.

Today, the falls are within the Ball's Falls Conservation Area (named after the Ball family that built grist, saw and woolen mills here). The upper falls, accessible by a well maintained hiking trail is particularly appealing. In the spring, once the trees become full, these falls appear almost tropical, plunging over the escarpment in a series of flows towards a pool below.

The view of water falling over a cliff into a pool is very inviting. A refreshing shower under the falls and a dip in the pool seem the ideal activity on a warm spring afternoon. The falls however look more inviting than they are as the pool is shallow with many sharp jagged rocks. Swimming is prohibited. There is no mention of diving, but that as well is very inadvisable.

Admiring, relaxing to the sound of the water, reading a book and taking photos on the other hand are encouraged!
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Author Michael Pardo from Niagara, Canada
Camera location43° 07′ 48.7″ N, 79° 23′ 05.37″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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