Erland Falls
Erland Falls in autumn.
Photo courtesy of Joe Hollick
Click to enlarge |
Erland Falls is considered a Washboard Ribbon Cascade.
Its height is 15 metres (49 feet) and its width is 1.8 metres
(6 feet). Its sources of water are the fields and road ditches
on Ridge Road around the Erland Lee Museum.
History
Erland Falls was first documented on the website of Mark
Harris about 2002.
It is in the vicinity of the Erland Lee
Museum, the former home of Mr. Erland Lee and his wife
Janet, who was Hamilton's first kindergarten teacher. The
couple was instrumental in the founding of the Women's Institutes
organization in 1897. In all, six generations of the Lee
family lived in the house, from 1808 until 1972. In that
year, it opened as the Erland Lee (Museum) Home. The museum's
website, which includes a link to a Facebook Group, is
here.
How to get there
To see it from the bottom, you have to park on the shoulder
of Dewitt Rd. in front of Dewitt Falls and walk along the
railway tracks about 300 metres westward to the first ravine
above the tracks, where the waterfall is located. Be extremely
careful as trains do use this track!
Map
featuring Erland Falls
Erland Falls Photo Gallery
Erland Falls. Photo courtesy of Joe Hollick. Click to enlarge |
Erland Falls. Photo by Ray Riddell. Click to enlarge. |
Erland Falls. Photo by Ray Riddell. Click to enlarge. |
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