Giant’s Rib Escarpment Education Network’s Waterfall of the Month for March 2015 is Brown’s Falls.
Brown’s Falls is located in the Waterdown section of Hamilton and is named after a gentleman named Brown, who owned the surrounding lands a century ago. Its flow is derived from natural springs bubbling to the surface and this water then flows through a culvert under the private roadway to the top of Brown’s Falls, over the waterfall and into a tributary of the Grindstone Creek called Spring Creek.
Brown’s Falls is a Ribbon Falls with a height of 5 metres (16 ft.) and a crest width of 1.2 metres (4 ft.). It’s flow is seasonal, thus try to view it during the winter snow melt or after a rainfall. Its coordinates are 43° 20′ 10.96″ N 79° 53′ 15.33″ W
Brown’s Falls is located on private property, however it is visible from the end of a public roadway. To view Brown’s Falls, take Dundas St. to the community of Waterdown. Then take George St. (which is the second road east of Mill St.) to the south (escarpment side). George St. will take a 90 degree turn easterly and becomes a private roadway along this section. If you stand at the end of the public roadway, most likely you will see two waterfalls, Spring Falls which is larger and located under a wooden bridge at the end of the ravine. The smaller Brown’s falls is located on the south side of the ravine about 50 m before Spring Falls.
By Joseph Hollick
