Buttermilk Falls — Canada

About this spectacle

Buttermilk Falls near the Niagara region of Ontario offers visitors the sight of cascading water tumbling over layered dolostone escarpment ledges, creating the frothy, milk-white churn that gives the falls their name. The sound of rushing water fills the gorge, especially during spring snowmelt when flow is at its strongest. Surrounded by mixed deciduous forest, the falls shift character through the seasons — emerald-framed in summer, ablaze with colour in autumn, and occasionally transformed into sculptural ice formations in deep winter. The site is modest in scale but intimate in character, rewarding those who seek it out with a sense of natural seclusion surprisingly close to urban southern Ontario.

When to go

Mar — May

Getting there

Nearest airport: YHM. Nearest city: Hamilton.

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