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Lower Hopkins Cascade
Location Hamilton, Ontario
Type Talus Classic Cascade
Total height 6 m (20 ft)
Total width 3.5 m (11 ft)
Watercourse Borer's Creek (sometimes called Hopkin's Creek)

Lower Hopkins Cascade is a 6 metre high talus classic cascade waterfall found in the Borer's Falls Conservation Area in Flamborough, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Nearby attractions include Rock Chapel Golf Course, Smokey Hollow Resource Management Area, Spencer Gorge / Webster's Falls Conservation Area, Borer's Falls, Little Rock Chapel Falls, Royal Botanical Gardens, Dundurn Castle.

Directions

From Highway 403 take the Highway 6 North (Guelph) exit and travel approximately 3 kilometres to Highway 5 East (Dundas Street East). Turn left on Highway 5 East and then turn left again on Valley Road. Park on the widened shoulder at the Bruce Trail head south of Patterson Road. Follow the Bruce Trail to the second ravine. The waterfall can be viewed from the Bruce Trail.

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