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Lower Snake Falls
Location Hamilton, Ontario
Type Complex Classic Cascade
Total height 5 m (16 ft)
Total width 3 m (9.8 ft)
Watercourse Grindstone tributary

Lower Snake Falls is a 5 metre high cascade waterfall found in the Smokey Hollow Resource Management Area in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Lower and Snake Falls are based in Burlington but the property there is owned by the City of Hamilton, Ontario.

Nearby attractions include the Bruce Trail, Rock Chapel Golf Course, Royal Botanical Gardens, Waterdown Memorial Park.

Directions

From Highway 403 take the Highway 6 North (Guelph) exit and travel approximately 3 kilometres to Highway 5 East (Dundas Street East). Turn right on Highway 5 East and then turn right onto Mill Street before the railway tracks. After the overhead railway bridge the Smokey Hollow Resource Management Area parking lot will be on the right. Follow the Bruce Trail to the tributary junction. The waterfall is at this junction.

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