To put it metaphorically the mighty Niagara Falls are the FC Barcelona of waterfalldom, playing at home in front of a sold-out stadium. By comparison the other waterfalls here are a bunch of Sunday morning hackers still nursing hangovers from the night before (exaggeration for effect). But I enjoyed photographing the latter much more, scrambling down steep slippery banks to get the best photo angle, risking life and limb, simply because (to plagiarize George Mallory) "they are there". They are also beautiful, as water obeying the law of gravity often is.
Thanks go to George Fischer and Mark Harris for writing "Waterfalls of Ontario" which was our one and only guidebook during a wet and unseasonably cold Autumn 2009 trip to Ontario and New York State`s Adirondacks.

Lower Balls Falls, Niagara

McArthur Falls, McArthurs Mills

Bonnechere Falls, Castleford Station

Fourth Chute Falls,
Renfrew County

Upper Decew Falls, Power Glen

Egan Falls, York River

Upper Balls Falls, Niagara

High Falls near Bracebridge

Fourth Chute Falls, Renfrew County

Autumn colours at Healey Falls

Niagara Falls (American side)

Niagara Falls (Canadian side)

Egan Falls, York River

Healey Falls, Trent River

High Falls near Bracebridge

Rousseau Falls, Muskoka

Niagara Falls (Canadian side)

Healey Falls, Trent River

Mill Falls, Almonte

Lower Decew Falls, Power Glen

The Gut, Hastings

McArthur Falls, McArthurs Mills

Cordova Falls, Hastings

Niagara Falls (Canadian side)

Mill Falls, Almonte

Healey Falls, Trent River

Fourth Chute Falls, Renfrew County

Rousseau Falls, Muskoka

Healey Falls, Trent River

Lower Balls Falls, Niagara

Rousseau Falls, Muskoka

Niagara Falls (American side)

Niagara Falls (Canadian side)

Niagara Falls (Canadian side)

Niagara Falls (American side),
Canadian Falls behind

Niagara Falls (American side)

Buttermilk Falls, Haliburton

Niagara Falls (Canadian side)

The Gut, Hastings

Hatchery Falls, Muskoka

Niagara Falls (Canadian side)

Washboard Falls, Hamilton

Chedoke Falls, Hamilton

Waterdown Falls, Hamilton

Devil`s Punch Bowl Falls, Hamilton

Albion Falls, Hamilton

Borers Falls, Hamilton

Tews Falls, Hamilton

Websters Falls, Hamilton

Chedoke Falls, Hamilton

Wilsons Falls, Muskoka

Shermans Falls, Hamilton

At Wilsons Falls, Muskoka

Washboard Falls, Hamilton

Waterdown Falls, Hamilton

Websters Falls, Hamilton

Tiffany Falls, Hamilton

 

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