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Webster's Falls

Webster's Falls (Rating=A) is a plunge waterfall 22 m high and 24 m wide located in the Spencer Gorge/Webster's Falls Conservation Area. This Hamilton area waterfall has Spencer Creek as it's source and is the largest waterfalls in the area. It is also likely the most visited waterfalls in the Hamilton region and has the largest park grounds area.

LOCATION:

The falls is located in the Webster's Falls CA in Greensville (Hamilton.) The best place to park is in the lot off Harvest Road as it is between Webster's Falls and Tews Falls as you will probably want to visit both. Park in the pay parking lot off Harvest Road. Do not park on the side of the road on Harvest Rd or you will be ticketed and towed. If you wish to be closer to Webster's Falls, use the lot on Websters Falls Road off Brock Road (Hwy 8). Click on the Road Map button below for a Google road map and directions. The Falls Locator button shows a map of other waterfalls in the area.

ACCESS:

From the Harvest Road lot it is a 1 km walk to the falls. For wheelchair access, park in the other pay lot on Websters Falls Rd. Here it is only 100 m to Webster's Falls. Click on the Trail Map icon below for area walking trails.

NEARBY FALLS	LAT	LONG	TYPE	H (m)	W (m)	SOURCE	FACING
Webster's Falls	N43.27625	W79.98092	classical plunge	22	24	Spencer Creek	E
Tews Falls	N.43.28075	W79.97853	ribbon plunge	41	10	Logie's Creek	SE
Mill Falls	N43.23331	W79.97402	complex cascade	6	4.5	Ancaster Creek	N
Canterbury Falls	N43.23696	W79.98042	ribbon cascade	9.5	3.5	Canterbury Creek	SW
Hermitage Falls	N43.23637	W79.99804	complex cascade	4	2.5	Hermitage Creek	N

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ToHi WATERFALL RATINGS

Overall Rating: Webster's Falls = A

Waterflow: A -year round flow, reduced in summer
Falls Size: A - > 15 m, a large waterfall
Aesthetics: A -impressive falls, scenic park location, impressive gorge

THE WEBSTER'S FALLS AREA:

websters_133-3305_32 The Spencer Gorge/Webster's Falls Conservation Area exhibits the physical features which have made the Niagara Escarpment one of Ontario's most spectacular geological formations.

This significant natural area contains two beautiful waterfalls: Webster’s and Tews Falls. Webster’s is a magnificent tiered waterfall and Tews, which towers at 41 metres, is only a few metres shorter than Niagara Falls. Both offer spectacular vistas of the gorge.

A nature trail allows access to the Dundas Peak, which provides stunning views of the Dundas and Hamilton area.

The Spencer Gorge area with its impressive waterfalls was highly prized and ownership changed hands many times before it came into the hands of the Webster family in 1820. It had been called in previous times: Flamborough Falls, Spencer’s Falls, Fisher’s Falls, Hart Falls, and Dr. Hamilton's Falls. Webster purchased hundreds of acres of additional land around and below the falls which now makes up the conservation area. The Webster family home can still be seen a short distance from the waterfalls. Their gravestones can be viewed in a small plot near the Webster's Falls ST on the way to the falls.

At Tews Falls, layers of bedrock common to the Niagara Escarpment are exposed at the falls. Look for red lenses of Queenstone shale, fine grey sandstone and harder more resistant ledges of blue-grey limestone.

WEBSTER'S FALLS AREA WALKING TRAILS:

Bruce Trail, old Bruce Trail, Webster's Falls ST, Glen Ferguson ST. For a map of area trails, click on the Trail Map icon above.

webster-falls-winter Webster's Falls in WinterFrom the parking area head to your right to pick up the Webster's Falls ST and follow the white blazes along the escarpment edge to the Spencer Gorge. The park like conservation area features lunch spots, picnic tables and washrooms. Be careful in approaching the crest of Webster’s Falls as there is a considerable drop here. If you cross over the reconstructed stone bridge over Spencer’s Creek there are excellent viewing areas of the falls. For a closer view there is a long set of metal stairs that descends down the side of the escarpment taking you to the bottom of the falls. You can get great views of the falls from the bottom and the trail is well established. Some enjoy relaxing on the huge rocks near the base of the falls.

The old Bruce Trail continues along the bottom of the escarpment if you wish to walk further along. However the southern connection to Dundas Peak along the old Bruce Trail has been closed due to a train-hiker accident. For more on getting to the base of other nearby falls, see Tews Falls. After viewing the falls, climb back up the steps (phew!) and head back to the parking lot. From the parking lot, you may wish to head towards Harvest Road and to the right to follow the trail past the lot and towards Tews Falls. A viewing platform provides a good spot to view the falls as Logie’s Creek tumbles over the escarpment into the gorge below. There is an upper and a lower viewing platform placed well out over the gorge to enable a good view. For more on this falls see Tews Falls.