Bucket List Trip to Albion Falls

Since searching Flickr four years ago for inspiration to clear a winter photographic creative block, and stumbling upon Albion Falls, I have longed to capture its beauty and power. 

On a beautiful warm July summer morning and a pre-dawn drive down to Hamilton, I got to bask in the awesome power of Albion Falls.  As you trek down the moderately steep and difficult slope down to the falls, the sound of the water falling takes you to a wonderful place.  Once down at the base of the falls, you look up and see the two part falls separated by rock.  There really is no substitute for being there in person.  On this particular trip to the falls, there were a few other photographers.  Towards the end of my visit, more people started to arrive - including a number of portrait photographers doing lifestyle shoots at the base of the falls.  After photographing the falls itself, I turned just over 90-degrees to the right and took in the serenity and calmness of the river that is fed by the falls.  

About Albion Falls 

Albion Falls is a 19 m classical/cascade waterfall flowing down the Niagara Escarpment in Red Hill Valley, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. With cascade falls the downpour is staggered into a series of steps causing water to “cascade”. The top of the falls are located on Mud Street. The lower-end of the falls can be found at the south-end of King’s Forest Park in lower Hamilton by following the Red Hill Creek south towards the Niagara Escarpment. Albion Falls was once seriously considered as a possible source of water for Hamilton.