Canada Waterfall

Borer's Falls

One of the waterfalls of Canada.

When to go

Mhsheikholeslami · CC BY-SA 4.0

In numbers.

0.17m³/s

Average flow

estimate

Apr–Jun
Oct

Best months

100m

Elevation

The water at Borer's Falls, month by month

It roars from March to May.

The fullest months: from March to May. Below −4 °C on average (from January to February): the falls can partly freeze.

0.2 m³/sJan
0.3 m³/sFeb
0.4 m³/sMar
0.6 m³/sApr
0.6 m³/sMay
0.3 m³/sJun
0.2 m³/sJul
0.1 m³/sAug
0.1 m³/sSep
0.3 m³/sOct
0.3 m³/sNov
0.1 m³/sDec

high water best months to go may freeze

From about 0.06 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.64 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to June and October.

Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.

Waterfall in Ontario, Canada

Borer's Falls is a waterfall in Canada. It lies within Borer's Falls Conservation Area.

Getting there.

Waterdownnearest town · 7.0 km in a straight line
Parking 1,160 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (YHM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 12 km in a straight lineCar hire at YHM airport (Hamilton)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
From April to June and Octoberbest months to go (estimate)

Plan your visit

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Seen from the sky.

8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.

Borer's Falls seen from above (Sentinel-2)

N 2 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The Borer's Creek through the falls

The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.

The valley below the falls

Around the falls the river drops 50 m in 1.7 km. Here the river runs about 24 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

6viewpointsBull's Point, viewing platfrom, Sydenham Lookout and 3 more
2waymarked walking routesBruce Trail - Iroquoia section, Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section side trails
99car parks
—swimming spots
11picnic sites
4toilets
1information boards and visitor centres
—bus stops within 1 km
10other named waterfalls within 4 kmBorer's Falls, Tew's Falls, Mountview Falls and 7 more
—caves
—campsites
18hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmDundas Glen Bed & Breakfast, City View Inn, Hampton Inn by Hilton and 15 more
93restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Towns nearby

Waterdown7.0 km in a straight line
Hamilton7.4 km in a straight line
Ancaster8.4 km in a straight line
Burlington14 km in a straight line
Stoney Creek15 km in a straight line
Binbrook20 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon °C	-1	0	5	13	20	26	30	29	24	16	8	2
Night °C	-9	-9	-4	1	8	14	17	16	12	6	0	-5
Rain & snow (mm)	51	48	52	70	74	73	78	63	70	74	63	56
Wet days	10	8	9	11	12	12	13	11	11	12	11	11
Sun h/day	2.5	3.3	4.9	6.1	7.3	8.4	8.5	7.8	6.7	3.9	2.8	2.0
Snow on the ground (cm)	18	17	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	17

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (100 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Borer's Falls (6217391234) — Mustang Joe · CC0

Borer's Falls Conservation Area- Borer's Falls in Winter- Dundas- Hamilton-Ontario (1) — Mhsheikholeslami · CC BY-SA 4.0

Borer's Falls in Hamilton (20181020) — Sikander Iqbal · CC BY-SA 4.0

Recent years

Wet years and dry years

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	146%	49%	92%	50%	62%	70%	67%	123%	71%	76%	83%	97%
2021	46%	60%	63%	64%	38%	109%	102%	75%	189%	115%	62%	88%
2022	50%	120%	90%	68%	84%	70%	67%	92%	45%	44%	54%	99%
2023	98%	107%	110%	115%	46%	96%	146%	129%	29%	73%	61%	112%
2024	136%	50%	92%	117%	97%	86%	132%	107%	52%	47%	68%	106%
2025	45%	107%	108%	82%	92%	79%	71%	71%	75%	68%	66%	117%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Borer's Falls

Canada

—Height
0.17 m³/sAverage flow
Apr–Jun, OctBest months

Websters Falls

Canada

22 mHeight
0.87 m³/sAverage flow
Apr–Jun, OctBest months

See the guide

Albion Falls

Canada

19 mHeight
0.45 m³/sAverage flow
Apr–Jun, OctBest months

See the guide

Chedoke Falls

Canada

—Height
—Average flow
Apr–Jun, OctBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, river	Wikidata (Q37511) · CC0
River flow and catchment	HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0
Climate	NASA POWER, 1991–2020
Relief, river profile, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Paths, viewpoints, parking	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.