Canada 
In numbers.
1.3m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Apr–Jun
Best months
688m
Elevation
The water at Boundary Falls, month by month
It roars from March to May.
The fullest months: from March to May, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from July to October. Below −4 °C on average (from December to January): the falls can partly freeze.
- 1.2 m³/sJan
- 1.2 m³/sFeb
- 3.3 m³/sMar
- 4.3 m³/sApr
- 3.4 m³/sMay
- 2.1 m³/sJun
- 0.9 m³/sJul
- 0.3 m³/sAug
- 0.4 m³/sSep
- 0.9 m³/sOct
- 1.4 m³/sNov
- 2.2 m³/sDec
From about 0.34 m³/s in the lowest month to 4.3 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to June.
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 British Columbia, Canada
Boundary Falls is a waterfall in Canada.
Getting there.
- Grand Forksnearest town · 20 km in a straight line
- Penticton Airport (YYF)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 80 km in a straight lineCar hire at YYF airport (Penticton)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April to Junebest months to go (estimate)
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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.
Around the falls the river drops 64 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 81 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 2campsitesBoundary Creek Provincial Campground, Frank Carpenter Memorial Campground
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmMile Zero Motel
- —restaurants 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
- Grand Forks20 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 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 29 | 29 | 22 | 13 | 4 | -1 |
| Night °C | -9 | -8 | -4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | -3 | -9 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 64 | 44 | 59 | 46 | 58 | 59 | 23 | 19 | 30 | 52 | 70 | 74 |
| Wet days | 16 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 17 |
| Sun h/day | 2.4 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 7.4 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 40 | 44 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 24 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (688 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
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 | 183% | 85% | 69% | 45% | 193% | 141% | 104% | 45% | 93% | 119% | 89% | 87% |
| 2021 | 119% | 81% | 36% | 50% | 33% | 47% | 32% | 176% | 148% | 148% | 122% | 89% |
| 2022 | 100% | 50% | 55% | 69% | 104% | 166% | 136% | 79% | 101% | 48% | 97% | 114% |
| 2023 | 98% | 92% | 76% | 150% | 124% | 103% | 96% | 263% | 132% | 49% | 90% | 118% |
| 2024 | 153% | 155% | 118% | 94% | 95% | 97% | 45% | 192% | 63% | 88% | 212% | 145% |
| 2025 | 58% | 152% | 155% | 94% | 106% | 35% | 172% | 239% | 84% | 122% | 150% | 155% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Boundary Falls
Canada
- —Height
- 1.3 m³/sAverage flow
- Apr–JunBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q37528) · 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.
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