Location: Williams Street, Ellershouse
Hiking Time: Less than 5 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Size: 30'
Directions
-If you are driving to Ellershouse from Halifax, take exit 4 off the highway and turn right onto the Evangeline trail.-Take a right onto Dawson Rd.
-Take another right onto Ellershouse Rd.
-Immediately after you drive under the overpass take a left onto Williams Street. This street does not seem to be marked. You can use google maps if you are unsure.
-Follow this road and keep left where it forks. After you cross the bridge drive for 2.3kms. You will notice blue and red flagging tape on your right. Follow that road.
-After about 1km you will see another road off to your right. There will be two posts that look like shortened telephone polls. Follow this road to its conclusion and you will see a path that leads down to the falls.
Trail Description
Simply walk down to the falls from here. This area is sometimes used by hunters so wear orange when venturing out during hunting season (I almost drove over a hunter's gun the first time I came here)! The interesting part about these falls is the staircase formation carved out of the rock. Although not one of the largest falls you'll see, it is worth the visit if you're in the neighborhood. Pictures of these falls were taken during the dry period this summer. I will add more pictures later once the water levels return to normal. |
| Falls during a dry period |
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ReplyDeletethese directions are brutal.
ReplyDeleteonce youre on williams road (which you can gps, you dont have to park on the highway..)
take that left turn, fork in the road; there will be two poles with black and yellow signs on each side.
drive down the rocky bumpy road until you see the only road/ path/ trail that has a gate (only road/ path/ trail that looks like a car can go down) it ended up being a lot longer down the road than i was expecting (3-5 mins maybe)
there is also a sign (one and only) that says "NO PARKING" just beyond the actual turn itself. hint hint, that is your destination and final turn/ road. there is no tape fyi.
you can drive your car down the bumpy muddy road until you see another fork in the road. if you go right there will be a nail trail that leads to the falls, you will have to cross the falls to get to the other side where theres a nice trail you can walk around the whole thing.
if you go left it will take you directly to the falls, longer drive with no walk. youll be able to see and hear them from your car if you go left at the last fork.