Tonight's illumination was cancelled. Lion's Club Road has recently been signed No Parking and the closest parking is a paid parking lot on Artaban Road but it closes at sunset. We will no longer be able to illuminate Sherman Falls. Undeterred we decided to move the illumination to Albion Falls. We managed to get a load of lamps into Albion Falls just before the fire … [Read more...]
End Of Summer Illumination At Lower Cliffview and Westcliffe Falls
The City Of Waterfalls volunteers will be illuminating Lower Cliffview, Lower Westcliffe and Westcliffe Falls this coming Sunday - September 4, 2016. Lights will be on around 8:15 PM for approximately 1 hour. The waterfalls are located just west of the bottom of the Chedoke Stairs - you can park above and walk down or use the lot at the Chedoke Golf Course. The lower … [Read more...]
Concerns From Counsellor Whitehead
Hey folks, the City Of Waterfalls was reached out to by Councillor Whitehead's office of Ward 8 with a couple of concerns they wished me to address and I think it's fair to help out by bringing these concerns to our group. First off, they have been receiving a lot more frequent complaints from the neighbours around Chedoke Falls. "Youths" have been climbing the sides of … [Read more...]
A Friendly Little Reminder
It has been brought to our attention that a fair number of visitors to the waterfalls, Webster's and Albion Falls in particular, haven't heard of the term "Take only pictures and leave only footprints". What this means is that whatever you take in with you, please take it out with you. Don't leave your garbage for others to clean up and if the garbage bins are full take your … [Read more...]
Albion Falls – Lyme Disease Awareness Month Illumination
Albion Falls in lime green for Lyme Disease Awareness Month. Thanks to my parents John and Dianne, my son Kaiden and Fariborz for all the help with the lamps. Thanks to Robert and Bonnie for manning the food donation boxes. Finally thanks to Donna Warring for her work spreading information about Lyme Disease and it was her idea for a Lyme Disease Awareness … [Read more...]
Sherman Falls – One Brave Night Illumination
Just few photos from the CAMH One Brave Night For Mental Health Illumination. I met some great people out supporting a great cause. Thanks to the volunteers who helped carry and set up the lamps - Joe, my parents Dianne and Jan, and kids Kaiden and Shylee, and a couple people I didn't get the names of (so sorry) and of course Scott Mills who's idea this was and his Team One … [Read more...]
Great Falls Illumination April 23, 2016
A beautiful night for an illumination at Great Falls in Waterdown! We had lots of help with the lamps and many people brought food donations for the food bank. … [Read more...]
Late Spring Illumination At Great Falls – Saturday April 23, 8:30 – 9:30PM
Great Falls will be illuminated Saturday night at dusk in celebration of spring FINALLY arriving. It's located just off the parking lot south of the railway bridge on Mill Street, Waterdown. www.cityofwaterfalls.ca/great-falls There is limited parking so car pool if you can, or park in the village and walk down come early and enjoy the shops, have dinner, do some … [Read more...]
The Escarpment Project Annual Clean-Up
If you haven't signed up already please consider helping out at or sponsoring this year's Escarpment Project Annual Clean-up taking place Sunday April 24th. The following is a video featuring The Escarpment Project founder Greg Lenko .... take a few minutes and give it a watch. Then head over to escarpmentproject.ca to sign up! Let's do our part to keep the waterfalls we … [Read more...]
Billy Green Illumination St. Patrick’s Day 2016
Another great turnout for our annual St. Patrick's Day Illumination at Billy Green Falls. This was the first year that it wasn't frozen. Thanks to all the volunteers for the help setting it up and taking it down. We had a large number of food donations once again - thank you all for your generosity! … [Read more...]