Hiking Tew Falls
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canyonwalkerCanada travelog #11
Dundas, ON · Mon, 25 Aug 2025. 1:30pm.
My frustration about paying $22.50 for only partial views of Webster Falls (until I cheated and went around the fence) was mollified somewhat by being able to use the same parking pass to park at the trailhead for Tew Falls a mile or two away. Webster Falls and Tew Falls both tumble over the same geological feature, the Niagara Escarpment, in Dundas. The escarpment is the edge of a plateau that run for tens of miles, maybe hundreds of miles. Yes, it's what a much larger falls with the same name tumbles over.
Anyway, we got to the parking lot for Tew Falls and... it started raining. We sat in the car for a few minutes figuring out what we'd want to do: wait it out, get lunch and come back, or just bail completely. "Wait it out" was the default choice and turned out to be the right one anyway as the rain cleared after about 10 minutes.
It was an easy 1/2 mile walk around the rim over to a viewing spot for Tew falls. The trail continued farther, to Tew Peak, but we weren't interested in that. A "peak" here is less than a few hundred feet high. But, hey, Tew Falls is an amazing falls, and it's free— after paying $22.50 for Webster Falls. 🤣
Seeing the sun come out at Tew Falls pissed me off even more about that $22.50 to see Webster Falls in the drizzling rain. But you know what? We could go back to Webster Falls! It's only a few miles away, our parking's paid for (all day! all the Hamilton Conservation Area parks!), and it's a short trail anyway. Soooo... back to the car, back to Webster, back around the fence like a scofflaw risking his own life!
Dundas, ON · Mon, 25 Aug 2025. 1:30pm.
My frustration about paying $22.50 for only partial views of Webster Falls (until I cheated and went around the fence) was mollified somewhat by being able to use the same parking pass to park at the trailhead for Tew Falls a mile or two away. Webster Falls and Tew Falls both tumble over the same geological feature, the Niagara Escarpment, in Dundas. The escarpment is the edge of a plateau that run for tens of miles, maybe hundreds of miles. Yes, it's what a much larger falls with the same name tumbles over.
Anyway, we got to the parking lot for Tew Falls and... it started raining. We sat in the car for a few minutes figuring out what we'd want to do: wait it out, get lunch and come back, or just bail completely. "Wait it out" was the default choice and turned out to be the right one anyway as the rain cleared after about 10 minutes.
It was an easy 1/2 mile walk around the rim over to a viewing spot for Tew falls. The trail continued farther, to Tew Peak, but we weren't interested in that. A "peak" here is less than a few hundred feet high. But, hey, Tew Falls is an amazing falls, and it's free— after paying $22.50 for Webster Falls. 🤣
Seeing the sun come out at Tew Falls pissed me off even more about that $22.50 to see Webster Falls in the drizzling rain. But you know what? We could go back to Webster Falls! It's only a few miles away, our parking's paid for (all day! all the Hamilton Conservation Area parks!), and it's a short trail anyway. Soooo... back to the car, back to Webster, back around the fence like a scofflaw risking his own life!
