Similkameen Falls

Similkameen Falls is a short, powerful canyon section of the Similkameen River in British Columbia, about 25 kilometres south of Princeton, just below the Pasayten River and above Copper Creek. Rather than a single vertical waterfall, it is a series of rapids where the river drops about 25 feet over roughly 0.2 kilometres through a narrow canyon of igneous rock walls rising about 250 feet. Its most striking feature is a tight chute that forces the full river through a three-foot-wide opening into a deep pool, after which the water rushes through chaotic rapids before quickly calming. Remains of an old bridge still stand above the first drop.

British Columbia · Canada