Kwasitchewan Falls

Kwasitchewan Falls, on the Grass River in northern Manitoba’s Pisew Falls Provincial Park, is the province’s highest waterfall at 14 metres. Reached by a 32-kilometre return hike beyond Pisew Falls, it has a notably remote setting. Its name is said to derive from a transliterated Cree term meaning “glistening water,” referring to the bright colour created by the rushing flow. The surrounding landscape is significant as well: the Grass River was part of a fur-trade route into western Canada’s interior, with Indigenous people serving as guides, and the falls stand within the Trans-Hudson orogen, where erosion has revealed ancient Precambrian rock.

Manitoba · Canada