This was a day hike down into the Niagara Glen in Niagara Falls Ontario Canada. The Niagara Glen is one of my favorite hiking locations and is located on the Niagara River bordering Canada and the United States. This hike ranges from basic to advanced and is filled with all kinds of ups, downs, twists and turns. You will feel an overwhelming sense of peace and tranquility down in the gorge. I always explain it as being in like a Jurassic park type of setting with thousands of years of ice and water having carved away at the landscape leaving behind large boulders and crevasses cut out in the landscape. I must warn you, be very careful and aware of the water once down to it. Stay clear as the water levels can change up and down in a moments notice as it's controlled by a dam up river. This water flows from Lake Erie and crashes over Niagara Falls, making it's way to Lake Ontario. On this hike we discovered a fresh water spring just running out of this hole in a rock that definitely came in at the right time as this day was a scorcher and we were running low on water. We staked our way around the trails and eventually made it to the Whirlpool. This is a very powerful back spinning vortex of water that collects hundreds of pounds of debris a year and just smashes it around like nothing. Truly a site to see.
This was a day hike down into the Niagara Glen in Niagara Falls Ontario Canada. The Niagara Glen is one of my favorite hiking locations and is located on the Niagara River bordering Canada and the United States. This hike ranges from basic to advanced and is filled with all kinds of ups, downs, twists and turns. You will feel an overwhelming sense of peace and tranquility down in the gorge. I always explain it as being in like a Jurassic park type of setting with thousands of years of ice and water having carved away at the landscape leaving behind large boulders and crevasses cut out in the landscape. I must warn you, be very careful and aware of the water once down to it. Stay clear as the water levels can change up and down in a moments notice as it's controlled by a dam up river. This water flows from Lake Erie and crashes over Niagara Falls, making it's way to Lake Ontario. On this hike we discovered a fresh water spring just running out of this hole in a rock that definitely came in at the right time as this day was a scorcher and we were running low on water. We staked our way around the trails and eventually made it to the Whirlpool. This is a very powerful back spinning vortex of water that collects hundreds of pounds of debris a year and just smashes it around like nothing. Truly a site to see. 
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