The Falls of
Spring Side Park
Napanee, Ontario
The Napanee River flows along it's Route from the Depot
Lakes to Lake Ontario
The Napanee River flows swiftly over the
flat limestone , and has
removed all but the largest blocks from the river bed.
Along it's journey it makes it's way right through Napanee,
Ontario
Before Napanee was
settled, the native Indians called these the Appanea
Falls
By 1812 the River, the Falls and Community were known as
Napanee, a First Nations Peoples word for 'flour.'
The falls is comprised of multiple little steps over thinly bedded
limestone, giving the illusion of a long, gentle
staircase.
Right After entering Napanee the river makes a
90° left turn and cascades down a
beautiful Limestone WaterFalls in Springside Park
The falls flow over the area's natural limestone base, dropping
over many ledges.
Then at the bottom of the falls the River makes a 90° right turn
and continues along it's way
Likely as a check on erosion, parts of the waterfall have been
edged by a concrete wall and concrete riprap.
This doesn't spoil the view of the falls altogether, but does
remind you that waterfalls were once seen as features to be
controlled, not enjoyed in their natural state.
The limestone in Napanee is hundreds of million years old.
(Limestone is a
SEDIMENTARY ROCK largely or wholly composed of calcium carbonate
(CaCO3))
Not only does the Falls serve as a local
tourist attraction, but it was put to work in the late 1700's
powering mills.
At GZ you will find a plaque that says the following.
In 1785 the Canadian government commissioned Robert Clark, a
Loyalist millwright from New York, to build mills on this site. A
sawmill was completed in March, 1786, and a grist-mill toward the
end of that year or early in 1787. The latter was the first to be
erected between Kingston and the Niagara peninsula. The mills were
operated for a time by a government agent, James Clarke. In 1799
they were purchased by a prominent Kingston merchant, Richard
Cartwright. They served settlers as far west as the Trent and
formed the nucleus of the thriving community of Napanee.
So come to Napanee and enjoy one of our many beautiful area's
SPRINGSIDE PARK WATER FALLS
In order to log this Earth Cache, please E-mail me through my
Geocaching Profile
with the answers to the 4 following questions, posting a picture of you and your GPS with the Falls in
the background, with your log entry would be nice,but not
mandatory.
(1) Measure the total drop in meters from the
top of the falls to the bottom
(2) Guess how many levels or steps are under the Falls on it's
way down
(3)What type of Falls are the Springside Falls.
(4) Using what you see around GZ, is the 90° left turn at the top of the falls,
natural or man made?
Enjoy our town
Coman123
Congratulations to jack2u on the
First to find and answer the questions correctly.