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The city of Hamilton in Ontario, Canada is home to more than 100 waterfalls and cascades, most of which are on or near the Bruce Trail as it winds through the Niagara Escarpment. Ontario's internationally recognized Niagara Escarpment provides perfect geological conditions for waterfalls to occur, from Tobermory to Niagara Falls. The most scenic waterfall in Hamilton is Webster's Falls. With its crest, it is the largest waterfall within the city.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title =Hamilton- Waterfall Capital of the World )〕 Tew's Falls is a ribbon waterfall, and is the tallest waterfall found in Hamilton. Both Webster's and Tew's are located at the Spencer Gorge / Webster's Falls Conservation Area.〔 Albion Falls was once seriously considered as a possible source of water for Hamilton. Rocks from the Albion Falls area were used in the construction of the Royal Botanical Gardens' Rock Garden. There used to be more waterfalls in Hamilton than exist today. Many of the waterfalls in central Hamilton slowly vanished as population and construction on Hamilton Mountain increased. As well, in the early years, James Street extended south, but was interrupted by a bog at Hunter Street which eventually (1844) was drained out and graded. Many of Hamilton's main buildings and factories in the north end are built on reclaimed or infilled land, which harmed the drainage of Hamilton and the water ecology of Hamilton Harbour. Many of the falls in west Hamilton are accessible from the Chedoke Radial Trail. It is built on what was once the route for the Brantford and ''Hamilton Electric Railway'' owned by the ''Cataract Power Light and Traction Company'' (later Dominion Power and Transmission).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hamilton Conservation Authority: Parks & Attractions- Scenic Falls ) 〕 The "Five Johns", (John Cameron, John Dickenson (Canadian politician), John Morison Gibson, John Moodie, Sr. and John Sutherland), formed ''The Cataract Power Co. Ltd.'' introducing electric power to Hamilton in 1898. On August 25, 1898, power was sent twenty seven miles from ''DeCew Falls'', St. Catharines, using water from the old Welland Canal. New industries, such as the forerunners of the Steel Co. of Canada (Stelco) and Canadian Westinghouse, were attracted here by the cheaper, more efficient power. One time this Company controlled hydro power from Brantford to St. Catharines, including the Hamilton Street Railway and the area's radial lines. Back then the city's nickname was "''The Electric City.''" There are four waterfall types and they are designated as follows: * ''Ribbon''- The height is notably greater than its crest width; stream forms a thin "ribbon" of water. * ''Classical''- The height and crest width are nearly equal. * ''Curtain''- The height is notably smaller than its crest width. * ''Cascade''- The vertical drop is broken into a series of steps causing water to "cascade" down incline. Some of the criteria used to define a separate Hamilton waterfall include: The waterfall has to have a vertical drop of at least 3 metres or either as a vertical drop or a cascade, the crest width has to be at least 1 metre or wide, the waterfall must have some natural component and not be entirely man-made; If a waterfall is beside another waterfall but coming from two separate creeks or streams, then they could be considered as two separate waterfalls and the waterfall has to be located within the boundaries of the new City of Hamilton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title =Hamilton Naturalist's Club: Protecting Nature since 1919 )〕 On January 1, 2001 the new city of Hamilton was formed from the amalgamation of the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth and its six municipalities: Hamilton, Ancaster, Dundas, Flamborough, Glanbrook, and Stoney Creek. Before amalgamation, the "old" City of Hamilton had 331,121 Hamiltonians divided into 100 neighbourhoods. The new amalgamated city has 490,268 people in over 200 neighbourhoods. ==Waterfalls list== A listing of the 100 waterfalls found along the Bruce Trail and the Niagara Escarpment in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Most can be easily accessed, or viewed by public lands and some are on or border private property. As of July 2008, the waterfall count for Hamilton was 100.〔 Twenty of the waterfalls are found to be currently innaccessible because they are either on private property in which the Bruce Trail does not traverse or its too dangerous to access these waterfalls.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title =Hamilton Naturalist's Club: Hamilton- The City of Waterfalls )〕 * Albion Falls * Ancaster Heights Falls * Baby Webster’s Falls * Betzner Falls (P) * Billy Green Falls * Borer's Falls * Boundary Falls * Buttermilk Falls * Canterbury Falls * Centennial Falls * Chedoke Falls * Cliffview Falls * Darnley Cascade * Denlow Falls * Devil's Punch Bowl * Dewitt Falls * Dundas Falls (P-CN) * Dyment Falls * East Glover's Falls * East Iroquoia Falls * East of Fifty Falls (P) * Erland Falls (P-CN) * Felker's Falls * Ferguson Falls * Fifty Road Cascade * Fruitland Falls (P-CN) * Glendale Falls * Glover's Falls * Grand Cascade * Great Falls * Greensville Falls * Grindstone Cascade * Heritage Falls * Hermitage Cascade * Jones Road Falls (P-CN) * Lafarge Falls (P) * Lewis Road East Falls (P) * Lewis Road West Falls (P) * Little Canterbury Falls * Little Davis Falls * Little Falls * Little Rock Chapel Falls * Lower Beckett Falls * Lower Borer's Falls * Lower Chedoke Falls * Lower Cliffview Falls * Lower Fruitland Falls (P-CN) * Lower Hopkins Cascade * Lower Little Falls * Lower Mill Falls * Lower Punchbowl Falls * Lower Sanatorium Cascade * Lower Sydenham Falls * Lower Tew's Falls * Lower Westcliffe Falls * McNeilly Falls * McNeilly West Falls (P) * Middle Sydenham Falls * Middle Vinemount Falls (P-CN) * Mill Falls * Mineral Springs Falls * Mountview Falls * Old Dundas Road Falls (P) * Pond Falls * Princess Falls * Progreston Falls (P) * Promontory Falls (P) * Puddicombe Falls * Quarry Falls (P) * Ridge Falls (P-CN) * Samuel Cascade (P) * Scenic Falls * Shaver Falls * Sherman Falls * Sisters of Mary Falls (P) * Spring Falls (P) * Springhill Falls * Stephanie Falls (P) * Steven's Falls * Sydenham Falls * Tallman East Falls (P) * Tallman West Falls (P-CN) * Tew's Falls * Tiffany Falls * Upper Beckett Falls * Upper Hopkins Cascade * Upper Princess Falls * Upper Quarry Cascade (P) * Upper Sanatorium Falls * Upper Shaver Falls (P) * Veever's Falls (P) * Wall Falls (P-CN) * Washboard Falls * Webster's Falls * Weir's Falls (P) * West Iroquoia Falls * West of Fifty Lower Falls (P) * West of Fifty Upper Cascade * West Vinemount Falls (P-CN) * Westcliffe Falls There are 18 waterfalls from this list, (and the expanded list below), that are either 18 metres in height or 18 metres wide. 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