DeCew Falls

DeCew Falls is in St. Catharines, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario. DeCew Falls is situated nearby to the museum Morningstar Mill, as well as near the quarter Merritton.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Morningstar Mill and DeCew House.

Morningstar Mill

Museum

Photo: MJThomas, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Morningstar Mill is a 2.98-acre heritage site located in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. The site includes the Morningstar Mill, a sawmill, the home of the Morningstar family, a barn used for blacksmith demonstrations, and the Decew Falls gorge along the Niagara Escarpment.

DeCew House

Ruins

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

DeCew House was built c.1808 in Thorold Township, Upper Canada. The two-story house had limestone walls 66 centimetres thick. DeCew House is situated 1¼ km east of DeCew Falls.

Goodman School of Business

University building

The Goodman School of Business is the business school of Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. The business school offers programs at both the undergraduate and graduate level of study. Goodman School of Business is situated 1½ km northeast of DeCew Falls.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Merritton and Thorold.

Merritton

Quarter

Merritton is both a distinct community within and a council ward of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. It was named after William Hamilton Merritt, a prominent local entrepreneur and founder of the Welland Canal Company. Merritton is situated 5 km northeast of DeCew Falls.

Thorold

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Thorold is a city in Ontario, Canada, located on the Niagara Escarpment. It is also the seat of the Regional Municipality of Niagara. The Welland Canal passes through the city, featuring lock 7 and the Twin Flight Locks.

St. Catharines

Photo: Trappy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St. Catharines is a city of 137,000 people in the Niagara Peninsula of Ontario. It has the Welland Canal, a dry-dock for ships, and automotive plants. A pond near the mouth of the first Welland Canal now hosts regional and national rowing championships every year.

DeCew Falls

Type: Tourist attraction
Also known as: “Decew Falls”
Category: tourism
Location: St. Catharines, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude

43.11019° or 43° 6′ 37″ north

Longitude

-79.26465° or 79° 15′ 53″ west

Elevation

160 metres (525 feet)

Open location code

87M24P6P+34

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12040483125

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

GeoNames ID

5936419

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