Waterfall Shannon Falls Park
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Credit: Bill McComish, WestCoastPhotos.com
Shannon Falls
With almost a half-million visitors annually, Shannon Falls Provincial Park is one of the most popular picnic spots along the entire Sea to Sky corridor. Located on the east side of Hwy 99 just south of Stawamus Chief Mountain, extensive picnic grounds surround the base of BC's third-highest waterfall (1,105 feet/335 m). In summer months the parking lot is full by noon, with half of the visitors arriving by tour bus. Picnic tables are located beside Shannon Creek and in the Loggers Sports Field nearby.
A boardwalk leads to a viewing platform near the base of the roaring falls. From here you can gaze up the smooth sides of the granite walls over which the falls foam and tumble.
At low flow, the falls does little more than veil the rockface. In feistier seasons, when the falls gives off an almighty roar, its spray will drench you if you get too close. Some people (the cold shower types) don't mind and follow a rough trail that leads from the viewing platform to the base of the falls. Often the best time to picnic here is on the first warm days of spring and the last ones of fall, when water levels in the falls are running strong.
- Height - 1100 feet Width - 50 feet +
- Form - Horestail
- Stream - Shannon Creek
- Discharge - Medium
- Source - Mt. Habrich
- Seasons - Year Round
- Access - Car
- Accessibility - Roadside
- Name - Official
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