| Directions
Just north of Malone, CR 23 exits right
off US 11. Signs will indicate that the road goes to
Burke. After crossing the bridge in the hamlet, take
the first right on to Depot Street. Look for St.
George Catholic Church on the right and park at the back
of the lot behind the church. |
| County: |
Franklin |
| Town: |
Burke |
| USGS Map: |
Burke |
| Waterway: |
Little Trout River |
| Latitude: |
N 44.74584o |
| Longitude: |
W 74.22310o |
| Drop: |
16' |
| Type: |
Slide |
| Region: |
Off US 11 north of Malone |
| Parking: |
Unpaved parking
lot |
| Trail type: |
Dirt |
| Length of hike: |
0.1 mile/2
minutes |
| Difficulty: |
Easy |
| Accessibility: |
Public |
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A trailhead at the back of the church parking lot will be
obvious. There is a gate at that point and a sign warning
you about the gate! The trail is well-worn and an easy hike.
Although you park in a church parking lot, our information is that
this is a common, popular swimming area for the locals and access
is allowed there.
This location is indicated on topographical maps as
"Falls" so it is recognized as such, but it technically
is not named. In reality, it probably would be more accurate
to call this area rapids. As you view the river here, it is
a series of slides and small drops that take up close to two to
three hundred feet of this river. The river bed is quite
wide and made up of smooth rocks. If the level were to come
up even two feet from what it was when we were there, the river
could be five or six times as wide! A local source did tell
us that the flow at the time we were there was pretty typical for
the spring.
There are a couple of islands in the channel through this
area. The main part of the falls is a stretch about 200 feet
long. Our estimate is that it drops about eight feet but we
found literature indicating that it is a 16 foot waterfall.
The river below the main drop is rapids going on for several
hundred yards. Perhaps this number accounts for the relief
of the entire section.
We found a map that named this the Small Trout River, but most
maps call it the Little Trout River. It flows into the Trout
River and few miles downstream from here. That river
continues through the hamlet of Trout River, which is right on the
US/Canada border. From there it continues north through the
Province of Quebec and empties into the St. Lawrence River.
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