Crescent Falls is a series of two waterfalls located on the Bighorn River in the Bighorn River Canyon in west-central Alberta, Canada. They were originally called the Bighorn Falls, after the river they are located on.[1] The current name is a reference to the crescent cliff over which they drop.[1]
The falls are located a few kilometres upstream of the river's confluence with the North Saskatchewan River. A 4.5-kilometre-long (2.8 mi) gravel road leads north from David Thompson Highway (between Abraham Lake and Nordegg) to the falls. The Crescent Falls Provincial Recreation Area is immediately up-river from the falls.[2]
The waterfall is two-tiered and has a height of 27 metres (89 ft).[3] Visitors are allowed at the waterfalls year-round.[4] The rock ledges around the top of the falls are slippery[1] and fatal drops have occurred.[5] Additionally, people have died by being swept under the waterfall after swimming at the bottom of the falls.[6]
Arthur Philemon Coleman, a professor of geology at the University of Toronto, made the first mention of the falls in 1892 and described them as having a "far better scenery than we had been used to in the foot-hills".[7]
A sitting bench next to the falls is dedicated to James Hammond and placed there by his family after his death. Hammond was an avid outdoorsman and was especially fond of this location.[7]
^ abc"Crescent Falls Hike". www.albertawow.com. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
^Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture. "Crescent Falls Provincial Recreation Area". Retrieved February 12, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)[permanent dead link]
^"Crescent Falls". World Waterfalls. Archived from the original on July 23, 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2008.
^"Explore Crescent Falls". www.theoutbound.com. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
^Theobald, Claire (June 24, 2015). "Two men fall to their deaths at Crescent Falls lookout point in Alberta". edmontonsun. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
^"Three people drown at Crescent Falls". Red Deer Advocate. August 12, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
^ abRoss, Jane; Kyba, Dan (2016). The David Thompson highway hiking guide. Rocky Mountain Books. ISBN 978-1-77160-092-7. OCLC 1080638227.
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