Coming off of a great Summer and early Fall of visiting several Ontario Waterfalls in warmer weather, Healey Falls in Cambellford Ontario was my first visit to a waterfall in the cold!

It was Halloween and I had spent the day in Warkworth helping a woman clean up her property of an abandoned house I had explored the year before.  I told her of my plans to see some waterfalls before the sun went down and she had suggested I visit Healey Falls.

Healey Falls is not the easiest waterfall to find, even though it’s RIGHT THERE off a major highway.  After some failed drives down some long forgotten roads I could SEE the waterfall but how the heck to I GET to the waterfall?

Finally, I found a side dirt road that was covered in no parking signs, after being chased off by a homeowner not wanting me parked anywhere near his driveway I finally found a spot without any signs.

A short walk down a paved path and you will approach an unsightly concrete dam, unfortunately this waterway is controlled by a dam from the upper body of water called Seymour Lake, a part of the Trent River.  My guess is that Healey Falls has something to do with controlling water levels for the nearby Trent Severn Waterway Locks.

The width of Healey Falls is around 100 metres and it drops a total of 10-20 metres or more along a series of steps carved into the bedrock.

Unfortunately on my visit, only 1 or 2 of the gates were open, but I am told that at full force this waterfall is a serious sight to see!

I wouldn’t go out of my way or plan a trip to see this one, but if you’re in the area it is definitely worth a stop!