Waterfalls Detail: Garden Creek like many small brooks and creeks along the plateau that borders the Saint John River Valley, flows in a northerly direction down towards the “Rhine of New Brunswick”. The plateau in the Fredericton area rises 100 to 150 meters above the river valley and this results in numerous cascades up and down the river valley in this area.
The fall is located alongside the High-speed entry lane to the Trans Canada Highway heading west out of Fredericton. Just a few meters past the 1 km marker there is an ATV trail on the right hand side of the highway leading into the falls. There is absolutely no indication of these falls from the road or the trail. The walk into the falls is very short.
Visit Details: I was informed about the falls by an acquaintance, Mark Gallagher and decided to see if I could find them. I was given general idea of where the falls could be located. So this I drove up and parked along side the highway where I thought the falls might be located. There are two ravines and I chose the largest. I waded down to the stream and began to wade down stream until the mosquitoes drove me back. I wandered about 100 to 150 meters downstream with no luck. Upon returning to the car I decided to try the second but smaller gully. I was just about to climb over the guardrail when an ATV came along and stopped. I asked the driver if there was waterfalls nearby and was told that he was heading to the falls and to follow him.
Voila, within a 5 minute drive from my home there is this wonderful waterfall. I spent approximately 30 minute taking pictures. This is a nice location with a large pine tree stand shading the area. I walked down to the falls and was pleasantly surprised by the proximity to the highway. There are several large boulders from which to view the falls.
I revisited the falls on Tuesday, July 15th to take a few more pictures. Thanks to Mark and the nice people on the ATV.
I will be visiting Fredericton at the end of June. I would like to view the falls - especially since it is part of the Fredericton Fault. My son lives there. I am from Saskatchewan.
From Google maps, it looks like you take Hanwell Rd north to #2 and go west. The falls seems to be on the right before you reach #8. Yes?
I have been going to this location for over 14 years. Now that the main highway passes close by , i bring my rake , shovel and garbage bags. If you haven’t see the broken beer bottles, garbage and the dirty illegal fire pits, it’s because i have been there to clean it up.I don’t own this property, but can’t stand to see this mess. I was there again on August 4th. I think that i am loosing the battle.
I was wondering if you give me directions on how to get there…..as I would really like to go to the falls but dont really know how to get there
Nick,
Based on some of the comments you are getting you really need to add a map for each of the waterfalls.
Bernie.
Hey, thanks for all the work on this site. I started plugging in your coordinates into Google Maps so I can have a visual of the maps. Starting with York County… Hope you don’t mind me steeling some of you coordinates
THe map is open for anyone to add to…
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=103073051499384854417.000471b073e3759a7228d
HI THERE I HAVE 4 KIDS AND 2 ARE VERY SICK .THIS WELL BE 5 YEARS THAT ME AND MY HUBBIE HAVE BEEN MARRY.WE DONT DO ANY THING BECAUSE WE DONT HAVE THE MONEY.IS THERE ANY THING YOU CAN DO FOR US.SO WE CAN HAVE A NICE DAY TOGETHER THANK U SO MUCH..
I’ve known these falls long before the highway was built and i wish it would of stayed this way. Few people have known about these falls before the highway was built,And any true greenwooder knows how to find these falls!!