Bridal Veil Falls is a

waterfall A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in several wa ...

near the town of Kagawong on

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Manitoulin Island Manitoulin Island is an island in Lake Huron, located within the borders of the Canadian province of Ontario, in the bioregion known as Laurentia. With an area of , it is the largest lake island in the world, large enough that it has over 100 ...

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, Canada. The water source is the

Kagawong River The Kagawong River is a river on Manitoulin Island in Manitoulin District, Ontario, Canada which flows from Lake Kagawong to empty into Mudge Bay on the North Channel Lake Huron. The river falls over a limestone bluff at Bridal Veil Falls. "Kagaw ...

, which flows from

Lake Kagawong Lake Kagawong is the second largest lake on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada. Located in the central part of the island, the lake is drained by the Kagawong River, which falls over Bridal Veil Falls into Lake Huron. Kagawong means " here mi ...

to the

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. It has a height of approximately . There is a short hiking trail from the falls down to the North Channel. There are two parking lots and two approaches to the falls: one from the top of the outdoor steel staircase next to the falls, and another from a few hundred metres down the trail, past some of the rapids. Both are easily accessible from Highway 540.

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* Waterfalls of Ontario Landforms of Manitoulin District Tourist attractions in Manitoulin District Manitoulin Island {{NorthernOntario-geo-stub