There are a total of 3

waterfalls 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 w ...

on the 2 forks of the

Miller River The Miller River is a river in King County, Washington. Named for 1890s prospector John Miller, it is a tributary of the Skykomish River, which it joins near the community of Miller River (which was, prior to World War I, known as Berlin). The M ...

. Below is a description for all of them:

East Fork

Florence Falls

Florence Falls, at , is located a short distance downstream from Lake Dorothy. The falls are a long cascade totaling about . The falls are made up of several small drops, none over 20 feet high, and can be just a trickle when the river is really low or likely quite large when the river is high. The location of this waterfall is often marked on older maps as being just downstream of the mouth of Smith Creek. The true location is just below the outlet of Lake Dorothy, at a bend in the river. The falls are located within a narrow gorge.

West Fork

Borderline Falls

Borderline Falls, at , is a located about 1.5 miles upstream from the mouth of the West Fork and about 0.6 miles above Immigration Falls. They occur where the river is squeezed between two large

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slabs and cascades for about 20 feet. It got its name due to the amount of kayakers who run it as well as the river above or below the falls.

Immigration Falls

Immigration Falls, at , is located about 0.9 miles above the mouth of the West Fork and about 0.6 miles downstream from Borderline Falls. They occur where the river drops over a huge boulder and into another. It got its name due to the amount of kayakers who run it as well as the river above or below the falls.

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