Photo Journal Day 46: The Devil's Punchbowl Falls

This morning I went to visit the Devil's Punchbowl. After a full day of rain yesterday, I expected to get muddy. But ended up having to wade through knee deep water to reach the base of the falls. The water flow was the highest that I have seen there (There are times of the year that there is no water).

Widely hailed as one of the Niagara Escarpment’s most unforgettable sights, it consists of colorful layers of stratified rock. The Devil’s Punchbowl was formed at the end of the last Ice Age by the melted ice, which rushed in torrents over the Stoney Creek Escarpment.

A number of stories circulate as to how the Devil’s Punch Bowl got its name. There is the possibility that it was named for the pails of home brew which, at one time, was bootlegged in the surrounding woods. Another story suggests that people who saw the beautiful sight as God’s work, knew that God would not want something named after himself, thus decided to name it after the devil instead. The punchbowl itself reflects the bowl-like shape of the rock formation.
Source: http://www.cityofwaterfalls.ca/devils-punchbowl/

The colorful and exposed rock strata draws in geologists from around the world, hikers, people of the city and travelers alike.