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North Russell Falls

Directions

From US 11 in downtown Canton, turn on Park Street and proceed past St. Lawrence University.  As you leave the village, Park Street becomes CR 27.  The first intersection is a four-way stop.  Take a right on CR 25.  After crossing into the town of Russell, look for the Dutton Road on the left.   A short distance down this road, you will cross the Little River.  The waterfall is less than 1/4 mile downstream.

County: St. Lawrence
Town: Russell
USGS Map: Pierrepont
Waterway: Little River
Latitude: N 44° 31' 5.05"
Longitude: W 75° 07' 23.81"
Drop: 8'
Type: Ribbon step
Region: Southeast of Canton
Parking: NA
Trail type: NA
Length of hike: NA
Difficulty: NA
Accessibility: Private
Name: Unnamed

Canton Quadrangle

We discovered this waterfall by accident and we must stress that it is on private property.  When we visited the Wallace Mill Falls just below a bridge on the Dutton Road in the town of Russell, we discovered that a long-time friend lived adjacent to that waterfall.  We went to his home to pick his brain about it, he told us about another falls downstream.  That one was on a neighbor's land and he guided us to it.  As it turns out, this neighbor is also a long-time friend, and former co-worker, of this site's webmaster.

Our research indicates that this falls is unnamed.  Since there are two other falls in this area on the Little River, for cataloging purposes, we are choosing to call it the North Russell Falls.  It is in the region of that hamlet.

The stream cuts through some boulders here and takes a hard right before plunging into a pool that then takes a turn left.  The bad news is that the best part of this waterfall is hidden behind one of these boulders and couldn't be seen from where we were.  To get a clear view of this, you have to ford the river.  On our visit here, although we were prepared for hiking, we were not prepared for wading!  A return trip is planned for June 2016 to get those pictures.

The Little River feeds into the Grasse River just south of the village of Canton near CR 25.  The Grasse River empties into the St. Lawrence River in Massena, in St. Lawrence County.

Last update:  May 21, 2016

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