Lower Canada Creek Falls
Union County, Georgia
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Union County, Georgia
- Access status
- Published off-trail route and parking documented; fords and unmarked paths
- The walk
- About 0.9 miles each way, about 1.8 miles return
- Ground & access
- Unmarked, unmaintained paths with steep muddy banks, rhododendron thickets and two knee-deep fords. Navigation skills needed.
Alberta Falls is a 40-foot single drop on Canada Creek near Suches. No official trail leads there. From the parking area, walk about 250 feet back up East Canada Creek Road to a big pullout and take the less obvious forest road from its far east end. Follow it about 0.35 mile to its end, then take a path upstream along the creek. Ford Canada Creek twice, cross Wildhog Creek, and follow the path upstream to its end at the falls. Do not follow the old logging road on the west side of Wildhog Creek; it leads to private property.
Plan your visit
Gate at the end of East Canada Creek Road to Alberta Falls on unofficial paths
Derived from the trail report mileage: the report reaches its car at 2.3 miles and Alberta Falls at 3.2 miles on the next leg, about 0.9 miles from the gate area. The return is derived by doubling it.
Unmarked, unmaintained paths with steep muddy banks, rhododendron thickets and two knee-deep fords. Navigation skills needed.
Where to start
Large turnaround with a campsite to the left of the gate at the end of East Canada Creek Road, 2.1 miles from Cooper Gap Road; Cooper Gap Road leaves Highway 60 in Suches. The report says the gravel road is in good condition up to the gate.
Timing & water
Best in winter and spring. Fords are harder in high water.
Before you go
The trail report lists no fees.
Visitor informationVisit sources
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Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
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