# Kakabeka Falls

- **Country:** Canada
- **Type:** Plunge
- **Height:** 40 m
- **Location:** Oliver Paipoonge, Ontario, Canada
- **Photo Width:** 288
- **Watercourse:** Kaministiquia River
- **Average Flow:** 50 m3/s (1766 cu ft/s)
- **Number Drops:** Two
- **Photo Caption:** Kakabeka Falls

The falls have a drop of , cascading into a gorge carved out of the Precambrian Shield by meltwater following the Last Glacial Maximum. Because of its size and ease of access, it has been consequently nicknamed "the Niagara of the North".

![Photo of Kakabeka Falls](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Thefalls.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakabeka_Falls (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)