Acclaimed as one of British Columbia's most beautiful waterfalls, Brandywine Falls is located to the east of Highway 99 in Brandywine Provincial Park, 30 miles north of Squamish and 8 miles south of Whistler. It is a short, easy trail to view the falls from a viewing platform. |
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Below: A big sign about Black Tusk; the
mountain that the two RV Gypsies saw while looking out the front window
of their RV at the campground. It is probably the most famous mountain
in the area, and easily recognized. It is where Thunderbird lives, which
is also a big photo here. Each photo may take a moment to load, because
Karen Duquette wanted to keep the two photos big enough for viewers
to read. |
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Below: A very small covered bridge leading to Brandywine Falls. |
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Below: Views from each side of the covered
bridge shown above. |
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Below: There was space in-between the two
yellow signs to walk through and cross over the railroad tracks. The
two RV Gypsies had no problem doing that, and all was fine heading towards
the falls. But on the way back, when the two RV Gypsies got to this
area, something was in the air and both Karen and Lee starting chocking,
sneezing, and had trouble breathing. It was scary. |
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Below: The two RV Gypsies on the large observation deck overlooking Brandywine Creek's emphatic plunge into its pool 230 feet below. Hardy hikers can trek to the base following the detailed directions in the Greenfield guide, but the two RV Gypsies just loved the view from where they were at the time. |
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There are two stories about how Brandywine got its name; the first tells of two railway surveyors who in 1910, waged a bottle of brandy on who could come closer to estimating the actual height of the cataract, and the winner got to name the falls.
The alternative tale claims that two old-timers stopped at the unnamed falls in 1896 to brew some booze and imbibed so much brandy and wine they ended up there for the entire day. |
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Below: Brandywine Falls |
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A short walk down a trail and around
the corner gave a different view of Brandywine Falls |
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Below: The River |
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Below: Black Tusk |
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Black Tusk |
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