Canada 
In numbers.
7.0m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Mar–Apr
Oct–Nov
Best months
151m
Elevation
The water at Englishman River Falls Provincial Park, month by month
It roars from November to January.
The fullest months: from November to January. The thinnest: from June to September.
- 12 m³/sJan
- 9.2 m³/sFeb
- 8.8 m³/sMar
- 7.0 m³/sApr
- 4.6 m³/sMay
- 2.9 m³/sJun
- 1.9 m³/sJul
- 1.7 m³/sAug
- 2.7 m³/sSep
- 6.1 m³/sOct
- 10.0 m³/sNov
- 11 m³/sDec
From about 1.7 m³/s in the lowest month to 12 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from March to April and from October to November.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Provincial park in Canada
Englishman River Falls Provincial Park is a waterfall in Canada.
Getting there.
- Coombsnearest town · 7.6 km in a straight line
- Parking 280 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Qualicum Beach Airport (XQU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 10 km in a straight lineCar hire at YCD airport (Nanaimo)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From March to April and from October to Novemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 95 m in 3.0 km. Here the river runs about 58 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 2viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 1car parks
- 2swimming spotsSwimming Hole
- 1picnic sites
- 6toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 2other named waterfalls within 4 kmTriple Falls, Englishman River Upper Falls, Englishman River Lower Falls
- —caves
- 1campsitesEnglishman River Falls Campground
- 2hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmCedar Song B&B and Cottage, Private property
- —restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Coombs7.6 km in a straight line
- Parksville8.4 km in a straight line
- French Creek10 km in a straight line
- Nanoose Bay12 km in a straight line
- Qualicum Beach13 km in a straight line
- Fairwinds17 km in a straight line
- Lantzville20 km in a straight line
- Wellington23 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 5 |
| Night °C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 195 | 103 | 142 | 88 | 57 | 53 | 37 | 42 | 72 | 139 | 200 | 183 |
| Wet days | 20 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 21 |
| Sun h/day | 1.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 5.5 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 9.6 | 8.6 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 0.9 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 14 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 15 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (151 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Photos
Through visitors' eyes.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 157% | 91% | 48% | 53% | 122% | 135% | 112% | 157% | 102% | 83% | 89% | 106% |
| 2021 | 90% | 75% | 58% | 41% | 93% | 87% | 66% | 44% | 185% | 127% | 141% | 73% |
| 2022 | 85% | 63% | 69% | 136% | 173% | 151% | 111% | 60% | 22% | 49% | 47% | 85% |
| 2023 | 69% | 96% | 45% | 137% | 71% | 80% | 120% | 107% | 80% | 87% | 60% | 106% |
| 2024 | 102% | 77% | 79% | 73% | 97% | 135% | 62% | 177% | 81% | 132% | 95% | 114% |
| 2025 | 25% | 103% | 147% | 70% | 120% | 56% | 63% | 147% | 119% | 108% | 74% | 135% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Englishman River Falls Provincial Park
Canada
- —Height
- 7.0 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–Apr, Oct–NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q1342877) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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