Pyramid Creek Falls Provincial Park, Provincial park at a hanging-valley waterfall in Thompson-Nicola Regional District, Canada.
Pyramid Creek Falls is a waterfall in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District that drops through several cascades over bedrock. The water descends approximately 300 feet total and forms a series of distinct tiers as it flows toward the North Thompson River.
The waterfall was designated as a provincial park in 1996 to protect the natural landscape in British Columbia. This designation preserved the waterfall system and surrounding environment for future generations.
The name comes from the shape of the lower, larger of the two drops: near its base the falling water fans out in the form of a pyramid. Pyramid Creek itself is glacier-fed and drops out of a hanging valley into the North Thompson River.
The falls and park lie across the North Thompson River from Highway 5, so most visitors only see the falls from the far bank. Getting to the falls themselves is difficult. Passengers on Via Rail trains, especially The Canadian, pass close to the falls; a crew member announces the approach from both directions and the train slows for a better view.
The falls drop about 300 feet in two large drops, not four cascades. The second and largest drop fans out near the bottom in the shape of a pyramid, which gives the falls their name. The creek then flows under the railway tracks before joining the North Thompson River.
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