Uisage Ban Falls Provincial Park, Provincial park in Victoria County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Uisge Ban Falls Provincial Park is a day-use picnic and hiking park on the North Branch Road, 14.5 km north of Baddeck on Cape Breton Island. Its Falls Trail runs about 3 km through mixed and hardwood forest to Easach Ban Falls, a 16-metre waterfall in a gorge whose sheer walls rise 150 metres on either side. The rock is ancient granite, gneiss and schist.
The Falls Trail was built with help from the Nova Scotia Forest Technicians Association, and later improvements were carried out by Stora Enso and the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources. The park is managed by the provincial Department of Natural Resources. The name Uisge Ban comes from Scottish Gaelic and means "white water".
The name Uisge Ban derives from Scottish Gaelic, meaning "white water"; sources also record the spellings Easach, Bàn and Bahn, and the falls themselves are called Easach Ban. The park lies near New Glen on Cape Breton Island, where Gaelic-speaking settlers from Scotland settled, and the Gaelic place name survives on maps and trail signs.
The area is located about 14 kilometers north of Baddeck and operates from May through October. Free entry and parking are available along with picnic tables and restroom facilities.
Above Easach Ban Falls, a second waterfall about 10 metres high lies 1.5 kilometres upstream, reached only by hiking along the brook where no trail exists. Several geocaches are hidden near the park entrance, along the River Trail and around the falls.
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