You do not have to walk far to see Shannon Falls – it is tumbling down about 1000 feet over a series of steep cliffs just above Sea to Sky Highway, about half an hour from the Horseshoe Bay Ferry terminal. The fall is part of the Shannon Falls Provincial Park 36 miles from Vancouver, and its waters tumble down from Mount Sky Pilot and Mount Habrich. This impressive waterfall, third in height in British Columbia, comes down the mountain through Shannon Creek until it reaches granite walls of Howe Sound, which was carved by glaciers ten thousand years ago, and falls towards the Pacific. As they are so close to Howe Sound, the falls seldom freeze and have consistent amounts of water year round. Nevertheless, seeing the raw power of nature in spring when Shannon Creek swells with spring rains and thunders down 1000 feet is a quite sight to behold.

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