Golden Brook Falls
Top 5 HRM Falls – Part 3
The Mission Status
At this point I had visited Pockwock Falls, and Slaughenwhite Cascades numbers 5 and 4 respectively from the list “Top 5 waterfalls of the HRM”. Mike and I had just finished up nursing our wounds from the unfortunate events that took place at Slaughenwhite Cascades. Mike, still pumped up on adrenaline was ready to continue our adventure to the next waterfall on the list, Golden Brook Falls.
Getting There
Golden Brook Falls is located in the Wellington Station area on Kings Road. Off of hwy 2 we turned on to Sunnylea Road over some train tracks and turned left to stay on Sunnylea when we hit the ‘T’ in the road. Take the first left to get onto Kings Road. This is a very long and narrow private dirt road. We crossed quite a few tiny single lane bridges. On the left side of possibly the third or fourth one (sorry I lost count..) is where the falls reside. Coordinates: N 44° 52.374 W 063° 37.913. The private road has many signs along the way that say no parking anywhere along Kings Road. This is probably due to the fact that the road is so narrow.
It was along this road that we noticed a wasp from the Superstore parking lot, back in Tantallon, had hitched a ride. It was buzzing around on the dash of the car taunting us. Mike and I were having PTSD flash backs of Slaughenwhite Cascades. We rolled our windows way down and I pushed my body back into my seat as far as possible to keep my face as far away as possible. We slowly rolled down the dirt road to our destination. You are suppose to be able to see the falls from the comfort of your own car, but our car was far from comfortable at this point… Neither of us was crazy about the idea of getting stung again so we pulled over and bailed.
The Big Reveal
Hoping the wasp would exit the vehicle by the time we got back, we walked to the bridge to take a good look at this small cascading waterfall. It was an absolute bust. We followed the GPS to the exact coordinates on this bridge and all we saw at this time of year (late August) was a dried up river. Even if it it weren’t dried up I’m not sure it would be worth the drive up to Fall River. The atmosphere was very uncomfortable since it is only accessible by driving up a very unfriendly private road which you technically can’t park on to get a good look.
The Verdict
There was nothing worth taking pictures of for this one. It is hard to believe even with the river flowing that it would be anywhere near the sight to be had at Pockwock or Slaughenwhite (wasp attack disregarded) just by atmosphere alone. This was not the hidden pocket of nature that I had in mind.
Between the wasp attack at Slaughenwhite Cascades and the dried up river at Golden Brook this day was not turning out as we had expected. With one last waterfall sighting planned for the day we headed to Miller Lake Falls. Here is hoping number 2 on the list could provide a little redemption to our waterfall tour.