More Waterfalls of Victoria

Sitting Lady Falls, Witty’s Lagoon Regional Park, Metchosin

This waterfall’s name was given to it because some fanciful person decided that when you at the falls, you can see the image of –you guessed it – a sitting lady. But this waterfall, to me is more like a mermaid’s lagoon, as Bilston Creek plunges down a rock face to fall into the salt water of Witty’s Lagoon.  There are viewing platforms around the edge of the canyon to give different views of the falls.

At the falls, the trail branches in two directions. Go to the branch on the left, and you will hike the point of rock on the opposite side of the lagoon. The Ka-Kyaakan band the Coast Salish people lived in this area. Shell middens, a village site at the edge of the lagoon, and several defensive structures designed to protect its entrance are among the 27 identified areas of archaeological significance in the park.  It is also a sensitive ecological area, containing rare and endangered native plants.  Visitors are asked to stay on trails to protect these delicate and vulnerable sites.

McKenzie Bight, Gowlland-Tod Provincial Park

The trail the goes to the right at the top of the falls leads round the other side of the lagoon and down to a salt flat. This trail can be very muddy, and appropriate footwear is needed. This area is known for birdwatching. The trial ends on the sand beach that forms a part of the sand spit that forms the lagoon.

My third choice for favorite waterfalls in Victoria is the cascade of Pease Creek down the side of the sheer face between Ross-Durrance Road and salt water of McKenzie Bight. A friend of mine who is a professional photographer describes this as the most photogenic falls in the area, with portions of misty tendrils of water over rock contrasted with areas of plunging torrents.