Mason's Rock
In the middle.
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Virginia Falls is a waterfall in Nahanni National Park Reserve in the Northwest Territories, Canada, on the South Nahanni River at an elevation of 500 metres, 120 km from the Yukon border and about 232 km west of the town of Fort Simpson in a straight line. It has a total drop of 96 metres, about twice the height of Niagara Falls, falling in a single drop with an average width of 259 metres. The American adventurer Fenley Hunter named it after his daughter in 1928, and the rock in its centre is called Mason's Rock, after the Canadian canoeist and filmmaker Bill Mason. The river splits around the central rock into two huge falls plunging between towering grey cliffs, throwing up thick spray where rainbows form on sunny days, with pine forest and vast roadless mountains all around. No road reaches the falls; visitors arrive by floatplane, landing above the falls, or on long canoe trips down the river. From the landing a trail and platforms look out over the falls. The season is a short summer and the weather changes fast, so book with licensed operators.
In the middle.
Rainbows.
The easy way in.
Nahanni National Park Reserve, Northwest Territories, Canada
By floatplane or canoe.
June to August.