She-Qua-Ga Falls [Montour Falls] (Montour Falls, New York, USA)

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She-Qua-Ga Falls (Montour Falls)

She-Qua-Ga Falls (Shequaga Falls) is the Native American name for the falls meaning "tumbling waters" though you might also see the falls referred to as Montour Falls. It's situated behind some charming colonial-style buildings and homes of the Montour Falls town near its main street. The falls is about 156ft high and you might notice the She-Qua-Ga Creek Bridge above it partially hidden amongst the foliage.

During my visit, I noticed a Louis XVIII of France sign at the start of the short path to the falls. It turned out that he sketched this waterfall when he was in exhile prior to becoming the "citizen king" of France. That sketch is now in the Louvre Museum in Paris, which is quite cool considering an obscure waterfall like this can be seen by millions of people today in one of the greatest art galleries in the world! It's yet another example of history meeting nature, which was the sense I got when exploring nature in the Eastern US.

We managed to see the falls flowing in mid-June, but I can totally see this waterfall go dry or trickle later in the Summer. I'm betting that Spring is the best time to see this falls.

Directions: From Ithaca, we went south on Hwy 13 which then junctioned with Hwy 224. Turning right onto Hwy 224, we then took it to the town of Montour Falls where it junctioned with the Hwy 14. We then made a left onto Hwy 14 and quickly thereafter, turned right onto Main St. And at the end of Main St, it intersects with Genesee St, where we turned left and saw the falls on our right between a pair of historical looking buildings.

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