Photo Gallery (U.S. National Park Service)

Most of the waterfalls in this area are the result of water running over a shelf or cliffs of hard limey sandstone called the Au Train Formation.

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Bridalveil Falls flows vertically over a hard rock cap onto softer sandstone rock that slopes at a 45 degree angle. The water flows into Lake Superior.

Bridalveil Falls

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Straight on view of Bridalveil Falls flowing down on a sloping cliff into Lake Superior.

Bridalveil Falls in spring

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Bridalveil Falls is a narrow waterfall flowing down a sloped sandstone cliff into Lake Superior

Bridalveil Falls

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narrow stream of water that drops over the top of a sandstone ridge onto a slopping cliff. Flows into Lake Superior.

Bridalveil Falls up close

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Narrow stream of water that drops over the top of a sandstone ridge onto a slopping cliff. Flows into Lake Superior.

Bridalveil Falls

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Bridalveil Falls cascades down the Pictured Rocks. This springtime waterfalls slow to a trickle by summer.

Bridalveil Falls

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This waterfall drops over a vertical cliff top onto a sloping sandstone cliff. The water then flows into Lake Superior. Fall colored trees are on the cliffs.

Bridalveil Falls in Fall

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This waterfall drops over a vertical cliff top onto a sloping sandstone cliff. The water then flows into Lake Superior. Fall colored trees are on the cliffs.

Bridalveil Falls

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Standing on a beach and looking across Lake Superior to a cliff line. Bridalveil Falls is barely flowing in the center of the image.

Bridalveil Falls in the distan...

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A wet streak on the sloping sandstone cliff stretches 200 feet from the top to Lake Superior

Nearly Dry Bridalveil Falls

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Chapel Falls flows out of thick vegetation from a bowl like rock ledge.

Chapel Falls

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The top of Chapel Falls is just visible in the center of the image. Thick trees surround it.

Chapel Falls

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Chapel Falls flows out of the forest down a bowl shaped rock wall.

Chapel Falls

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Chapel Falls partially hidden behind the changing colors of leaves

Chapel Falls in the Fall

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A little flow of water that drops about two feet over a rock ridge on to the rocks and Lake Superior.

Elliot Falls

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A very small waterfall flows over a small rock ledge. The water falls about two feet onto sloping rock in to Lake Superior

Elliot Falls

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Elliot falls is very short and flows over a two foot rock ridge into Lake Superior.

Elliot Falls

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A small stream trickles over the rock at east edge of Miners Beach.

Waterfall (Elliot's) at east e...

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Elliot Falls at the east end of Miners Beach flowing into a choppy Lake Superior.

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The tiny waterfall flows over a little rock ledge (2 feet high) into Lake Superior

Elliot Falls

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