Onaping High Falls & A.Y. Jackson Lookout
A.Y. Jackson Lookout
A lookout beside Highway 144 overlooking the tall Onaping Falls, where Group of Seven painter A.Y. Jackson once sketched.
The lookout is on Highway 144, about 43 km northwest of downtown Sudbury. It is named after A.Y. Jackson, the Canadian Group of Seven painter who depicted the tall falls on the Onaping River and the northern wilderness here. From the lookout you can see the waterfall plunging down black rock walls. The rock here is Sudbury Basin breccia, formed about 1.85 billion years ago by a meteorite impact. Trails lead down near the falls, and there is a visitor information point and a picnic area nearby. The scenery is at its most beautiful in the autumn colours.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Windy Lake Provincial Park
- Anderson Farm Museum
- Dynamic Earth & Big Nickel
- Science North
- Ramsey Lake & Bell Park
- Art Gallery of Sudbury
- Kivi Park
- Lake Laurentian Conservation Area