| Glen Falls | |
| Photo Width: | 300px |
| Coordinates: | 42.964°N -78.744°W |
| Location: | Williamsville, Erie County, NY, U.S. |
| Type: | Cascade |
| Height: | 30feet |
| Watercourse: | Ellicott Creek |
Glen Falls is a small waterfall located on Ellicott Creek in the village of Williamsville, New York. The hydropower provided by the falls made it an ideal site for a number of early watermills used to grind grist and to power sawmills.[1]
One of the earliest settlers of what is now Williamsville, Jonas Williams, owned two mills on opposite sides of Ellicott Creek.[1] The name of these mills, Williams Mills, eventually transformed into the name of the village in which the falls is located, Williamsville. The falls has a vertical drop of approximately 30feet.[2] The vertical drop is part of the Onondaga Escarpment, a portion of which runs through Williamsville. Today, the falls forms part of the eastern border of Glen Park.
Glen Falls has a very similar name to the city of Glens Falls, which is located in the far eastern portion of New York State, over 200miles from Williamsville.
