The name of the town originated from the nearby falls on the Upper Columbia River. The falls, plummeted nearly 50 feet carving out “kettles” in the quartzite rock below. More historic photos can be seen on the Washington Rural Heritage website.
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Waterfalls of Washington - Upper Meyers Falls; Kettle Falls. Upper Meyers Falls is a small 15 ft. drop along the Colville River in the town of Kettle Falls. It is located immediately upstream from a hydro power facility at (lower) Meyers Falls.
A subterranean waterfall or underground waterfall is a waterfall located underground, usually in a cave or mine. They are a common feature in cave systems where there are vertical or near vertical geological structures for the weathering process to exploit, and sufficient gradient between the sink and the rising.