With an average high flow rate of 122 m3/s (4,300 cu ft/s), it is one of the largest waterfalls in British Columbia.

While crossing the Clearwater River below the Chute on September 12, 1952, Bailey’s boat capsized in the swift water and he drowned.

[3] The rock at Bailey’s Chute is schist and closely related to the ancient Kootenay Terrane found at The Mushbowl, along the base of Green Mountain, and at Trout Creek Canyon (all in Wells Gray Park).

The force of the water impacting the river produces a 1.5 metre tall standing wave that propagates downstream from the falls.

[2] Baileys Chute is a good place to view the Chinook as they try to leap the falls from mid-August through September.