Les cascades es van descobrir en 1140 per una de les filles d'[[Oduduwa]]. No obstant això, segons ''[[The Nation]]'', ''«les cascades Olumirin van ser descobertes pels caçadors l'any 1140».''<ref name="Olumirin" />
La cascades tées setdivideixen caigudesen set d'aiguanivells, sobre lesels quals es troba el poble d'Abake.<ref name="Olumirin">{{cite news|url=http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/saturday-magazine/weekend-treat/promenade/24431-olumirin-waterfall-splash-of-the-sublime.html |publisher=The Nation |title=Olumirin Waterfall Splash of the sublime |author=Okorie Uguru |date=October 29, 2011 |accessdate=February 26, 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226175033/http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/saturday-magazine/weekend-treat/promenade/24431-olumirin-waterfall-splash-of-the-sublime.html |archivedate=February 26, 2015 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.punchng.com/feature/people-places/erin-ijesa-waterfalls-captivating-work-of-nature/ |title=Erin-Ijesa Waterfalls: Captivating work of nature |author=Femi Makinde |publisher=The Punch |date=December 28, 2014 |accessdate=February 26, 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310032558/http://www.punchng.com/feature/people-places/erin-ijesa-waterfalls-captivating-work-of-nature/ |archivedate=March 10, 2015 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://naijatreks.com/2011/04/olumirin-waterfalls/|website=Naijatreks|title=The Mysterious Waters of Olumirin Falls in Erin-Ijesa|author=Folarin Kolawole|date=April 29, 2011|accessdate=February 26, 2015}}</ref>
