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This is an incomplete list of caves in Canada. Most notable caves are in western Canada and in parts of southern Ontario where limestone predominates.

Name Image Province Entrance
elevation (m)
Depth (m) Length (m) Remarks
Arctomys Cave  British Columbia 536 3,496 Located in Mount Robson Provincial Park
Artlish River Cave
 British Columbia 396 Located in Artlish Caves Provincial Park
Bisaro Anima  British Columbia 670 5,300 Discovered in 2012 on a mountain plateau north of Fernie. Extreme depth reached in a sump in late 2017.[1]
The Black Hole  British Columbia 740 Located in Artlish Caves Provincial Park
Bluefish Caves  Yukon Located south of Old Crow
Bonnechere Caves  Ontario Located at Eganville
Booming Ice Chasm  Alberta 140 704 Located near Crowsnest Pass
Cadomin Cave  Alberta 1,891 220 2,791 Closed in 2012 due to an outbreak of white nose syndrome
Canyon Creek Ice Cave  Alberta 1,769 +89.4 727.12 Impassable beyond first 150m since 1980, due to ice buildup[2]
Cape Dauphin cave  Nova Scotia Located at Cape Dauphin
Castleguard Cave
 Alberta 2,016[2] 384 20,357 The longest cave in Canada. Located in Banff National Park, the cave entrance is gated and requires permission from Parks Canada to enter.
Cave and Basin
 Alberta 1,403[2] Located in the town of Banff. Cave consists of a tunnel blasted through to a natural cavern containing hot springs. Has an entry fee.
Cave Falls  Ontario Located in Hamilton
Charlie Lake Cave
 British Columbia An archaeologically significant cave near Fort St John.
Chipmunk Caves  British Columbia Located near the Chilliwack River
Close To The Edge
 British Columbia 700 475 967 Located in Close To The Edge Provincial Park and Protected Area
Cody Caves
 British Columbia 800 Guide necessary
Devil's Bath  British Columbia Large sinkhole located 13.5 km southeast of Port Alice on Vancouver Island.
Duncan Crevice Caves  Ontario Located at Beaver Valley
Eramosa Karst
 Ontario Located in Hamilton
Eternal Fountain  British Columbia A waterfall emptying into a sinkhole near Port McNeill on Vancouver Island.
Gargantua Cave
 Alberta
 British Columbia
2,501[2] 286 6,001 Contains the largest and highest elevation natural cavern in Canada.
Gumdrop  British Columbia Located near Sechelt
Hayes Cave  Nova Scotia 400 [3] Located near Elmsdale
Hole in the Wall
 Alberta 2,013[2] 30[2] A prominent feature on the side of Mount Cory, north of Banff, visible from the Trans-Canada Highway
Hoodoo Cave  Alberta Near Nordegg
Horne Lake cave complex
 British Columbia Located on Vancouver Island
Horseshoe Falls grotto
 Ontario 46 Large manmade grotto behind Horseshoe Falls of Niagara Falls
Kitt's Cave  New Brunswick 8 141 Located near Hammondvale, New Brunswick
Limestone deposits  Manitoba Located near Lake Winnipeg
Little Huson Cave  British Columbia Located in the Nimpkish River valley on Vancouver Island
Nakimu Caves  British Columbia Located in Glacier National Park
Plateau Mountain Ice Cave  Alberta 2,226 90[2] In the Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve. Closed to the public in the early 1970s.[4]
Raspberry Rising  British Columbia 220 975 Located in Mount Tupper, BC. Still being explored, its full extents are yet to be determined.[5]
Rat's Nest Cave  Alberta 1,450[2] 245 4,003 Near Exshaw, beneath Grotto Mountain. Access is by guided tour only.
Saint-Alban caves  Quebec Located in Saint-Alban
Saint-Leonard Cavern
 Quebec 250 Saint-Léonard; original cave is 35 metres long with a depth of 8 metres;[6] a second 250-metre cave was discovered in 2017.[7]
Sarlacc's Pit cave
 British Columbia +130 +2,000 Located in Wells Gray Provincial Park. Discovered in 2018 and not yet accurately measured. The largest known cave of its type. Given the working name of "Sarlacc's Pit".[8]
Scenic Caves  Ontario Located near Collingwood
Skaha North Cave  British Columbia 40 300 ~5km south of north end of Skaha and 3km up from Skaha lake
Skaha South Cave  British Columbia 30 150 ~2km south of Skaha North
Slesse Creek caves  British Columbia Near Slesse Creek
Thanksgiving Cave  British Columbia 479[9] 8,386[9] Located on Vancouver Island, near Tahsis. A through passage was discovered in September 2017.
Trou de la Fée  Quebec Located in Desbiens on the Métabetchouane River
Trou du Diable
 Quebec 980 Second longest cave in Quebec
Trou du Perdus  Quebec Located in Saint-Michel-du-Squatec
Underground Lake  New Brunswick 13.1 141 Gypsum cave in Demoiselle Creek
Valdes Island cave
 British Columbia Located on Valdes Island
Vanishing River/Reappearing River  British Columbia Located on Vancouver Island
Wapiabi Cave  Alberta 152 540 Located near Nordegg
Warsaw Caves  Ontario Located in Douro-Dummer Township near Warsaw

See also

References

  1. ^ Heide Pearson, Calgarian explorers among team that discovered Canada’s deepest cave near Fernie, BC, Global News, January 15, 2018
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Rollins, Jon (2004). Caves of the Canadian Rockies & Columbia Mountains. Surrey, BC: Rocky Mountain Books. ISBN 0921102941.
  3. ^ Derek Davis, et al, (1996 Revised Edition), Natural History of Nova Scotia, Volume II: Theme Regions, Nova Scotia Museum, p. 96
  4. ^ Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve Management Plan
  5. ^ Joshua Rapp Learn, "Cave Mappers", Canadian Geographic Magazine, April 2014, pp. 36-37.
  6. ^ The Saint-Leonard Cavern Archived 2017-12-04 at the Wayback Machine, Alive 375: Society for the Celebrations of Montréal’s 375th Anniversary, 2015
  7. ^ Michelle Lalonde, Spelunkers discover 15,000-year-old cavern in St-Léonard park, Montreal Gazette, December 1, 2017
  8. ^ The Canadian Press (3 December 2018). "Newly discovered cave in B.C. might be largest ever found in Canada". CBC News. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Canada's 100 Longest and Deepest surveyed caves". CanCaver. Caving Canada. Retrieved 20 March 2018.