List of caves in Canada
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This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.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 | Entrance elevation (m) |
Depth (m) | Length (m) | Province | Remarks |
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Booming Ice Chasm | 140 | 704 | Alberta | Located in the Crowsnest Pass area | |
Cadomin Cave | 1891 | 220 | 2791 | Alberta | Closed in 2012 - white nose syndrome |
Canyon Creek Ice Cave | 1769 | +89.4 | 727.12 | Alberta | Impassable beyond first 150m since 1980, due to ice buildup[1] |
Castleguard Cave | 2016[1] | 384 | 20357 | Alberta | 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 | 1403[1] | Alberta | In the Banff townsite. Entry is paid, cave consists of a tunnel blasted through to a natural cavern containing hot springs. | ||
Gargantua Cave | 2501[1] | 286 | 6001 | Alberta | Contains largest natural cavern in Canada |
Hole in the Wall | 2013[1] | 30[1] | Alberta | A prominent feature on the side of Mount Cory, north of Banff, visible from the Trans-Canada Highway |
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Hoodoo Cave | Alberta | Near Nordegg | |||
Plateau Mountain Ice Cave | 2226 | 90[1] | Alberta | In the Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve. Closed to the public in the early 1970s.[2] | |
Rat's Nest Cave | 1450[1] | 245 | 4003 | Alberta | Near Exshaw, beneath Grotto Mountain. Access is by guided tour only. |
Wapiabi Cave | 152 | 540 | Alberta | Near Nordegg | |
Arctomys Cave | 536 | 3496 | British Columbia | Located in Mount Robson Provincial Park | |
Artlish River Cave | 396 | British Columbia | Artlish Caves Provincial Park |
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The Black Hole | 740 | British Columbia | Artlish Caves Provincial Park | ||
Cody Caves | 800 | British Columbia | Guide necessary |
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Chipmunk Caves | British Columbia | Near the Chilliwack River | |||
Close To The Edge | 700 | 475 | 967 | British Columbia | |
Devil's Bath | British Columbia | ||||
Eternal Fountain | British Columbia | ||||
Horne Lake cave complex | British Columbia | Located on Vancouver Island |
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Gumdrop | British Columbia | Near Sechelt | |||
Little Huson Cave | British Columbia | ||||
Nakimu Caves | British Columbia | In Glacier National Park | |||
Skaha North Cave | 40m | 300m | British Columbia | ~5km south of north end of Skaha and 3km up from Skaha lake | |
Skaha South Cave | 30m | 150m | British Columbia | ~2km south of Skaha North | |
Slesse Creek caves | British Columbia | Near Slesse Creek | |||
Thanksgiving Cave | British Columbia | Located on Vancouver Island | |||
Valdes Island cave | British Columbia | On island in the Strait of Georgia |
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Vanishing River/Reappearing River | British Columbia | Located on Vancouver Island | |||
Limestone deposits | Manitoba | Near Lake Winnipeg | |||
Kitt's Cave | 8 | 141 | New Brunswick | Located near Hammondvale, New Brunswick | |
Underground Lake | 13.1 | 141 | New Brunswick | Gypsum cave in Demoiselle Creek | |
Hayes Cave | Nova Scotia | Located near Elmsdale | |||
Cape Dauphin cave | Nova Scotia | Located at Cape Dauphin | |||
Bonnechere Caves | Ontario | Located at Eganville | |||
Duncan Crevice Caves | Ontario | Located at Beaver Valley | |||
Raspberry Rising | 220 | 975 | British Columbia | Located in Mount Tupper, BC. Still being explored, its full extents are yet to be determined.[3] | |
Scenic Caves | Ontario | Located near Collingwood | |||
Warsaw Caves | Ontario | Located in Douro-Dummer Township near Warsaw | |||
Eramosa Karst | Ontario | Located in Hamilton |
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Niagara Falls | 46 | Ontario | Man-made grotto |
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Cave Falls | Ontario | ||||
Saint-Alban caves | Quebec | Saint-Alban | |||
Site cavernicole de Saint-Léonard | Quebec | Saint-Léonard | |||
Le trou de la Fée | Quebec | Located in Desbiens on the Métabetchouane River | |||
Trou du Diable | 980 | Quebec | Second longest cave in Quebec |
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Trou du Perdus | Quebec | Saint-Michel-du-Squatec | |||
Bluefish Caves | Yukon | South of Old Crow |