List of caves in Canada
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 high plateau of Mount Bisaro near 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 near Old Crow | ||||
| Bocock Peak Caves[2] | British Columbia | Located in Bocock Peak Provincial Park | ||||
| Bonnechere Caves |  Ontario | Located in Eganville | ||||
| Booming Ice Chasm |  Alberta | 140 | 704 | Located near Crowsnest Pass | ||
| Cadomin Cave |  | Alberta | 1,891 | 220 | 2,791 | Located near Cadomin. Closed in 2010 due to an outbreak of white nose syndrome. |
| Canyon Creek Ice Cave | Alberta | 1,769 | +89.4 | 727.12 | Located near the town of Bragg Creek. Impassable beyond the first 150m since 1980, due to ice buildup.[3] | |
| Castleguard Cave |  | Alberta | 2,016[3] | 384 | 20,357 | Located in Banff National Park. It is longest cave in Canada. The cave entrance is gated and requires permission from Parks Canada to enter. |
| Cave and Basin |  | Alberta | 1,403[3] | Located in the town of Banff. The 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 located near Charlie Lake | |||
| Chipmunk Caves | British Columbia | Located in the Chilliwack River valley near Ford Mountain Correctional Centre | ||||
| Close To The Edge | .jpg) | British Columbia | 700 | 475 | 967 | Located in Close To The Edge Provincial Park |
| Cody Caves |  | British Columbia | 800 | Located in Cody Caves Provincial Park. Access is by guided tour only. | ||
| Devil's Bath | British Columbia | 90 | 44 | Large cenote located 13.5 km southeast of Port Alice near Kathleen Lake | ||
| Duncan Crevice Caves | Ontario | Located in Beaver Valley | ||||
| Eramosa Karst |  | Ontario | Located in Hamilton | |||
| Eternal Fountain | British Columbia | A waterfall emptying into a sinkhole near Port McNeill | ||||
| Fairy Hole |  Nova Scotia | A sea cave reputedly linked to various legends of the Mi'kmaq Nation | ||||
| Fang Cave[4] | British Columbia | Located in Evanoff Provincial Park | ||||
| Gargantua Cave | .jpg) | Alberta British Columbia | 2,501[3] | 286 | 6,001 | Located near Crowsnest Pass. Contains the largest and highest elevation natural cavern in Canada. |
| Hayes Cave | Nova Scotia | 400[5] | Located near Maple Grove | |||
| Hole in the Wall |  | Alberta | 2,013[3] | 30[3] | A prominent feature on the side of Mount Cory. Visible from the Trans-Canada Highway about 14 km west of the town of Banff. | |
| Homesite Creek Caves | British Columbia | Located near Halfmoon Bay | ||||
| Hoodoo Cave | Alberta | 220 | Located near Nordegg | |||
| Horne Lake cave complex |  | British Columbia | Located in Horne Lake Caves Provincial Park | |||
| Horseshoe Falls grotto | .jpg) | Ontario | 46 | A large manmade grotto behind Horseshoe Falls of Niagara Falls | ||
| Kitt's Cave |  New Brunswick | 8 | 141 | Located near Hammondvale | ||
| Limestone deposits |  Manitoba | Located near Lake Winnipeg | ||||
| Little Huson Cave complex | British Columbia | Located in Little Huson Cave Regional Park | ||||
| Nakimu Caves | British Columbia | Located in Glacier National Park | ||||
| Plateau Mountain Ice Cave | Alberta | 2,226 | 90[3] | Located in Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve. Closed to the public in the early 1970s.[6] | ||
| Raspberry Rising | British Columbia | 220 | 975 | Located beneath Mount Tupper in Glacier National Park. Still being explored, its full extents are yet to be determined.[7] | ||
| Rat's Nest Cave | Alberta | 1,450[3] | 245 | 4,003 | Located beneath Grotto Mountain near Exshaw. Access is by guided tour only. | |
| Saint-Alban caves |  Quebec | Located in Saint-Alban | ||||
| Saint-Leonard Cavern |  | Quebec | 250 | Located in Saint-Léonard. Original cave is 35 metres long with a depth of 8 metres;[8] a second 250-metre cave was discovered in 2017.[9] | ||
| Sarlacc's Pit cave |  | British Columbia | +130 | +2,000 | Discovered in 2018 within Wells Gray Provincial Park. Not yet accurately measured. The largest known cave of its type. Given the informal name of "Sarlacc's Pit".[10] | |
| Scenic Caves | Ontario | Located near Collingwood | ||||
| Skaha North Cave | British Columbia | 40 | 300 | Located approximately 5 km south of north end of Skaha and 3 km up from Skaha lake | ||
| Skaha South Cave | British Columbia | 30 | 150 | Located approximately 2 km south of Skaha North Cave | ||
| Slesse Creek caves | British Columbia | Located near Slesse Creek | ||||
| Small River Caves complex[11] | British Columbia | Located in Small River Caves Provincial Park. | ||||
| Stone Corral Caves[12] | British Columbia | Located in Monkman Provincial Park | ||||
| Thanksgiving Cave | British Columbia | 479[13] | 8,386[13] | Located near Tahsis. A through passage was discovered in September 2017. | ||
| Trou de la Fée | Quebec | Located in Desbiens | ||||
| Trou du Diable |  | Quebec | 980 | Located in Saint-Casimir. Second longest cave in Quebec. | ||
| Trou du Perdus | Quebec | Located in Saint-Michel-du-Squatec | ||||
| Underground Lake | New Brunswick | 13.1 | 141 | A gypsum cave located in the community of Demoiselle Creek | ||
| Valdes Island cave | .jpg) | British Columbia | Located on Valdes Island | |||
| Vanishing River/Reappearing River | British Columbia | Located southeast of Port Alice near Kathleen Lake | ||||
| Wapiabi Cave | Alberta | 152 | 540 | Located near Nordegg | ||
| Warsaw Caves | Ontario | Located in Douro-Dummer Township near Warsaw | ||||
| Weymer Creek caves complex | British Columbia | Located in Weymer Creek Provincial Park. Caving is strongly discouraged until a park management plan is completed.[14] | ||||
| Hell Holes Caves | Ontario | Located in Lennox and Addington County near Centreville[15] |
See also
References
- ^ Heide Pearson, Calgarian explorers among team that discovered Canada's deepest cave near Fernie, BC, Global News, January 15, 2018
- ^ Environment, Ministry of. "Bocock Peak Provincial Park - BC Parks". bcparks.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Environment, Ministry of. "Evanoff Provincial Park - BC Parks". bcparks.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- ^ Derek Davis, et al., (1996 Revised Edition), Natural History of Nova Scotia, Volume II: Theme Regions, Nova Scotia Museum, p. 96
- ^ Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve Management Plan
- ^ Joshua Rapp Learn, "Cave Mappers", Canadian Geographic Magazine, April 2014, pp. 36-37.
- ^ The Saint-Leonard Cavern Archived 2017-12-04 at the Wayback Machine, Alive 375: Society for the Celebrations of Montréal's 375th Anniversary, 2015
- ^ Michelle Lalonde, Spelunkers discover 15,000-year-old cavern in St-Léonard park, Montreal Gazette, December 1, 2017
- ^ 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.
- ^ Environment, Ministry of. "Small River Caves Provincial Park - BC Parks". bcparks.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- ^ Environment, Ministry of. "Monkman Provincial Park - BC Parks". bcparks.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- ^ a b "Canada's 100 Longest and Deepest surveyed caves". CanCaver. Caving Canada. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ Environment, Ministry of. "Weymer Creek Provincial Park - BC Parks". bcparks.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- ^ "Spelunking The Hell Holes Caves". Retrieved 2021-06-30.