List of caves in Canada

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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
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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 |  |  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 |  |  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 |  |  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 |  |  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

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* List of caves
* Speleology

## References

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1. ^ Heide Pearson, Calgarian explorers among team that discovered Canada's deepest cave near Fernie, BC, Global News, January 15, 2018
2. ^ Environment, Ministry of. "Bocock Peak Provincial Park - BC Parks". bcparks.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ Environment, Ministry of. "Evanoff Provincial Park - BC Parks". bcparks.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
5. ^ Derek Davis, et al., (1996 Revised Edition), Natural History of Nova Scotia, Volume II: Theme Regions, Nova Scotia Museum, p. 96
6. ^ Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve Management Plan
7. ^ Joshua Rapp Learn, "Cave Mappers", Canadian Geographic Magazine, April 2014, pp. 36-37.
8. ^ The Saint-Leonard Cavern Archived 2017-12-04 at the Wayback Machine, Alive 375: Society for the Celebrations of Montréal's 375th Anniversary, 2015
9. ^ Michelle Lalonde, Spelunkers discover 15,000-year-old cavern in St-Léonard park, Montreal Gazette, December 1, 2017
10. ^ 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.
11. ^ Environment, Ministry of. "Small River Caves Provincial Park - BC Parks". bcparks.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
12. ^ Environment, Ministry of. "Monkman Provincial Park - BC Parks". bcparks.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
13. ^ a b "Canada's 100 Longest and Deepest surveyed caves". CanCaver. Caving Canada. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
14. ^ Environment, Ministry of. "Weymer Creek Provincial Park - BC Parks". bcparks.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
15. ^ "Spelunking The Hell Holes Caves". Retrieved 2021-06-30.