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  Canada's 100 Deepest Caves
               
    Canada's 100 deepest surveyed caves. This list maintained by Trevor Moelaert for The Canadian Caver 
    Should you spot any errors, ommissions or additions, please let him know.
     
    Where the cave survey has been published and is considered to be complete, the reference is indicated.              
    In many cases, however, mapping is ongoing or the survey has yet to be published. For these instances,
    the statistics were obtained from individuals holding the original survey data.
     
    Abbreviations:  CC = The Canadian Caver Magazine; BCC= BC Caver; JSM = Journal of Subterranean Metaphysics
    Last update: January 2010        
              To Canada's Longest
               
  Rank Cave Length (m) Depth (m) Prov Region Reference
  1 Arctomys Cave 3496 536 BC Rockies CC 16(1):24-26
  2 Heavy Breather 2007 500 BC Rockies CC 63, CC 62:8
  3 Close To The Edge 970 472 BC Rockies  
  4 Thanksgiving Cave 8311 416 BC Vancouver Island Rob Countess 03/2001
  5 Yorkshire Pot 13812 389 AB/BC Rockies  
  6 Castleguard Cave 20718 384 AB Rockies CC 66
  7 Weymer Cave System 13146 370 BC Vancouver Island Martin Davis 2/2006, CC 63
  8 Arch Cave 10616 353 BC Vancouver Island Rob Countess 8/2005, BCC 16(3)
  9 Pachidream 2197 340 BC Rockies CC 68
  10 Ptarmigan Cave 890 318 BC Rockies CC 31(1):20-25
  11 Glory 'ole 2340 312 BC Vancouver Island Rob Countess 08/2001
  12 Q5 Cave 1867 301 BC Vancouver Island CC 16(1):21
  13 Gargantua 6001 286 AB/BC Rockies JSM 147:6
  14 Tripartight 820 271 BC Rockies CC 62:8
  15 Ice Trap 2937 264 AB Rockies Greg Horne 2009
  16 Main Cave (Nakimu) 4500 257 BC Rockies  
  17 White Hole 1320 253 BC Rockies CC 17:48-73
  17 Dezaiko Cave 710 253 BC Rockies CC 18(1):4-10
  18 Fang Cave 3342 247 BC Rockies  
  19 Rat's Nest Cave 4003 245 AB Rockies Under Grotto Mountain, 144 pp., Chas Yonge 2001
  20 Big Money Cave 1303 230 BC Vancouver Island CC 62:28
  21 Cadomin Cave 2791 220 AB Rockies  
  22 13th Avenue 2009 217 BC Vancouver Island Trevor Moelaert 1/2006
  23 Windy Link Pot 4449 209 BC Vancouver Island Rob Countess 08/2001
  24 Titanic 397 202 BC Vancouver Island CC 62:32
  25 Redemption Cave 2346 199 BC Cariboo Mountains JSM 157:4-5
  26 Ursa Major 8049 190 BC Vancouver Island Martin Davis 1/2006
  27 Baseline Cave 474 176 BC Vancouver Island BCC 18(4):12
  28 Meadow Cave 1135 175 BC Rockies CC 30(1):24-28
  29 Loch Less Cave 382 164 BC Vancouver Island Peter Curtis 9/2001
  30 Grueling Cave 697 153 BC Vancouver Island  
  30 Deep Throat 197 153 BC Vancouver Island  
  31 Quatsino Cave 1260 152 BC Vancouver Island  
  31 Wapiabi Cave 540 152 AB Rockies CC 9(1):25-28
  32 Crackpot 174 148 BC Vancouver Island  
  33 Siren Song 446 146 BC Cariboo Mountains  
  34 Sawtooth Cave 243 146 BC Rockies  
  35 Moon River Cave 774 142 BC Rockies CC 20(1):7-12
  36 Booming Ice Chasm 704 140 AB Rockies CC 69
  37 Crowsnest Spring 276 136 AB Rockies Rollins 2004, CC 26(1):21, JSM 124
  38 Moon Valley Cave 353 134 BC Rockies  
  39 Pellucidar Cave 1943 127 BC Vancouver Island Pat Shaw 8/2002
  40 Pinto Lake Cave 610 123 AB Rockies CC 11(2):19-23
  40 McRitchie Cavern 549 123 BC Rockies CC 69
  41 Lizard Pot 150 120 BC Rockies Phil Whitfield
  42 The Other Thing Cave 353 117 BC Vancouver Island BCC 19(1), CC 62:31
  43 Maquinna 520 109 BC Vancouver Island  
  44 Short Straw 170 107 BC Rockies CC 17:48-72
  45 The Garburrator 357 106 BC Vancouver Island CC 21(2):17-25
  46 No Hike Mike 516 105 BC Vancouver Island CC 21(2):19
  47 Coral Cave 1455 104 BC Vancouver Island  
  48 Cascade Cave 1068 103 BC Vancouver Island  
  48 Gar Cave 214 103 BC Rockies CC 21(1):11-14
  49 Provenance Cave 256 102 BC Rockies CC 20(2):28-31
  50 Resonance Cave 1340 101 BC Vancouver Island Rob Countess 2/2003
  50 Victoria's Secret 150 101 BC Vancouver Island  
  51 Porcupine Cave 1794 100 BC Rockies CC 21(1):36-38
  52 Precarious Pit Cave 215 99 BC Vancouver Island  
  53 Little Moscow 540 96 BC Rockies CC 20(1):3-5
  53 Jingle Pot Road 388 96 BC Vancouver Island Trevor Moelaert
  54 Lost Light System 1930 95 AB Rockies Greg Horne 2008
  54 Foramen Magnum 396 95 BC Vancouver Island BCC 11(3):1
  55 Bluewater Cave 428 94 BC Vancouver Island CC 8(1):31-33
  56 Wormhole 2792 93 BC Vancouver Island Martin Davis 1/2006
  57 Tier Duct 431 92 BC Rockies CC 21(1):7-11
  58 Maiden Grace 1199 91 BC Vancouver Island BCC 21(3)
  58 Solstice Shower Shaft 1191 91 BC Vancouver Island CC 18(2):56-57
  58 Warmthing 279 91 BC Vancouver Island CC 29(2):16-18
  59 Flop Pot 200 90 AB Rockies CC 6(2):28-31
  60 Blak T 1417 89 BC Vancouver Island CC 62:19-25, Craig Wagnell 2/2005
  60 Canyon Creek Ice Cave 727 89 AB Rockies CC 8(2):32-36
  61 Colossal 502 88 BC Vancouver Island  
  62 Mad Dog Cave 272 87 BC Rockies CC 22(2):12-20
  63 Red October 342 85 AB Rockies CC 29(1):14-15
  64 Glittering Ice Palace 286 84 AB Rockies Rollins 2004
  65 Marshswallow 1196 82 BC Vancouver Island Martin Davis 10/2001
  65 Inverted Fridge 281 82 BC South Rockies  
  66 Euclataws Cave 530 81 BC Vancouver Island  
  66 Flattop Cave 157 81 BC Rockies CC 15(1):5-8
  67 Boggle Cave 358 80 BC Vancouver Island BCC 10(1):14
  67 River-Gone Dream Cave 313 80 BC Rockies CC 57:41
  67 Z4 Spaghetti Cave  296 80 BC Vancouver Island  
  67 Devil's Spring 200 80 BC Vancouver Island CC 29(2):4-11
  67 The Creep Show 200 80 BC Rockies guess
  68 Bottom's Up 631 78 BC Vancouver Island CC 20(1):36-39
  68 Rift Raff 181 78 BC Vancouver Island  
  69 The Pit 168 77 BC Rockies CC 22(2):42-43
  70 Marcupine Pot 305 76 BC Rockies Rollins 2004
  71 Con Cave - Laundry Chute 427 73 BC Vancouver Island CC 20(1):36-39
  72 Spare Change Cave 585 72 BC Vancouver Island Trevor Moelaert 1/2005
  72 Triskaidekaphobia Cave 507 72 BC Vancouver Island Trevor Moelaert 11/2004
  72 Candlestick Cave 396 72 BC Vancouver Island CC 12(2):21-26
  73 Upper Lake Sink Cave 330 71 BC Rockies CC 17:32-48
  74 Fishy Hole Cave 165 70 BC Vancouver Island CC 20(1):21-23
  75 Riverbend Cave 384 68 BC Vancouver Island  
  76 The Terminator 315 65 BC Vancouver Island CC 23(2):28-31
  77 Cold Rock To Go 1370 64 BC Vancouver Island CC 21(2):17-25
  77 Numbskull Cave 244 64 BC Vancouver Island  
  78 Emelia Creek Main 536 63 BC Vancouver Island  
  79 Fossil Cave 245 62 BC Rockies CC 17:32-48
  79 Big Upper Elk 174 62 BC Vancouver Island  
  80 Paradise Lost 1090 61 BC Vancouver Island CC 22(1):17-19
  80 Coulthard Cave 370 61 AB Rockies CC 2:63-64
  80 Cave 112 192 61 BC Vancouver Island  
  81 Pozu Del Piton 624 59 BC Vancouver Island BCC 19(1), BCC 9(5):15
  81 Fracture Cave 311 59 BC Vancouver Island Martin Davis 12/2003
  81 Woodhole 223 59 BC Vancouver Island  
  82 Dreamtime 1040 58 BC Vancouver Island CC 28(1):36-39
  82 Whistling Cave 782 58 BC Vancouver Island Martin Davis 12/2001
  82 Fiddler's Cave 384 58 BC Rockies CC 17:32-48
  82 The Big Cheese 354 58 BC Vancouver Island BCC 8(4):13
  83 Cody Cave 1308 57 BC Rockies CC 28(1):11-13
  84 Procrastination Pot 159 56 AB Rockies CC 20(1):33-35
  85 Secret Mushroom Patch Cave 231 55 BC Vancouver Island Rob Countess 08/2002
  85 Slip & Die  150 55 BC Vancouver Island  
  86 Gusting Cave 581 53 BC Vancouver Island CC 21(2):17-25
  86 Brazeau Cave 176 53 AB Rockies CC 22(2):39
  87 Teawater  Cave 713 52 BC Vancouver Island Trevor Moelaert 11/2003
  88 Phreatic Follies 809 51 BC Vancouver Island CC 21(2):17-25
  88 Mousetrap Cave 234 51 BC Vancouver Island  
  88 Rip Cave 219 51 BC Vancouver Island  
  89 Liquid Sky 399 50 BC Vancouver Island Martin Davis 12/2002
  90 Reappearing River 1604 49 BC Vancouver Island Rob Countess 1/2005
  90 Kokanee Glacier Cave 351 49 BC Vancouver Island CC 23(2):33
  90 Pips Pot 264 49 BC Vancouver Island  
  91 Windy Pit, Devil's D. 330 48 BC Vancouver Island  
  91 Brutal Cave 250 48 BC Vancouver Island  
  91 Pretty Eyes 155 48 BC Vancouver Island  
  92 Serendipity 473 47 AB Rockies CC 12(2):13-15
  92 Lower Lake Sink Cave 190 47 BC Rockies CC 17:32-48
  93 Sexy Beast 626 46 BC Cariboo Mountains CC 66
  94 The Right Stuff 400 45 BC Vancouver Island  
  94 Tooth Decave 215 45 BC Rockies CC 27(1):8-9
  95 Y2Kave 543 43 BC Vancouver Island Trevor Moelaert 1/2005, BCC 16(1):24
  95 Hourglass Cave  311 43 BC Vancouver Island  
  95 Contact Caves 220 43 BC Vancouver Island CC 21(2):17-25
  96 Tsulton Rising 495 42 BC Vancouver Island  
  96 Swallet-du-lac 413 42 BC Monashee Mountains BCC 18(4):9-11
  97 Caverne Laflèche 400 40 QC Outaouais CC Special Issue:Cave Exploration in Canada
  98 Larch Valley Cave 611 39 BC Rockies CC 23(1):3-5
  98 Block Lakes Cave 227 39 BC Rockies JSM 129
  98 Whiner's Cave 159 39 BC Vancouver Island  
  99 Rockfalls Syphon Cave 692 37 BC Vancouver Island  
  99 Dud Cave 539 37 BC Vancouver Island Trevor Moelaert 1/2006
  99 The Rose & Cavern 157 37 BC Rockies Rollins 2004
  100 Hollow Cave 1412 36 BC Vancouver Island Bill Bourdillon, 1/2005 (posthumously)
  100 Wolf Creek Cave 207 36 BC Vancouver Island  
               
    Abbreviations:  CC = The Canadian Caver Magazine; BCC= BC Caver; JSM = Journal of Subterranean Metaphysics
               
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