This is Mount Thor on Baffin Island in Nunavut
It has the world's highest vertical drop
... But in the winter it looks like this
It's around 215 million years old and holds the title for largest visible impact crater on Earth
The massive Daniel-Johnson Dam turns the crater into an enormous reservoir
But it's far from the only crazy Canadian impact site
It's around 3.5 kilometres in diameter...
... And 1.4 million years old. That's a toddler in crater years
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The mounds are actually massive hunks of ice covered in earth
This is the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
It has the highest tidal range in the world
The difference between low and high tide can be as much as 16 metres. That's roughly the height of a five-storey building
< span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: large;">This is Nahanni National Park in the N.W.T.
It's basically "The Land Before Time"
Mixed with the "Lord of the Rings"
Virginia Falls in Nahanni is roughly twice as high as Niagara Falls
This is Spotted Lake in B.C.
Mineral concentrations cause the crazy colours
This is the sky in Saskatchewan
Sometimes it looks scary
Other times it's stunningly beautiful
There's a reason they call it the "Land of the Living Skies"
This is the Western Brook Pond in Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland & Labrador
(Flickr: Newfoundland & Labrador Tourism)
(Flickr: Newfoundland & Labrador Tourism)
This is a glacial cave in Jasper National Park in Alberta
And this one is in the Pemberton Ice Fields in B.C.
Which is an important reminder that not all of Canada's natural wonders will last forever. See them now before they're gone
We know we missed many, many surrea l spots in Canada. You can email them to us here.
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