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Point just east of where Ontario's western border meets Hudson Bay, approx. 125 kilometres (78 mi) NW of Fort Severn: Middle Island, Lake Erie. Southernmost point of land in Canada, and part of Point Pelee National Park: Land: Shore of the St. Lawrence River NE of Wood Creek, near Curry Hill.
Sign on the Trans-Canada Highway near Winnipeg, marking the longitude centre of Canada. There is a sign on the Trans-Canada Highway at 96°48'35"W (slightly east of Winnipeg) proclaiming it the longitudinal centre of Canada; [1] in effect, the north-south line midway between the extreme points of Canada on the east and west, including islands (including Newfoundland since 1949).
Mount Logan ( / ˈloʊɡən / LOH-ghən) is the highest mountain in Canada and the second-highest peak in North America after Denali. The mountain was named after Sir William Edmond Logan, a Canadian geologist and founder of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC). Mount Logan is located within Kluane National Park Reserve [6] in southwestern ...
Mount Saint Elias is the second-highest summit of both Canada and the United States. 3. Mount Lucania in Yukon is the highest summit of the northern Saint Elias Mountains. 4. King Peak in Yukon is the fourth-highest summit of Canada. 5. Mount Steele in Yukon is the fifth-highest summit of Canada.
5,599,077 km 2 (2,161,816 sq mi) Canada has a vast geography that occupies much of the continent of North America, sharing a land border with the contiguous United States to the south and the U.S. state of Alaska to the northwest. Canada stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west; to the north lies the Arctic ...
Southernmost point — South point of Middle Island, Ontario, in Lake Erie Easternmost point — Cape Spear , Newfoundland 47°31′25″N 52°37′10″W / 47.52361°N 52.61944°W / 47.52361; -52.61944 ( Cape
The Slave River (which drains Lake Athabasca) flows from northeastern Alberta into the Northwest Territories and is Alberta's lowest point at the N.W.T. border (152 m (499 ft) above sea level). However, the False Creek Tunnel, part of the Canada Line rail-based transit system in Vancouver , at 29 m (95 ft) below sea level, is the lowest ...
Canada's northern territories encompass a total area of 2,600,000 km 2 (1,000,000 sq mi), 26% of the country's landmass that includes the Arctic coastal tundra, the Arctic Lowlands and the Innuitian Region in the High Arctic. Tundra terrain accounts for approximately 1,420,000 km 2 (550,000 sq mi) in Yukon, the Northwest Territories, in Nunavut ...