This is Mount Thor on Baffin Island in Nunavut
It has the world's highest vertical drop
![mount thor nunavut](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1903582/thumbs/o-MOUNT-THOR-NUNAVUT-900.jpg?1)
![lake abraham](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909021/thumbs/o-LAKE-ABRAHAM-900.jpg?1)
... But in the winter it looks like this
![lake abraham ice](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909048/thumbs/o-LAKE-ABRAHAM-ICE-900.jpg?1)
![lake abraham ice](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909048/thumbs/o-LAKE-ABRAHAM-ICE-900.jpg?1)
![lake abraham ice cp](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909055/thumbs/o-LAKE-ABRAHAM-ICE-CP-900.jpg?1)
![lake abrham cp 3](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909052/thumbs/o-LAKE-ABRHAM-CP-3-900.jpg?6)
It's around 215 million years old and holds the title for largest visible impact crater on Earth
![manicouagan](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909324/thumbs/o-MANICOUAGAN-900.jpg?1)
![manicouagan](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909324/thumbs/o-MANICOUAGAN-900.jpg?1)
The massive Daniel-Johnson Dam turns the crater into an enormous reservoir
![manicouagan](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909344/thumbs/o-MANICOUAGAN-900.jpg?6)
![manicouagan](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909344/thumbs/o-MANICOUAGAN-900.jpg?6)
But it's far from the only crazy Canadian impact site
It's around 3.5 kilometres in diameter...
![pingualuit](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909476/thumbs/o-PINGUALUIT-900.jpg?3)
![pingualuit](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909476/thumbs/o-PINGUALUIT-900.jpg?3)
... And 1.4 million years old. That's a toddler in crater years
Wikimedia)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Pano_Pingualuit_Crater_LK.jpg)
![nasa 900](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909498/thumbs/o-NASA-900-900.jpg?1)
The mounds are actually massive hunks of ice covered in earth
![pingo](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909552/thumbs/o-PINGO-900.jpg?6)
![pingo](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909552/thumbs/o-PINGO-900.jpg?6)
This is the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
![bay of fundy](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909122/thumbs/o-BAY-OF-FUNDY-900.jpg?6)
![bay of fundy](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909122/thumbs/o-BAY-OF-FUNDY-900.jpg?6)
It has the highest tidal range in the world
![bay of fundy cp](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909170/thumbs/o-BAY-OF-FUNDY-CP-900.jpg?1)
![bay of fundy cp](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909170/thumbs/o-BAY-OF-FUNDY-CP-900.jpg?1)
The difference between low and high tide can be as much as 16 metres. That's roughly the height of a five-storey building
![bay of fundy](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909188/thumbs/o-BAY-OF-FUNDY-900.jpg?1)
< span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: large;">This is Nahanni National Park in the N.W.T.
![nahanni](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909690/thumbs/o-NAHANNI-900.jpg?2)
![nahanni](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909690/thumbs/o-NAHANNI-900.jpg?2)
![nahanni](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909668/thumbs/o-NAHANNI-900.jpg?6)
It's basically "The Land Before Time"
![nahanni](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909667/thumbs/o-NAHANNI-900.jpg?6)
![nahanni](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909667/thumbs/o-NAHANNI-900.jpg?6)
Mixed with the "Lord of the Rings"
![nahanni](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909689/thumbs/o-NAHANNI-900.jpg?1)
![nahanni](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909689/thumbs/o-NAHANNI-900.jpg?1)
Virginia Falls in Nahanni is roughly twice as high as Niagara Falls
![nahanni](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909680/thumbs/o-NAHANNI-900.jpg?1)
![nahanni](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1909680/thumbs/o-NAHANNI-900.jpg?1)
This is Spotted Lake in B.C.
![spotted lake](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1911094/thumbs/o-SPOTTED-LAKE-900.jpg?6)
![spotted lake](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1911094/thumbs/o-SPOTTED-LAKE-900.jpg?6)
Mineral concentrations cause the crazy colours
![spotted lake](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1911421/thumbs/o-SPOTTED-LAKE-900.jpg?1)
![spotted lake](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1911421/thumbs/o-SPOTTED-LAKE-900.jpg?1)
![spotted lake bc](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1911100/thumb s/o-SPOTTED-LAKE-BC-900.jpg?6)
This is the sky in Saskatchewan
![sask1](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1911972/thumbs/o-SASK1-900.jpg?6)
![sask1](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1911972/thumbs/o-SASK1-900.jpg?6)
![sask2](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1911974/thumbs/o-SASK2-900.jpg?6)
Sometimes it looks scary
![sask sky 4](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1911977/thumbs/o-SASK-SKY-4-900.jpg?6)
![sask sky 4](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1911977/thumbs/o-SASK-SKY-4-900.jpg?6)
Other times it's stunningly beautiful
![saskatchewan clouds](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1911936/thumbs/o-SASKATCHEWAN-CLOUDS-900.jpg?6)
![saskatchewan clouds](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1911936/thumbs/o-SASKATCHEWAN-CLOUDS-900.jpg?6)
![saskatchewan clouds](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1911942/thumbs/o-SASKATCHEWAN-CLOUDS-900.jpg?6)
There's a reason they call it the "Land of the Living Skies"
![saskatchewan clouds](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1911934/thumbs/o-SASKATCHEWAN-CLOUDS-900.jpg?6)
![saskatchewan clouds](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1911934/thumbs/o-SASKATCHEWAN-CLOUDS-900.jpg?6)
This is the Western Brook Pond in Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland & Labrador
![morne 2](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1912044/thumbs/o-MORNE-2-900.jpg?5)
(Flickr: Newfoundland & Labrador Tourism)
![morne 2](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1912044/thumbs/o-MORNE-2-900.jpg?5)
(Flickr: Newfoundland & Labrador Tourism)
This is a glacial cave in Jasper National Park in Alberta
![ice cave canada2](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1913688/thumbs/o-ICE-CAVE-CANADA2-900.jpg?6)
![ice cave canada2](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1913688/thumbs/o-ICE-CAVE-CANADA2-900.jpg?6)
And this one is in the Pemberton Ice Fields in B.C.
![ice cave canada 3](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1913705/thumbs/o-ICE-CAVE-CANADA-3-900.jpg?6)
![ice cave canada 3](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1913705/thumbs/o-ICE-CAVE-CANADA-3-900.jpg?6)
Which is an important reminder that not all of Canada's natural wonders will last forever. See them now before they're gone
![](http://38.media.tumblr.com/7fb65865d92d5d76109ed9a9bec924b9/tumblr_mgwwdlIHOg1rpc5kho1_500.gif)
![](http://38.media.tumblr.com/7fb65865d92d5d76109ed9a9bec924b9/tumblr_mgwwdlIHOg1rpc5kho1_500.gif)
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