Gargantua
Upper (teapot) entrance
LocationAndy Good Plateau, Canada
Depth286 metres (938 ft)
Length6,001 metres (19,688 ft)
GeologyLimestone
Entrances5
HazardsIce, squeezes

Gargantua is a limestone cave located on the Andy Good Plateau in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. As of 2002 it has 6,001 metres (19,688 ft) of passages with a depth of 286 metres (938 ft).[1] It contains the largest natural cavern in Canada at 290 metres (950 ft) long, 30 metres (98 ft) wide and 25 metres (82 ft) high.[2]

In October 2002, a group of caving club students from W. R. Myers High School were trapped in the cave overnight, after failing to break through the waterfall exit.[3]

References

  1. Journal of Subterranean Metaphysics #147, October 2002
  2. Rollins, Jon (2004). Caves of the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains. Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. p. 79. ISBN 0-921102-94-1. OCLC 244770745.
  3. "Students rescued after spending night in mountain cave". CBC. Toronto, Ontario. Oct 21, 2002. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

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