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The northernmost point of land within the boundaries of Canada is Cape Columbia, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut . The northernmost point of the Canadian mainland is Zenith Point on Boothia Peninsula, Nunavut . whilst the highest point is Mount Logan, Yukon, at 5,959 m / 19,550 ft . Yukon

Non-insular (mainland) Canada

  • Northernmost point — Zenith Point, Nunavut
  • Southernmost point — Point Pelee, Ontario
  • Easternmost point — Cape Saint Charles, Labrador
  • Westernmost point — Boundary Peak 187, Yukon — highest Canadian summit at
  • Barbeau Peak, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut — highest Canadian island summit and highest summit of the Canadian Arctic at

Lowest points

  • Coastline — Canada has no naturally occurring points of land below sea level
  • Great Slave Lake bottom, Northwest Territories — lowest fresh water point of North America at

Islands

  • Baffin Island, Nunavut — most extensive Canadian island at
  • Ellesmere Island, Nunavut — tallest Canadian island at
  • Island of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador — most extensive Canadian Atlantic island at
  • Vancouver Island, British Columbia — most extensive Canadian Pacific island at
  • Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron, Ontario — most extensive lake island on Earth at

Lakes

  • Lake Superior, Ontario — most voluminous lake of Western Hemisphere at
  • Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories — deepest lake of Western Hemisphere at
  • Lake Michigan–Huron, Ontario — by some considerations the most extensive lake of Western Hemisphere and the most extensive freshwater lake on Earth at
  • Nettilling Lake on Baffin Island, Nunavut — most extensive lake on an island on Earth at
  • Lake Manitou on Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron, Ontario — most extensive lake on an island in a lake on Earth at
  • Upper Dumbell Lake on Ellesmere Island Nunavut — most northern lake, there are more northern lakes but they are all unnamed and are only shown on detailed maps.

Rivers

  • Yukon River, British Columbia, Yukon, and Alaska — longest Bering Sea main stem river at
  • Nelson River, Manitoba — longest Hudson Bay main stem river at
  • Columbia River, British Columbia — longest Canadian Pacific Ocean main stem river at
  • Mackenzie River, Northwest Territories — longest Canadian Arctic Ocean main stem river at
  • Saint Lawrence River, Ontario and Quebec — longest Canadian Atlantic Ocean main stem river at

Extreme distances

  • Greatest driving distance between any two points via the Canadian road network (including the Trans-Canada Highway Ferry): 9262 km from L'Anse Aux Meadows, Newfoundland and Labrador to Tuktoyatuk, Northwest Territories.
  • Greatest driving distance between any two points via the Canadian road network (excluding the Trans-Canada Highway Ferry): 9156 km from Old Fort, Quebec to Tuktoyatuk, Northwest Territories.

See also

  • Geography of Canada
  • Extreme points of North America
  • Extreme points of Canadian provinces
  • Extreme communities of Canada
  • Nordicity
  • Remote and isolated community

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