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Canadian Cave Projects
Use Adobe Reader to navigate through
Canada's longest cave, located in Alberta's
Banff National Park with Dan Green’s superb
cave mapping project. This navigable PDF
map contains 55 screen maps, plus cover,
index and legend pages.
Download the 2012 version of the
Castleguard Cave map *here (6.8MB)*
The map can be viewed with the Adobe Acrobat
Reader version 6.0 or later.
Download the latest version of
Acrobat Reader at www.adobe.com
CD versions of the map are available
for purchase from The Alberta Speleological Society.
Visit www.caving.ab.ca for further information.
The Castleguard Cave Map
Canadian Cave Books
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Dale Chase
In 1959 a 13 year old boy and his
brother entered a cave.This experience
led to a life-long love of the secret
worldthat exists beneath our feet.
This book is filled with gripping tales of
discovery, exploration, adventure and
tragedy. Plus humor, bozo moments,
humility lessons, and some crappy
caving. Over 225 images. Takes place
mostly in Indiana and on Vancouver
Island.
Price $29.95 Canadian - available from Blurb.ca
Under Grotto Mountain - Ratsnest Cave
Charles Yonge
A fine book describing exploration,
geology, biology and related information
about Ratsnest Cave, a 4km long cave
near Canmore, Alberta.
Published by Rocky Mountain Books but not
currently part of their catalog (2020).
Copies may be available from resellers such as
Abe Books or Amazon.
ISBN - 0-921102-77-1
A comprehensive review and exploration
history of caves in the interlake region of
Manitoba. A truly remarkable production
in a province not widely known for the
extent of it's caves. Covers topics from
biology to geology.
Available from:
Manitoba Speleological Society
ISBN - 0-9685544
Edited by W.D. McRitchie and Kim Monson
Caves and Karst in Manitoba's
Interlake Region - 2nd Edition
Here is the complete guide to the caves of Quebec:
- Dozens of caves and exceptional sites to discover
- Advice for safely traveling through an unknown
environment
- Tools to plan your underground adventures
- Keys to understanding the formation of caves, cave
fauna and the underground climate
- Hundreds of photographs, plans, illustrations and
references
In French
Price $34.95 Canadian + tax
available from Société québécoise de spéléologie
Cavernes du Québec. Guide de Spéléologie
Michel Beaupré and Daniel Caron
