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This is an incomplete list of the highest settlements in the world. Only settlements that are permanently occupied all year long with a significant population and lying at least partially above an elevation of 3,500 metres (12,140 feet) are included.
This is a list of the highest settlements by country. Many of these are too small to be regarded as towns or cities. Only permanent settlements occupied year-round are included. When possible, the highest point in the contiguous year-round settlement is listed, though average heights or the elevations of a central point may also be found.
The Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve located in southeastern Ontario, Canada. The biosphere reserve was designated in 2002, and is one of 16 biosphere reserves in Canada. [1] [2] The Frontenac Arch Biosphere operates primarily within a 2,700 km 2 region from Brockville to Kingston, extending north to Verona and Perth.
Community Province Elevation (m) Population (Year) [1]; Lake Louise: Alberta: 1,600 m (5,200 ft) [2] 691 (2011) [3]: Banff: Alberta: 1,400 m (4,600 ft) [2] 7,851 ...
Populated place − place or geographic area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population (city, settlement, town, village). A populated place is usually not incorporated and by definition has no legal boundaries. However, a populated place may have a corresponding "civil" record, the legal boundaries of which may or ...
Alert was the last of the five to be settled when the first twelve personnel (eight permanent staff and four to assist with construction) arrived on April 9, 1950. [10] Construction began immediately, with the first priority being the creation of an ice runway on Alert Inlet before work began on the permanent all-season runway on Cape Belknap.
The area now known as Montreal has been a place of human habitation by Canada's native peoples for the last 8000 years. The first European, Jacques Cartier, reached the site in 1535. However, it was only in 1639 that the first permanent white settlement was established by Frenchman Jerome Le Royer, leading to the establishment of Ville Marie, a ...
GhGk-63 is a Dorset culture archaeological site in Northern Quebec, Canada, about 1 km (0.6 mi) north of the villages of Kuujjuarapik and Whapmagoostui and the mouth of the Great Whale River. It was discovered in 1986, prior to the construction of a landfill. Human habitation has been dated as early as c. 50 BCE – c. 50 CE.