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However, the False Creek Tunnel, part of the Canada Line rail-based transit system in Vancouver, at 29 m (95 ft) below sea level, is the lowest publicly accessible point in Canada. [16] Parts of Richmond, British Columbia are below sea-level, though behind dikes. [citation needed]
Canada has at least 35 urban communities at elevations of 1,000 m (3,300 ft) or greater above sea level. ... High River: Alberta: 1,040 m (3,410 ft) [2]
Ontario is known for the large number of lakes and rivers it contains. About one-fifth of the world's fresh water can be found in Ontario. [17] Ontario is also known for being the only province in Canada that touches the Great Lakes. Ontario touches four of the Great Lakes: Huron, Lake Ontario (the province is named after the lake), Erie and ...
Greater Toronto has 87 (Toronto 84 (including the eight tallest buildings in Canada), Mississauga has 3, Metro Vancouver has 24 (Burnaby 13, Vancouver 8, Surrey 1, Coquitlam 1, New Westminster 1), Calgary has 19, Montreal has 11, Edmonton has 2 (including the tallest outside Toronto), and Niagara Falls has 1.
Flight levels [3] are described by a number, which is the nominal altitude, or pressure altitude, in hundreds of feet, and a multiple of 500 ft.Therefore, a pressure altitude of 32,000 ft (9,800 m) is referred to as "flight level 320".
Peterborough Regional Airport (IATA: YPQ, ICAO: CYPQ) is located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south-southwest of the city of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.It includes a main 7,000 by 100 ft (2,134 by 30 m) asphalt runway oriented east-west, and a smaller 2,000 by 49 ft (610 by 15 m) paved (2014) runway oriented northwest-southeast.
Barrie, Ontario: 305 m (1,000 ft) 1978 10 tie CHEX Television Tower Peterborough, Ontario: 305 m (1,000 ft) 11 CKCO-42 Television Tower Oil Springs, Ontario: 303 m (994 ft) 1975 12 tie CHCH-51 Television Tower Alvinston, Ontario: 300 m (980 ft) 1998 12 tie Communication Hill, CBC Tower [34] London, Ontario: 300 m (980 ft) [31] 12 tie
A new air traffic control tower commenced operations on 27 September 2017, replacing the original tower built in 1969. This tower is an additional 16 feet taller (80 feet) and 85 square feet bigger than the previous tower. Low-cost carrier Flair Airlines began flying to six domestic destinations in May 2021. [13]