Gargantua (cave)

{{Short description|Cave in British Columbia, Canada}}

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| name = Gargantua

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| photo = Middle entrance of the Gargantua cave (British Columbia - September 2010).jpg

| photo_width = 250

| photo_caption = Upper (teapot) entrance

| location = Andy Good Plateau, Canada

| depth = {{convert|286|m}}

| length = {{convert|6001|m}}

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| geology = Limestone

| entrance_count = 5

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| hazards = Ice, squeezes

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Gargantua is a limestone cave located on the Andy Good Plateau in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. {{As of|2002}} it has {{convert|6001|m}} of passages with a depth of {{convert|286|m}}.Journal of Subterranean Metaphysics #147, October 2002 It contains the largest natural cavern in Canada at {{convert|290|m}} long, {{convert|30|m}} wide and {{convert|25|m}} high.{{cite book |author=Rollins, Jon |title=Caves of the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains |publisher=Rocky Mountain Books |location=Calgary |year=2004 |page=79 |isbn=0-921102-94-1 |oclc=244770745 }}

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.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/students-rescued-after-spending-night-in-mountain-cave-1.323918|title=Students rescued after spending night in mountain cave|date=Oct 21, 2002|work=CBC|access-date=5 July 2018|location=Toronto, Ontario}}

Image:"Big Dipper" series of phreatic tubes,Gargantua cave, British Columbia.jpg|The Big Dipper

Image:Waterfall_exit.JPG|The waterfall exit after breaking through the ice to exit in the fall

File:PXL 20201025 163012250.NIGHT.jpg|The 56 foot pitch, 17 m pitch

File:PXL 20201025 175727046.NIGHT.jpg|The Big Dipper