Wilberforce Falls
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Wilberforce Falls is an almost 60 meter (197 feet) tall waterfall located in the Wilberforce Gorge of the Hood River in Nunavut
, Canada
. The falls are one of the few major waterfalls in the world north of the Arctic Circle
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The falls are one of the few major waterfalls in the world north of the Arctic Circle
Arctic Circle
The Arctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. For Epoch 2011, it is the parallel of latitude that runs north of the Equator....