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Canadian Shield

Range Type	Miscellaneous physical or political Feature
Highest Point	Mount Caubvick (1652 m/5420 ft)
Countries	Canada (101%), United States (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
States/Provinces	Québec (29%), Ontario (18%), Nunavut (16%), Northwest Territories (16%), Manitoba (9%), Newfoundland (6%), Saskatchewan (5%), New York (1%), Alberta (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	4,832,409 sq km / 1,865,795 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	3,095 km / 1,923 mi North-South 4,880 km / 3,032 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	56° 41' N; 95° 28' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Canadian Shield
Click on red triangle icons for links to other ranges.

Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.

Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Canadian Shield.

North America Plains	Level 2 (Parent)
Canadian Shield	Level 3
Canadian Arctic Shores	Level 4 (Child)
North-Central Canadian Shield	Level 4 (Child)
Northern Ontario	Level 4 (Child)
Northern Quebec	Level 4 (Child)
Torngat Mountains	Level 4 (Child)
Central and South Labrador	Level 4 (Child)
Laurentian Mountains	Level 4 (Child)
Adirondack Mountains	Level 4 (Child)
Great Plains	Level 3 (Sibling)
Midwest-Great Lakes Area	Level 3 (Sibling)
Ozark Highlands	Level 3 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Canadian Shield

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Mount Caubvick	1652	5420	Torngat Mountains
2.	Mount Marcy	1629	5344	Adirondack Mountains
3.	Torngarsoak Mountain	1595	5232	Torngat Mountains
4.	Cap Mountain	1570+	5150+	Canadian Arctic Shores
5.	Cirque Mountain	1568	5144	Torngat Mountains
6.	Algonquin Peak	1559	5115	Adirondack Mountains
7.	Peak 5100 Map 24I16	1554+	5100+	Torngat Mountains
8.	Peak 5074	1547	5074	Torngat Mountains
9.	Mount Erhart	1539	5049	Torngat Mountains
10.	Jens Haven	1531	5023	Torngat Mountains
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Mount Caubvick	1652	5420	Torngat Mountains
2.	Mount Marcy	1629	5344	Adirondack Mountains
3.	Cap Mountain	1570+	5150+	Canadian Arctic Shores
4.	Brave Mountain	1219+	4000+	Central and South Labrador
5.	Mont Raoul-Blanchard	1175	3855	Laurentian Mountains
6.	Mont Yapeitso	1128+	3700+	Northern Quebec
7.	Ishpatina Ridge	693	2274	Northern Ontario
8.	Hill 635	635	2083	North-Central Canadian Shield

Photos of Peaks in the Canadian Shield

Mount Caubvick: The summit pyramid of Mount Caubvick/D'Iberville, with the Koroc Ridge to the left and the Minaret Ridge to the right.

Mont D'Iberville: At lower right, in the foreground, is the cairn for Mont D'Iberville; in the upper left is the Mount Caubvick cairn, about 30 feet away.

Mount Marcy: Marcy is framed by trees in this view from Lake Tear of the Clouds, the highest lake source of the Hudson.

Algonquin Peak: The high dome of Algonquin from Boundary Peak.

Minaret Ridge: The blocky talus of the south central ridge of Mount Caubvick leads to the Minaret Ridge false summit.

Mount Caubvick-North Peak: North Caubvick (left) and Mount Caubvick (right) rise in the distance, from Peak 3992 several miles east.

Mount Erhart: The twin summits of Mount Erhart (Margaret Toth), as seen from high on Mount Caubvick to the south.

Mount Haystack: Mount Haystack from Mount Marcy.

Whiteface Mountain: A helicopter flies over the rime-ice encrusted summit building and walkway in this mid-February photo.

Peak 4824: The broad dome of Peak 4824 (Mount Barnes-Pauze) as seen from Peak 3992 across the valley.

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