Who knew it was recently Geography Awareness Week?

The folks at Cheapflights.ca did — and to mark it, here are the website’s eight favourite natural wonders found in Canada:

1. Niagara Falls, Ont.

“We share Niagara Falls with the U.S., two-thirds on the Canadian side of the border (the Canadian Horseshoe Falls) and one-third on the American side (the American Falls),” says a release from Cheapflights. “The Horseshoe Falls are 57 metres high and 168,000 cubic metres of water crash over the crestline every minute during the peak daytime hours.”

2. Bay of Fundy, N.B./N. S.

“Renowned for its high tidal range and rivalled only by Ungava Bay in northern Quebec and the Severn Estuary in the United Kingdom, The Hopewell Rocks formation earns it a place in this Canadian Wonders list. The Hopewell Rocks on the edge of Shepody Bay have been carved into ‘flowerpot’ shapes by the tides. At low tide you can walk to them. You’ll need a kayak to see them at high tide.”

3. Northern Lights, N.W.T.

“Scientists know that the Northern Lights (or Aurora Borealis) is caused by particles flung around the solar system and attracted to the magnetic field around the poles. However, the otherworldly darts of light — green, pink, red and gold — have been seen as omens of good or evil by the First Peoples who lived in these extreme latitudes. Yellowknife in the fall and winter is best place to experience Mother Nature’s light show.”

4. Head-smashed-in Buffalo Jump, Alta.

“A mere 20 kilometres from Fort Macleod is Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, the final resting place of bison driven over the cliffs — to be butchered on the ground below — by the Plains Indians. It’s the largest, oldest (used for more than 5,500 years), best-preserved bison jump in the world. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981.”

5. Fossil forests on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut

“About 55 million years ago, the fossil forest on Axel Heiberg Island was a wetland forest. Temperatures hovered around the 18-degree Celsius mark, not the -10 degrees of today. Silt-rich flood waters preserved the flora — palm trees, dawn redwoods, bald cypress and cycads — perfectly.”

6. Manicouagan Crater, Que.

“Is the Manicouagan Crater a legacy of the impact that spelled the end of some species 210 million years ago? The fifth-largest crater in the world has multiple rings. The inner ring, occupied by a lake, shows up most clearly in satellite images, sapphire-blue water piercing the green land. Rene-Levasseur Island occupies the centre of Lake Manicouagan, named for the engineer who created the Manicouagan Reservoir.”

7. Haida Gwai Islands, B.C.

“The islands off the coast of B.C. were once known as the Queen Charlotte Islands. Some know them as the Galapagos of the North, with much endemic flora and fauna. One of the islands — SGang Gwaay where totem poles and remains of cedar long-houses offer a glimpse into what a traditional Northwest Coast First Nations village was like — is a UNESCO site.”

8. Singing Sands Beach, P.E.I.

“As you walk along the white sand beach at Basin Head listen carefully to what the sand is saying. It sings, or some say it squeaks. Perhaps it’s due to the shape of the quartz sand that makes up the beach.”