Top 10 "largest" meteorites found in Canada based on the weights of single
recovered masses:
1. Madoc, Ontario, 1864 167.5 kg Iron Find
2. Iron Creek, Alberta, 1869 146.0 Iron Find
3. Abee, Alberta, 1952 107.0 Stony Fall +
4. Osseo, Ontario, 1931 46.3 Iron Find
5. Dresden (Ontario), Ontario, 1939 39.9* Stony Fall
6. Manitouwabing, Ontario, 1962 39.0 Iron Find
7. Springwater, Sask., 1931 38.6* Stony-iron Find
8. Bruderheim, Alberta, 1930 31.2* Stony Fall !
9. Hagersville, Ontario, 1999 30.0 Iron Find #
10. Vulcan, Alberta, 1962 19.0 Stony Find ~
+ Abee fell in 1952. The Catalogue of Meteorites 2000, Fifth Edition,
The Natural History Museum, erroneously says 1953
* largest/heaviest mass of more than one; the main mass recovered, and
therefore probably still the main mass
! largest meteorite fall in Canada, a meteorite shower of >303 kg
recovered
# an iron meteorite, single mass, soon to be officially accepted and
named, discovered in April 1999
~ largest stony meteorite find in Canada
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RKH
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