Majority of the Canadian Shield is made up of metamorphic and igneous rocks. The rocks hold large amounts of copper, zinc, lead and gold. Furthermore, the Canadian shield is not good for farming, since the soil is so thin. The middle of the shield is lower than the outer parts. Tourism is a big industry in the Canadian shield and is important for small towns. People come to the shield to go fishing and hunting. A typical view for the Canadian shield is lots of trees and rocks around water. Many of the waterways have hydro
Canada and especially Ontario have very interesting and much filled geologic pasts. Ontario has many types of rocks and minerals that have formed and are still forming due to the geology. Ontario has sedimentary rocks; igneous rock, and metamorphic rock as well as minerals such as gold, silver, quartz, and many more. In this paper, we will begin by talking about ten rocks that were collected right here in Windsor Ontario. The rocks were examined from the outside which tended to be weathered and the inside which were fresh.
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Canada is a very large country, with areas of land in various climate regions, and land regions, thus having many ecozones that differentiate from another. The most populated ecozone in Canada is the Mixedwood Plains; the ecozone we are located in, named after the mixedwood forests that are native to the area. The Mixedwood Plains is one of the smallest of the Canadian ecozones, spanning only 175 963 kilometres squared. The Mixedwood Plains is bordered by three of the great lakes on the southern side of the ecozone, and comes up along the St Lawrence river to southern Quebec, and fills the tip of Ontario. It has rolling plains and small rock formations and escarpments. The Mixedwood Plains contains over half of the Canadian population as
The Taiga Shield Ecozone is made up of wetlands, shrublands, meadows and open forests. This Ecozone is a subarctic region therefore, the cold temperatures make it hard for vegetation to grow. There are trees, such as the coniferous species black and white spruce, tamarack, and dwarf pines. Most of them are stunted and do not reach full growth because of the climate. The tree line is at the northern edge of the Taiga Shield Ecozone and beyond the tree line is where the arctic tundra is. The soils found in this Ecozone are very thin and highly leached. The Taiga Shield has igneous, metamorphic and, sedimentary rock. These types of rocks are located in the Taiga Shield because of the volcanoes that formed it originally and the
Some of Canada’s greatest challenges and major contributions on land during the Second World War were centered in D-Day, Hong Kong, and the Italian
geography of this country. The natural land forms which are present in Western Canada, such as
The Canadian Shield is the largest of the physiographic regions covering more than half of Canada and consists of the provinces Quebec, Ontario, Northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Nunavut and over half of North West Territories. Apart from its occupations in Canada, portions of the shield also spans all the way to United States. As of now, the shield is fairly flat, along with rounded hills of rock that are roots of ancient mountains. Mainly igneous and metamorphic rock compose the shields land. From this rock many valuable minerals can be harvested from it, such as large quantities of lead, gold, copper, zinc, and other important materials. Resulting numerous cities and towns in the shield to rely on mining industries for jobs. As of mining,
Logging in the Canadian Shield started in the early 19th century when the British demanded large amounts of big pine trees for masts for the British Naval Fleet (“Timber”). This started the mark of mass amounts of logging that cleared large portions of land in the shield. The clearing of the land was popular among the newly arriving immigrants but extremely unpopular for the indigenous people of Canada. The immigrants really loved the new land because it gave them many options to begin a farm in a new land with their family (Portage). Most families used small plows and oxen, brought over from Europe, to shape the land to their preference.
The Koffler Scientific Reserve at Joker’s Hill is located at the western end of Oak Ridges Moraine (ORM), hence they share common geological features. Therefore, just as in the rest of the ORM, the parent material or bedrock of Joker’s Hill is Ordovician shale and limestone (Johnson et al., 1992). 570 million years ago, what is now southern Ontario was under warm shallow seas (Rock Ontario, 1994, p.49). Between 401-417 million years ago, the sea started to recede and left sand, clay and silt deposits in the region. With time, the materials left behind were compressed into sedimentary rocks. After the retreat of the sea, coral reefs eventually became the coral rocks and the marine species eventually became carbonated rocks--both types of which contain calcium. After long term erosion, the calcium and carbonate rocks became the main composition of the limestone (Goreau, 2006). During the Pleistocene, about 2 million years ago, the Wisconsin glacier advanced across southern Ontario, depositing glacial sediments directly
The Canadian Shield is a landform Region that covers almost half of Canada, including Nunavut, Quebec, Labrador, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The Canadian Shield is a landform that is composed of igneous and metamorphic rocks. It has a huge boreal forest ecosystem, hence, a lot of lands in the Canadian Shield are covered with trees. Due to the amount of trees and the boreal forest ecosystem, a number of animals such as horned owls, black bears and geese liked to live in the lands of the Canadian Shield. The Canadian Shield is covered with small lakes, this makes fishing a great recreation for human to do. The letter “A”, “C”, “A”, “N”, “E” and “D” reflects the information above.
Promotional Pitch for Canadian Mining Association Introduction The Canadian Shield is is arguably the best place to hold the annual Canadian Mining Association Summit as it's considered one of the richest areas of mineral ores in the world, making it great for future mining opportunities. This provides thousands of jobs for people looking to get into this industry as truck drivers, miners, geologists, analysts, etc. Types of Landforms The Canadian Shield is a landform region that covers 8,000,000 km2, 4/5th Canada’s total landmass.
Canada’s industrialization occurred later and was shaped by its colonial status; that immigration was a major factor in creating a workforce; and that resource industries played a cen- tral role.
The Canadarm is the most important modern piece of technology made by Canada. The Canadarm has shown its importance through the missions it was used in and the amazing technological advancements it caused in space technology and medical technology. This includes the creating of new versions of Canadarms as well as the building and repairing of space
Tourism is an endeavour sought by an individual or a party of individuals, which leads to a movement from one place to another with the idealism of a specific task, to visit a place or several places with the primary purpose of achieving entertainment and increasing knowledge of countries, cultures, and their history. The expression ‘largest industry in the world’ is universally used with mention to tourism, ensuring its recognition as the largest generator of wealth (over 11.7% of the global gross domestic product) and employment (7% of the world’s jobs); this shows that tourism is indeed an important industry that depends on culture and legacy.(Budeanu, 2002) Vancouver is feasibly one of the most prevalent tourist destinations in Canada
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