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Ch 8 Canada

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Ch 8 Canada

Physical geography
- Rocky mount.
  - mountains extend north into western Canada.
  - The Rocky Mountains run through 7 states
- St. Lawrence River
  - An important international waterway, the St.Lawrence River links the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
  - the St Lawrence River is 250 feet deep at the deepest point
- Niagara Falls
  - The falls are located in the Niagara River between the province of Ontario and New York state
  - the first person to go on the falls was a 63 year old woman school teacher
- Canadian Shield
  - The Canadian Shield curves around the Hudson Bay
  - the Shield covers half the country
- Grand Banks
  - cold waters from the Labrador Sea and warm waters form the Gulf stream mix
  - oil drilling in the banks began in late 1970's
- Pulp
  - softened wood fibers
  - tree's provide the main raw material for the European pulp paper and board industry
- newsprint
  - cheap paper used for mainly for newspaper
  - for many years newsprint was the virtually the only use for ground wood
Sec. 2 History & Culture
- Provinces
  - divisions of a country
  - Canada has 13 provinces
- Quebec
  - Quebec is manly french speaking
  - Quebec is divided into 2 colonies
- British Columbia
  - British Columbia is on the pacific coast
  - People made the railroads to conect British Columbia to the east provinces
- Toronto
  - one of the largest diverse cities in the world
  - Toronto holds the capital of Canada
Sec. 3 Canada Today
- regionalism
  - bride to your region
  - regionalism is like patriot for your country
- maritime
  - on or near the sea
  - Boston is a maritime
- Montreal
  - Montreal is in Quebec
  - Canad's second largest city
- Ottawa
  - Ottawa is in Ontario
  - In Ottawa people speak english and french
- Vancouver
  - Vancouver is on the pacific coast
  - Vancouver is is British Columbia