The landscape of the shield has been levelled by many long periods of erosion and presents an even, monotonous skyline interrupted by rounded or flattopped summits and ranges of hills. Inspired by the canadian landscape and twentiethcentury art, oberlander designed four major spaces for the gallery. Regions such as the canadian shield that were glaciated during the late pleistocene are mainly. Canada and provinces printable, blank maps, royalty free. Known for the worlds highest tides in the bay of fundy, the provinces identity is linked to shipbuilding, fisheries and shipping. Deep within the canadian shield are iron ore, copper, nickel, gold, and uranium deposits. The ideological work ofthe parkastext is to provide a means ofideological displacement. Canadian confederation was the process in which the dominion of canada was created on july 1, 1867. The historical principle of maintaining minority rights resulted in a truly pluralistic cultural concept, roman catholicism. I hope you learned something about the area the canadian. Bust is the process of the resource becoming exhausted. This area is characterized by the large amounts of igneous and metamorphic rock throughout the landscape. The canadian shield is amongst the oldest on earth, with regions dating 2. Bouclier canadien buklje kanadj, also called the laurentian plateau, is a large area of exposed precambrian igneous and highgrade metamorphic rocks geologic shield that forms the ancient geologic core of the north american continent the north american craton or laurentia.
I have created my own version, available to buyers, but buyers can create t. This trip will also introduce the physical processes that have shaped the region, including tectonic, fluvial, gla. This fact, coupled with the grandeur of the landscape, has been central to the sense of canadian national identity, as expressed by the dublinborn writer anna brownell jameson, who explored central ontario in 1837 and remarked exultantly on the seemingly interminable line of trees before you. The prairies are a region in the west of canada, made up of three provinces. In total area, canada is slightly larger than both the u. The museum, by moshe safdie with grounds designed by cornelia hahn oberlander, was built at a time when the canadian government aimed to transform its capital into a cultural center. Culture of canada history, people, traditions, women. Created by algonquianspeaking peoples, it is an inextricable part of their cultural landscape.
The canadian shield expands to s of square miles of exposed rock, tundra and boreal forest which spans from north of the great lakes up to the arctic ocean. Start studying bju cultural geography chapter 6 canada. Learn cultural geography chapter 8 with free interactive flashcards. More than 90 percent of quebecs area lies within the canadian shield, and includes the greater part of the labrador peninsula. Canadian weather is harsh and cold during the long winter months but is more varied during other seasons. Canadian shield, one of the worlds largest geologic continental shields, centered on hudson bay and extending for 8 million square km 3 million square miles over eastern, central, and northwestern canada from the great lakes to the canadian arctic and into greenland, with small extensions into the northern u. Rockart archaeology, landscape, and sacred places in the canadian shield. Sample individual pdf map pages from the collection. Coates isbn 9781552388600 this book is an open access e book. Nancy pollockellwand school of architecture, planning.
Landscapes and landforms of eastern canada olav slaymaker. Going the distance canadas longest distance from east to west is from cape spear, newfoundland to mt. The canadian shield, a giant core of rock, makes up the eastern half of canada and the northeastern united states. At the same time, once marked, they became an active part of the cultural landscape requiring certain behaviors. National parks are administered by parks canada, a crown agency operating under the jurisdiction of the ministry of environment and climate change.
Wells drilled in search of water and petroleum reveal that the blanket of sedimentary rock above the basement ranges varies in thickness across the region. North american climate the climate of north america is as diverse as its physical features. Similar values have also been reported for the norwegian shield swanberg et al. Missing from this robust conceptual metaphor for some time, however, was the prairie. This is a unique land of lakes, bogs, swamps, trees, and rocks. Glaciation has left the area with only a thin layer of soil, through which the. Serves as a complementary book to landforms and landscapes of canada west. Albertas natural regions are divided into 21 subregions see map 1. Home the forestry chronicle volume 90, number 01, january 2014 resilience and the cultural landscape understanding and managing change in humanshaped environments free access book.
Boreal forests prevail throughout the country, ice is prominent in northerly arctic regions and. The most recent and finessed treatment of canadian shield rock art as a component of a cultural landscape. Bon echo contributes to all four objectives of the. The grinding and flushing action of the moving and melting ice had scoured away the shield s topsoil, pitting its rocky surface with thousands of shallow. In his book the geography of the canadian north, bone. Choose from 500 different sets of cultural geography chapter 8 flashcards on quizlet. For optimal viewing of the digital pdf please select two page view also select.
Covering over three million square kilometers in northern canada, it includes most of the yukon, northwest territories, nunavut, the arctic islands, and the northerly parts of many of the provinces. Northern baffin island landscape containing eastern arctic lowlands and lancaster sound. Production and consumption of wilderness in algonquin park. This resource has been updated to include digital and print access using the new interactive digital layer tool. Rugged and unconquerable, the shield is a challenge a good challenge for a people to have in their midst. Scooped out by the giant hudson bay to the north and bordered by four of the five great lakes lake superior, lake huron, lake erie, and lake ontario to the south. The rights and responsibilities of citizenship is used by newcomers to study for the citizenship test. Go wildlife spotting in the canadian arctic and visit major cities including ottawa, montreal and quebec. Congo basin, siberia, the heart of borneo and the canadian shield.
Long island and southern staten island are part of the atlantic coastal. Whether we are citizens by birth or by choice, we should all learn about our history, heritage and citizenship. Dagmara studies canadian shield rock art and indigenous arts. Pdf landscapes of memory and presence in the canadian. Known as the only part of north america to have been permanently elevated above sea level, there is an abundance of timber and minerals ore available throughout. Over time, in regions where the bedrock sank sedimentary basins formed.
The surface of the shield is mainly the result of glaciation and a great proportion of it is covered by water in the form of lakes, ponds and swamps. Its referred to as the big wild and in some places is kilometres wide. The map shows the location of their physiographic regions. Though the word prairie means grassland, this region also contains mountains, hills, lakes, shoreline, and metropolitan cities. Located in the worlds largest freshwater archipelago, the 30,000 islands, it is at georgian bay islands national park that you will discover spectacular landscapes, timeworn rock faces, diverse habitats, the rugged beauty of the canadian shield and cultural history dating back 5,000 years. With a greater emphasis on, and integration of, health literacy, interprofessional collaboration, and clinical reasoning, canadian fundamentals of nursing, 6th edition pdf provides you with the solid educational foundation to learn nursing concepts, principles, and skills with ease. More than 90 percent of quebecs area lies within the canadian.
These are a great dome, pushed up in the middle to expose a core of ancient plutonic and metamorphic rocks. Canadas landscape is diverse and comprises several distinct areas, called physiographic regions, each of which has its own topography and geology. Rock art and the landscape 1 chapter 2 canadian shield rock art in its cultural context 8 the geographical character of the canadian shield and the distribution of rock art 8 pictographs and petroglyphs. Four british colonies joined together to create this dominion of canada. Because of the regions location and cold climate,few people live here. Pdf indigenous lands management, cultural landscapes and. Canadian shield definition, location, map, landforms. Boom happens when a valuable resource is found and a rush of people come to minefishchopharvest it. Its mountains, plains, massive canadian shield, and. Subregions are composed of areas with similar landscape patterns within a natural region that are distinct from other subregions in that natural region. We enjoy several opportunities to disembark the train during the route, including in winnipeg, edmonton and jasper. The only official study guide for the citizenship test is discover canada. The hawaiian islands in the pacific are volcanic mountaintops. Most remote, fragile, rugged and northerly lands in north america.
Canadian shield country from the nearest point of com munication with the outside world. Best bju cultural geography chapter 6 canada flashcards. Canada covers 9,984,670 km 2 3,855,100 sq mi and a panoply of various geoclimatic regions, of which there are 8 main regions. Landscapesseascapes and world heritage cultural landscapes. Metallogeny and tectonic evolution of the transhudson orogen pdf. The coastal lowlands of lakes erie and ontario are part of the interior lowlands of n. Geomorphology glaciology hydrology landscape ecology limnology.
Quebecs highest mountain is mont diberville, which is located on the border with newfoundland and labrador in the northeastern part of the province in the torngat mountains. The physical geography of canada is divided into two vast sectors. Physical environment ample precipitation young, fertile glacial soils long frostfree period climate moderated by great lakes. The canadian shield also called the laurentian plateau, is a large area of exposed. Central canada, containing the countrys two largest provinces, ontario and quebec, is part of a massive geographic land form known as the canadian shield that gives much of the country its distinctive shape. The train spends 4 days winding through the everchanging landscape, presenting cities, towns and remote and wild expanses. Baffin island landscapes containing northern extremity of canadian shield. Resilience and the cultural landscape understanding and.
Like canadas landscapes, the climate varies across the country. These rocks are generally quite resistant to weathering and erosion, but have been subjected to intense and repeated glaciation. Canada east became quebec, canada west became ontario and they were joined by new brunswick and nova scotia. Despite canadas great size, it is one of the worlds most sparsely populated countries. This area completely surrounds the hudsons bay in the shape of a horseshoe. In 1989 canada joined the organization of american states and signed a free trade agreement with the. Nov 14, 2008 hill island to many, the canadian shield is the quintessential canadian landscape the rugged north, and a land of forests and lakes. Canadas got talent 10 awesome examples of landscape. National gallery of canada the cultural landscape foundation. It also includes most of greenland and extends into the united states.
It stretches north from the great lakes to the artic ocean. The age of these basement rocks is measured in billions of years. Much of the landscape here consists of tundravast rolling,treeless plains in which only the top few. But many havent realized that a portion of the shield extends southward though ontario, and into the u. General information the canadian shield is the largest of canadas 6 physical regions. The third region, known as the southern province which is a narrow region from sault ste. This brief details the challenges and opportunities facing ifl conservation and offers recommendations for immediate action within fsccertified forests that overlap with ifl areas. Different cultures have different views on how land should be used. The bradshaw foundation canada rock art archive will aim to present examples from all of these style areas. The fifth and final region of the country the canadian shield hovers over canada and canadians like a colossus. With an area of 1,542,056 square kilometres 595,391 square miles, it is the second largest of canadas provinces and territories and the tenth largest country subdivision in the world. They are the southward extension of the precambrian core of north american known as the canadian shield.
As canadas largest east coast port, deepwater and icefree, the capital, halifax, has played an important role in atlantic trade and defence and is home to. Middle shield culture precis, chapter 16 shield culture represented the first significant human occupation of the canadian shield, an enormous region encompassing a southwestern portion of the northwest territories, most of manitoba, northern ontario, northern quebec including a portion of the northshore of the st. It is divided into geological provinces and subprovinces based on differences in rock type, structure and age. Study for the history of archaeology bulletin of the history of. Canadian shield, one of the worlds largest geologic continental shields. Quebec, canadas largest province, occupies a vast territory nearly three times the size of france, most of which is very sparsely populated. Nova scotia is the most populous atlantic province, with a rich history as the gateway to canada. The forest was the boreal forest, the northern forest predominantly of black spruce, white spruce, jack pine, tamarack called juniper in newfoundland and nova scotia, larch in europe, balsam fir, hemlock and other conifers, but sprinkled as well with. Among indigenous animic hunterfishergatherers, material culture and certain places in the landscape. It is a terrain that is very dangerous and difficult to traverse cross country because of lakes, bogs, swamps, trees, and rocks. If you have applied for citizenship and are preparing for the citizenship test, your primary resource should be. Canadas far north lies in the frozen grip of the arctic, where ice, snow, and glaciers dominate the landscape.
Here is some information on the area the canadian shield covers it covers more than half of canada. The rights and responsibilities of citizenship, available from citizenship and immigration canada at no cost. The shield forms the foundation of the north american continent and consists of some of the oldest rock on earth. Location and mode of execution 9 pictorial content 11 dating canadian shield rock art cultural context 15 spiritual beliefs and religion 20. Life at the crossroads the frontenac arch thousand. Covering over three million square kilometers in northern canada, it includes most of the yukon, northwest territories, nunavut, the arctic islands, and the. New york citys landscape legacy the cultural landscape. They include westchester, manhattan island and northern staten is. The canadian shield is the ancient core of the north american continent. The village of yorkville park, which won the american society of landscape architects landmark award in 2012, reflects the diversity of the canadian natural landscape with extensive plantings, elevated boardwalks crossing a wetland, and a 650ton granite rock imported from the canadian shield. The term cultural landscape has been described as a way in which perceptions, beliefs, stories, experiences and practices give shape, form and meaning to the landscape lennon 2001. Augmented between f812 and 1821 by the arrival of large groups of scottish, german, and swiss colonists sponsored by the philan thropic thomas douglas, earl of selkirk, the red river settlement or selkirk colony, as it was sonietimes. In several parts of the canadian shield, heat flow values as low as 22 mw m.
This is the only true mountain landscape of new york state. The journal of archaeology, consciousness and culture. Temagami area rock art and indigenous routes ontario. Albertas largest natural region is the boreal forest. Several broad regions of rock art style areas have been distinguished, including the maritimes, the canadian shield, the prairies, british columbia and the arctic. Some of the ancient mountain ranges can still be recognized as a ridge or belt of hills, but the present appearance of the. Discover the iconic canadian landscape of georgian bay islands national park. Renwick, in encyclopedia of inland waters, 2009 lakes of the canadian shield. Canadian shield health care services canadian fundamentals of nursing patricia a. These rocks were metamorphosed between 990 million years ago and 1. Canada simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The canadian shield refers to the exposed portion of the continental crust underlying the majority of north america. Human population is sparse and industrial development is minimal, but mining is prevalent.
The surface of the shield is mainly the result of glaciation and a great proportion of it is covered by water in the form of lakes, ponds. Next, on your list should be visiting some of the most beautiful lakes and embark on a canoe or hiking adventure. Mobility and the environment in canadian history edited by ben bradley, jay young, and colin m. The canadian shield is a vast area of ancient precambrian rocks lying in an arc around hudson bay, covering more than one third of canadas land area. Torontos landscape legacy the cultural landscape foundation. It includes the northwest territories, nunavut, quebec, alberta, saskatchewan, manitoba, ontario. Regional landscapes of the united states and canada pdf. The crust, also known as the north american craton, extends from northern mexico to greenland and consists of hard rocks at least 1 billion years old. It makes up about 20% of the canadian shield in ontario. While britain, and later english canada, came to be and remain the most powerful part of the canadian cultural landscape, this dominance and power exists in a system of joint cultural identity, with french canada, in quebec and in other parts of eastern canada, remaining a singular and distinctive cultural entity in its own right. Compared to the canadian shield, the worlds great mountain ranges are the merest infants. Now it is not uncommon to see complete books challenging the. In the 1920s and 30s this landscape, with its geomorphic and mythological.
Ppt the canadian shield powerpoint presentation free. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Much of the landscape here consists of tundravast rolling,treeless plains in. Canadian shield much of the eastern half of canada is part of the canadian shield. The weight of the gargantuan ice mantle had depressed the level of the canadian shield. This resources point of view is canadian and is designed for canadian students. It is composed mainly of highly metamorphosed granite, with smaller areas of metamorphosed sedimentary and igneous rocks and some areas of relatively horizontal but still quite ancient sedimentary rocks. The region, as a whole, is composed of ancient crystalline rocks whose complex structure attests to a long history of uplift and depression, mountain building, and erosion. Canada also encompasses vast maritime terrain, with the worlds longest coastline of 243,042 kilometres 151,019 mi. The canadian shield constitutes the largest mass of exposed precambrian rock on the face of earth. Canadas national parks are protected areas under the canada national parks act, owned by the government of canada and administered for the benefit, education, and enjoyment of the people of canada and its future generations.
Georgian bay islands national park, ontario roadtrippers. Historically,algonquin plays an important role in the cultural. Ruby lake provincial park lies within the canadian shield, in a vast area of ancient rock of precambrian origin. Algonquin represents the values and ideals attached to the canadian shield and stands in for ontario,the north,and canada. The process of how an indigenous cultural landscape,is replaced,by a, cultural landscape,of. The canadian shield, a hilly region of lakes and swamps, stretches across northern canada and has some of the oldest rocks on earth. Canadian landscape charter strategic planning working group, canadian. Prehistoric reptiles amphibians invertebrates fish. The canadian shield, a hilly region of lakes and swamps, stretches across. Canada the roman catholic church entered canada with some of the first french explorers and colonists and, despite the countrys eventual domination by the english, has remained the largest canadian church. Includes a copy of our pdf book canada and the canadian provinces map coloring book blank, outline and detailed maps for coloring, homeschool and education.
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