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Old 11-16-2008, 08:10 PM
 
Location: Boilermaker Territory
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Originally Posted by ColdCanadian View Post
I never knew that, thanks for the geography tidbit.

*** Southern extent of the Canadian Shield in Canada extends into eastern Ontario, 2-3 hours east of Toronto.
I think it also extends into Upstate NY and possibly northern New England.

The Adriondack Mountains are included within the realm of the Canadian Shield. The northern extent of the Appalachians are not included in the Canadian Shield.

 
Old 11-16-2008, 08:11 PM
 
Location: still in exile......
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The Canadian Shield EXTENDS southward into northern MN, northern WI, the western UP of MI, and the Adirondacks of NY. The Applachian Mountains are NOT a part of the Canadian Shield.
A common characteristic of Canadian Shield areas are poor soils, a predominate coniferous or mixed forest makeup, and many bogs or lakes.
Yeah, that's what I meant....that it EXTENDS down to those places!!! Wow, I'm really off the ball tonight.
 
Old 11-16-2008, 08:12 PM
 
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Yeah, that's what I meant....that it EXTENDS down to those places!!! Wow, I'm really off the ball tonight.
That's perfectly OK. I am always learning new tidbits about Geography even tough I majored in Geography and Geographic Information Systems at University.
 
Old 11-16-2008, 08:16 PM
 
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That's perfectly OK. I am always learning new tidbits about Geography even tough I majored in Geography and Geographic Information Systems at University.
Thanks.

WOW- you majored in those areas??? That's great .

Did you major in meteorology also? Or did all that knowledge come from learning Geography? Because when you study georgraphy you learn a lot about Weather/Climatology as well.......
 
Old 11-16-2008, 08:29 PM
 
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Yeah, that's what I meant....that it EXTENDS down to those places!!! Wow, I'm really off the ball tonight.
Most of mainland Canada is Canadian shield actually.
Or at least more land is in the Shield than any other one "land-type." (what's the word?)
I think a lot of Quebec might be in the shield.
 
Old 11-16-2008, 08:53 PM
 
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Most of mainland Canada is Canadian shield actually.
Or at least more land is in the Shield than any other one "land-type." (what's the word?)
I think a lot of Quebec might be in the shield.
If I remember correctly I think 95% of the population of Quebec lives south of the Canadian Shield along the St. Lawrence river valley. This is because the agricultural production and soils are much better than those found on the shield itself. On the shield you have poorly drained soils that are mostly wooded.
 
Old 11-16-2008, 09:00 PM
 
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Most of mainland Canada is Canadian shield actually.
Or at least more land is in the Shield than any other one "land-type." (what's the word?)
I think a lot of Quebec might be in the shield.
I think "Landform" is the word you were looking for.....

Yep, nearly everyone in Quebec along the St.Lawrence river and points southward....in fact don't 80% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the U.S border?
 
Old 11-16-2008, 09:02 PM
 
Location: Covington County, Alabama
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46° and clear.
 
Old 11-16-2008, 09:19 PM
 
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Yep, nearly everyone in Quebec along the St.Lawrence river and points southward....
in fact don't 80% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the U.S border?
Likely, because living further north makes agriculture and construction much more difficult.

Originally all English speaking areas in the western hemisphere were English colonies.
I think it's pure fluke that our country is where it is, rather than a group of people setting out,
staking a claim to a certain piece of land and being satisfied with the area within their borders.


Why?
Nowhere in Canada is life made "easy" by the weather,
no highly-productive (enabling "get rich quick" schemes in the 18th and 19th centuries) agricultural climates.
Eas-i-e-r places? Yes.

We are far colder as a whole than the British Isles.
I don't think they had planned to build a major empire focused this far north.
I don't think this massive development near your border is either because they wanted to reinvade, or that it's an increbibly awesome place to live.

Anyone disagree?
Does anyone else think the British got the short end of the stick in North America?

Canada in a way wasn't really an independent country until the 1940's or 1950's;
before then we were the "Dominion of Canada" since 1867;
essentially a glorified British colony, with a few extra perks.
 
Old 11-16-2008, 10:26 PM
 
Location: Covington County, Alabama
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45° with a humidity of 81% as I call it a day.
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