“Our Lady of the snows” or “the Land of Ice and Snow”. Home of Santa Claus

Canada. Geography

“Our Lady of the snows” or “the Land of Ice and Snow”. Home of Santa Claus

Time zones

6 (GMT).

Seacoasts

3 the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Oceans “ The Border ”.

Boundaries

territory

Cape Spear Mount St. Elias Middle Island, Cape Columbia Manitoulin

pine hunting and cutting forest mixed forests white and red pine oak wolf, brown bear, and red fox.

Mountains

the Laurentian Upland The Cordillera Mountains Mount Logan

· the Torngats, the Appalachians, the Laurentians - in the east;

· the Rocky, the Coastal, the Mackenzie ranges - in the west;

· Mount St. Elias, the Pelly (Pellee) Mountains - in the north.

Lakes

1/7 of the world’s fresh water.

Great LakesGreat Bear Lake the largest lake Great Slave Lake Great Lake Winnipeg

Rivers

the Nelson, St.Lawrence and Mackenzie.

The St. Lawrence RiverThe ChurchillThe Yukon The ColumbiaThe Nelson

The PeaceThe Mackenzie

Geographical Regions

8 principal Canadian regions

1. The Pacific Ranges and Lowlands;

2. The Rocky Mountains;

3. The Arctic Islands;

4. The Interior Plains;

5. The Canadian Shield;

6. The Hudson Bay Lowlands;

7. St. Lawrence Lowland Region;

8. The Atlantic Provinces – Appalachian Region.

The Pacific Ranges and Lowlands

Queen Charlotte Islands Vancouver Island Mount Logan The Coast Mountains

fiords western redcedars Douglas firs foxes, black bears

The Rocky Mountains

the Cordilleran region The Canadian Rockies and the Mackenzie Mountains

he St. Elias and Coast Ranges Mount Robson Garibaldi Provincial Park

Mount Edziza

The Arctic islands

the Northwest Passage Iqualuit,

The Interior Plains

breadbasket wheatland, white spruces jack pines tundras petroleum, gas, coal

lead and zinc

The Canadian Shield

the Laurentian Plateau or Laurentian Upland muskegs hydroelectric plants

pulp and paper mills wolves, moose, deer, elk nickel, zinc, gold, platinum, cobalt, uranium, silver, copper, and iron ore

The Hudson Bay Lowlands

the Churchill River Nottaway River

The Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Lowlands

grapes, peaches, pears sugar maple country

The Atlantic Provinces – Appalachian Region

Grand Banks

National Parks

Banff, Vuntut Tuktut Nogait Mount Robson ParkWood - Buffalo Park

Jasper ParkThe World Water ParkStrathcona Park Della Falls

National Parks

Banff, Vuntut Tuktut Nogait Mount Robson ParkWood - Buffalo Park

Jasper ParkThe World Water ParkStrathcona Park Della Falls

Plants

forests, grasslands, and tundras deciduous coniferous trees sugar maple and beech

yellow pine, white and red pine, and hemlock taiga boreal

white and black spruces and white birches, balsam poplar and tamarack, and balsam fir, jack pine lichens and mosses dwarf, often berry-bearing shrubs muskeg (swamp).

Cacti and sagebrush Douglas fir trees tall-timber forest western hemlock, and western red cedar deep rich soils dry short grass region long grass

Maple

maple sap flooring, furniture, interior woodwork, veneer, small woodenware,

cabinet-making Maple leaf pins and badges (Royal Canadians The Land of Maple Leaf

Animal Life

puma is found in British Columbia. Elk and bison. Bighorn sheep and Rocky Mountain goats caribou grizzly bears, mountain sheep, wolves, and wolverines

moose, beaver, Canada lynx, black bear, and Canada jay

polar bear, seal, musk-ox, caribou, lemming, Arctic wolf, and white fox

Beaver

“Kebeca Liberata Medal” Three Penny Beaver”

Birds

spotted owl the loon The great blue heron The Canada Geese honkers

duck, the mallard wood duck whisky jack or grey jay

Bald eagles and ospreys Finches, blue jays, chickadees and cardinals

Fish and marine animals

Northern pike, bass trout salmon Pacific sal Atlantic salmon Herring

obsters and shellfish Arctic char beluga Harp seals

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