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    The document provides information about the Canadian Shield region located in northern parts of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Ontario and Quebec. Key points: - The landscape of the Canadian Shield was shaped by continental ice sheets that scraped away softer rocks, leaving older igneous and metamorphic rocks behind. They also gouged out depressions that formed many lakes. - The region has many lakes and poor soil quality due to the underlying bedrock. However, some areas with drained lakes have richer sandy loam soils suitable for crops like ginseng. - Mining is a major industry in the region, extracting iron, copper, nickel and other metals from the ancient bedrock. Iron is mined from

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    The document provides information about the Canadian Shield region located in northern parts of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Ontario and Quebec. Key points: - The landscape of the Canadian Shield was shaped by continental ice sheets that scraped away softer rocks, leaving older igneous and metamorphic rocks behind. They also gouged out depressions that formed many lakes. - The region has many lakes and poor soil quality due to the underlying bedrock. However, some areas with drained lakes have richer sandy loam soils suitable for crops like ginseng. - Mining is a major industry in the region, extracting iron, copper, nickel and other metals from the ancient bedrock. Iron is mined from

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    NORTH AMERICAN

    REGIONS
    III. Canadian Shield
    Key
     Red-Term to define and remember
     Yellow-Place to locate and remember
     Green-Resource to know and
    remember
     Bright Green-Agricultural product
    (crop) to remember
     White, Blue and Brown-Narration to
    help understanding
    Northern Wisconsin
    Northern Wisconsin

    Lots of trees mean


    Soil quality is . . .
    Poor

    Typical Scenery
    In the US portion of the Canadian
    Shield
    Ice Sheets
    What caused the land in the
    Canadian Shield to look as it
    does?
    Ice Sheets
     Are continental-sized, 1 to 2-mile high
    masses of ice
     Move from the poles during ice ages
     Scrape off the soft sedimentary rock
    leaving behind old, igneous and
    metamorphic rock
     Gouge out depressions which fill with
    water (lakes)
     Some lakes have mostly filled up with
    vegetation forming swamps and bogs
    Ic
    e
    Sh
    ee
    t

    Great Bear Lake

    Great Slave Lake


    Hudson
    Bay
    Lake
    Winnipeg
    Lake
    Superior
    Northern Wisconsin
    If Minnesota is the land of
    10,000 lakes

    Then Wisconsin has


    5000.
    The lakes are usually
    surrounded by seasonal
    cottages.
    Potatoes

    Used for collecting insects

    In a few places the lakes have drained


    leaving sandy loamy soil
    Which is good for growing . . .
    Hints: ginseng
    1)85% of the US crop was grown in Marathon
    County, Wisconsin.
    2)It requires much shade.
    3)The root is harvested.
    4)It takes 3-4 years to reach maturity.
    5)It was worth up to $100 per pound, but now
    is bought for About $10 per pound.
    6)Much of it is exported to Asia.
    7)You would most likely find it in a health food
    store. . .

    What crop is this?


    Superior, Wisconsin

    Lake Superior
    Duluth, Minnesota

    Answer:
    Why fog?
    Cold Water

    Lake Superior
    What are these structures used for?
    Duluth
    Storing Grain
    From the plains
    Mesabi Range

    What are they mining?


    Ores include hematite and magnetite

    iron
    The machine is drilling into the face of the mine.

    The series of holes will be filled with explosives.


    Then the loose rock is carried to the crusher.
    The Crusher and Smelter
    Some mines are abandoned.
    The high quality ore is played out.
    Hibbing, Minnesota

    The city has been moved to avoid being


    undermined.
    Since so many mines
    are closed the local
    governments
    encouraged Ironworld,
    a heritage center, to
    open, in order to
    create jobs.
    It is not attracting as
    many tourists as the
    organizers had hoped.
    Open Pit Mining

    Northern Michigan (the UP)


    $800,000
    $12,308=
    65

    Ishpeming (near Marquette)


    Tilden Open Pit Mine

    190 ton
    truck
    Pick-up Drill
    Truck

    Shovel
    Definitions
     Metamorphic Rock - igneous and
    sedimentary rock that has been
    significantly changed by heat and
    pressure
     Lake – an enclosed body of water
     Bog – an old lake filled in with
    vegetation
     Ore – mineral bearing rock
     Open pit mining – extracting ore by
    means of a huge enlarging hole
    Then the ore is melted in a furnace as big as
    the academic wing of Lutheran South . . .

    which revolves.
    The leftovers of mining.
    Iron (taconite) pellets
    Loaded onto small rail cars
    Taken to a port on Lake Superior

    Taconite
    pellets

    Filling up the hold of a . . .


    Great Lakes Ore Boat

    Which sails through Lake Superior


    to the . . .
    Locks of Sault Ste. Marie
    Sault Ste. Marie
    Ore boat

    Lock
    Chamber
    To Lake
    Huron
    St. Lawrence
    Seaway
    A series of locks and
    canals which connect
    the Great Lakes to the
    Atlantic Ocean
    Lake Superior Shoreline

    Iron bearing
    rock
    Lake Superior is the largest,
    deepest, cleanest, coldest of the
    Great Lakes.
    It is also the largest freshwater
    lake in the world.
    Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
    Northern Michigan
    Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

    A beach to yourself in June!


    (air = 65°F; Water = 48°F)
    Mackinac Bridge
    (3800’) connecting the northern and
    southern peninsulas of Michigan
    The
    suspension
    bridge crosses
    the Strait of
    Mackinac.
    Near Mackinac Island
    Definitions
     Lock - a gated section of a canal
    where vessels are raised and lowered
     Saint Lawrence Seaway – a project
    finished in 1959 that connects all of
    the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
    with canals and locks
     Strait – a narrow neck of water
    connecting two larger bodies of
    water
    Ontario, Canada
    Canada is the country that is most similar
    to the United States.
    A few differences
    Canada, like every other
    country in the world, uses
    the metric system.

    1984
    Typical vegetation for the southern
    Canadian Shield

    Ottawa River
    Ontario
    What minerals are Sudbury,
    found here? Ontario
    ONTARIO

    Lake Superior Sudbury


    Mesabi Sault Ste. Marie
    Duluth Strait of Mackinac
    Typical Mine
    Elevator

    crusher

    conveyor

    Iron(Fe),
    WhatCopper(Cu),
    is mined inNickel(Ni), Zinc(Zn),
    the old hard
    Lead(Pb), Silver(Ag),
    metamorphic and Gold(Au), Platinum(Pt),
    igneous rock of the
    Manganese(Mn), Uranium(U), Mercury(Hg)
    Canadian Shield?
    The smoke stacks are so tall in order to put highly toxic
    pollutants high in the air where they can disperse. . .

    And fall as far away as the Maritimes and northern


    Europe.
    Sudbury, Ontario
    Nickel ore
    Lake Nipissing, Ontario

    One of hundreds of thousands


    of lakes in the Canadian
    Shield
    From the Air

    In winter
    Resource = trees: Export = lumber
    Wood Products
    Manufacturer
    Another Wood Products Plant
    Much of the United States’ paper is
    imported from Canada
    Ottawa Located between
    the English in
    Canada’s capital Ontario and the
    French in Quebec.
    French
    Empire
    Style

    Capitol (Parliament) Building


    Montreal

    The largest city (3.4 million) in the province of Quebec,


    the second largest in Canada, and the second largest
    French-speaking city in the world
    Landsat
    False-color
    Image

    Where
    would you
    have
    located a
    settlement
    that would
    grow to
    become
    Montreal?
    The site of the Chute (Rapids) Lachine
    The Lachine rapids made Montreal the Head of
    navigation of the Saint Lawrence River, and,
    therefore, a break–in-bulk point.

    The rapids were portaged


    around until people built . . .
    Lock
    Container cranes

    Today Montreal is Canada’s


    leading containerized port.
    The port brings industry.
    6 Flags
    Around Montreal
    Stadium-site of Montreal
    Olympics in 1976
    Although impressive
    looking, the
    retractable roof
    leaked and is
    unreliable.
    Modular Apartments
    Habitat 67
    From Mount (Mont) Royal
    Hotel De Ville
    Chateau Ramezay
    18th Century
    Chard
    In the Garden
    Beets

    Lettuce
    carrots

    leeks
    onions

    cabbage
    artichokes celery
    Boer
    War
    On top of Mount
    Royal
    St. Lawrence Estuary
    Whales come up
    the St. Lawrence
    River (St. Laurent
    Riviere)
    In Southern
    Quebec
    Thetford mine
    asbestos
    Quebec City
    Quebec City
    The most French city
    outside France
    Hotel d’
    Frontenac
    Saint Louis
    was
    Louis IX of
    France and
    is the
    patron saint
    of that
    country.
    Samuel de
    Champlain
    1608
    Jacques
    Cartier
    1530’s
    What
    religion is
    this
    church?
    The Old Walled City
    The Plains of Abraham
    site of the Battle of Quebec (1759)
    French and Indian War

    Who won the battle?


    The British
    Making Canada a British Colony
    And the French still resent it.
    Later the British built a citadel (fort)
    at the highest point in Quebec City.

    Sled
    slop
    e in
    win
    ter

    To protect the city from whom?

    The United States


    QUEBEC

    R.
    Quebec

    ce
    en
    Montreal

    wr
    Ottawa

    La
    .
    St
    The Citadel

    Dry Moat
    Now a parking lot.
    Site of Quebec

    A few cannons placed here and on


    the opposite bank could control all
    access into the heart of Canada.
    The British won by stealthily rowing up
    the St. Lawrence estuary and climbing
    these bluffs.

    Hint

    Is this ship loading or


    unloading?
    Through the City Wall
    The capitol of the province of Quebec
    Minorities
     The French speaking population of
    Canada is about 33%.
     Almost all live in one area—Quebec.
     Quebec has voted twice on the issue
    of secession (forming a separate
    country).
     It was defeated by about 55% to
    45% both times.
     They may vote again.
    The oldest part of town is Place Royale, the
    French settlement below on the river front.
    We’ll go down to
    check it out.
    10:15 pm on June 21
    Why is it still light?
    Quebec is located farther from the
    equator (at a higher latitude).
    Quebecois enjoy the first evening
    of summer
    Alcan Aluminum Refinery

    Located here because of


    inexpensive hydroelectricity
    Dock to unload bauxite
    Baie-Saguenay Fjord
    L’Anse St. Jean Fjord
    Labrador
    in winter
    From
    30,000’
    Ice floes in
    Baffin Bay
    The southern tip of

    Greenland
    fjord

    fjord
    Definitions
     Site – the physical features in the
    area of a settlement or building
     Minorities – cultural groups that are
    less numerous than the majority
     Secession – the act of a region
    leaving a country
     Fjord – a steeply walled, long,
    narrow inlet of the sea; drowned
    glacial valleys
    G
    R
    EE
    N
    LA
    N
    D

    Gr
    ea
    t Ci
    rc
    le
    Ro
    u te
    to
    Eu
    ro
    pe
    End of fjord
    Toe (end)
    of glacier

    Glacial valley
    The middle
    of Greenland
    Glac is an icecap
    ie r
    as much as
    7000 feet
    thick.
    Late Ice Cap
    ral
    mor
    aine

    Hill top
    NORTH AMERICAN
    REGIONS
    III. Canadian Shield

    The End

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