The Canadian Shield Chris Torrie, Nolan Young and Colin Wong
Slide 2 Landscape -8 million square kilometers -Largest Continental
shield in Canada hi chloe -A large variation of environments -goes
from the usa to canada and greenland Slide 3 Landscape continued
-Large amounts of smooth rock -Most of the old mountain ranges are
run down by glaciers -Most of the mantle was carried away by the
glaciers -Ice smoothed hills Hi lucia Slide 4 Natural Resources The
canadian shield holds some of the most historic rocks in North
America Slide 5 Minerals - Rich in many resources - Contains large
amounts of gold, copper and iron Slide 6 Rocks -Mostly igneous and
metamorphic -Igneous - granite, basalt -Metamorphic - schists,
marble Slide 7 Trees Eastern Canadian Shield taiga Midwestern
Canadian Shield Forests Slide 8 Fish Slide 9 Climate Many different
regions Many different Climates Slide 10 Canadian shield
subdivisions North: hudsons bay Quebec Ontario/Manitoba Slide 11
The North Very cold Not lots of precipitation A polar desert Slide
12 Quebec -5 to -15 Winter 20 to 30 in Summer 900 mm of rain
annually Slide 13 Ontario/Manitoba Summer: 25-15 winter: -5 - -15
Precipitation: 750-1000mm Slide 14 Major Cities Sudbury Ottawa
Montreal Quebec Iqaluit Thunder Bay Winnipeg Slide 15 References 1.
The canadan shild climate, blogspot
http://thecoolcanadianshield.blogspot.ca/2010/05/climate.html
http://thecoolcanadianshield.blogspot.ca/2010/05/climate.html 2.
nunavut tourism, environment Canada,
http://www.nunavuttourism.com/about-nunavut/weather-climate
http://www.nunavuttourism.com/about-nunavut/weather-climate 3.
Canadian Shield, Nature Conservancy Canada
http://www.natureconservancy.ca/en/where-we-work/ontario/our-
work/canadian-shield.htmlhttp://www.natureconservancy.ca/en/where-we-work/ontario/our-
work/canadian-shield.html 4. Origin of the great lakes by
Diastrophic process
http://www.sentex.net/~tcc/gtl-shield.htmlhttp://www.sentex.net/~tcc/gtl-shield.html
Encyclopedia Britannica, Canadian Shield
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/91992/Canadian-Shieldhttp://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/91992/Canadian-Shield
5. Canadian Shield, Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Shieldhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Shield
6. Boreal shield
http://canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca/english/ecozones/borealshield/borealshield.htmhttp://canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca/english/ecozones/borealshield/borealshield.htm
7. quebec, Quebec portal,
http://www.gouv.qc.ca/portail/quebec/pgs/commun/portrait/geographie/climat/?lang=enhttp://www.gouv.qc.ca/portail/quebec/pgs/commun/portrait/geographie/climat/?lang=en
8. Quebec original, Quebec from the ground up,
http://www.gouv.qc.ca/portail/quebec/pgs/commun/portrait/geographie/climat/?lang=en
http://www.gouv.qc.ca/portail/quebec/pgs/commun/portrait/geographie/climat/?lang=en
9. ontario, wikipedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario#Climatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario#Climate
10. http://www.answers.com/Q/Vegetation_on_the_Canadian_shield
