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Physical Features
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Canada

• Second largest country in the world!
• Borders touch oceans on the east,
west, and north.
• America is on Canada’s southern
border.
Pacific Ocean
• largest & deepest of the world’s 5
oceans
• covers 1/3 of the Earth’s surface
• western border of Canada
– major shipping route to Asia
Atlantic Ocean
• 2nd largest of the earth’s 5 oceans
• most heavily traveled ocean
• forms the eastern border of Canada
– major shipping route to Europe & Africa
Canadian Shield
• Stretches from Great Lakes to Arctic Ocean;
covers half of Canada!
• Region of mostly thin soil lying on top of
bedrock, with many bare outcrops of rock &
thousands of lakes
• Major natural resources: timber, minerals, &
water
• Region is sparsely populated
Hudson Bay
• large inland sea in east central Canada
• “an arm” of the Atlantic Ocean
– Grain from Alberta & Saskatchewan is
shipped from Hudson Bay out to the
Atlantic and on to other countrie.s
– only navigable from July to October
Great Lakes

• five large freshwater lakes in central North
America
– created from melting glaciers
– HOMES (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie,
Superior)

• serve as the “industrial heartland” of the
continent
• one of the world’s busiest shipping areas

– Most of Canada’s population live in this region.
Rocky Mountains
• located in Western Canada
– includes western Alberta and eastern
British Columbia

• stretches a distance of 2,000 miles
• mining is the biggest industry in the
region, followed closely by logging
– major minerals include: iron ore, copper,
coal, gold

• sparsely populated & contain few cities
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St. Lawrence River
• major source of overseas and
US/Canada shipping & trade
– outlet for the Great Lakes to connect to the
St. Lawrence Seaway in order to reach the
Atlantic Ocean

• huge producer of hydroelectricity
St. Lawrence Seaway
• a canal system completed in 1959 at the
eastern end of the Great Lakes
– connects the Great Lakes with the St. Lawrence
River (which flows to the Atlantic Ocean)

• major source of overseas and US/Canada
shipping & trade
– closed from November to April (frozen)
– seaway has made cities in Eastern Canada home
to many successful manufacturing companies
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Features of Canada

  • 3. Canada • Second largest country in the world! • Borders touch oceans on the east, west, and north. • America is on Canada’s southern border.
  • 4. Pacific Ocean • largest & deepest of the world’s 5 oceans • covers 1/3 of the Earth’s surface • western border of Canada – major shipping route to Asia
  • 5. Atlantic Ocean • 2nd largest of the earth’s 5 oceans • most heavily traveled ocean • forms the eastern border of Canada – major shipping route to Europe & Africa
  • 6. Canadian Shield • Stretches from Great Lakes to Arctic Ocean; covers half of Canada! • Region of mostly thin soil lying on top of bedrock, with many bare outcrops of rock & thousands of lakes • Major natural resources: timber, minerals, & water • Region is sparsely populated
  • 7.
  • 8. Hudson Bay • large inland sea in east central Canada • “an arm” of the Atlantic Ocean – Grain from Alberta & Saskatchewan is shipped from Hudson Bay out to the Atlantic and on to other countrie.s – only navigable from July to October
  • 9.
  • 10. Great Lakes • five large freshwater lakes in central North America – created from melting glaciers – HOMES (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) • serve as the “industrial heartland” of the continent • one of the world’s busiest shipping areas – Most of Canada’s population live in this region.
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  • 12. Rocky Mountains • located in Western Canada – includes western Alberta and eastern British Columbia • stretches a distance of 2,000 miles • mining is the biggest industry in the region, followed closely by logging – major minerals include: iron ore, copper, coal, gold • sparsely populated & contain few cities
  • 14. St. Lawrence River • major source of overseas and US/Canada shipping & trade – outlet for the Great Lakes to connect to the St. Lawrence Seaway in order to reach the Atlantic Ocean • huge producer of hydroelectricity
  • 15. St. Lawrence Seaway • a canal system completed in 1959 at the eastern end of the Great Lakes – connects the Great Lakes with the St. Lawrence River (which flows to the Atlantic Ocean) • major source of overseas and US/Canada shipping & trade – closed from November to April (frozen) – seaway has made cities in Eastern Canada home to many successful manufacturing companies
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