Canada-The+Land


 * __Main Points__**
 * Canada is a large and vast country with varied geography
 * effected trade and settlement in the 19th century when the area was still developing

"While other coutries have too much history, Canada has too much geography." //-William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874- 1950)//


 * Canada is a northern country, lying mostly between 50 and 70 degrees in latitude.
 * Canada is a very large and vast country, the second largest in the world. Its total land mass equals almost 10, 000, 000 square kilometers
 * Landscape includes canyons, valleys, mountains, prairies, flats, swamps, farms, the Canadian Shield, oceans, shorelines, and lakes.
 * The landscape was made famous by [|the group of seven]
 * Canadian group of painters renowned for their dramatic landscape.
 * It would take you nine days to travel across Canada
 * start in Fraser Valley, go through Fraser canyon
 * [[image:fv.jpg width="67" height="90" link="http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/25/Fountaincanyon10.jpg/400px-Fountaincanyon10.jpg&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraser_Canyon&usg=__uShX8r4E4PQ1hTZ0Fg_Xpz3bg40=&h=562&w=400&sz=79&hl=en&start=6&sig2=uMA4BluJd8IIYqqVNfPc2A&um=1&tbnid=UBdkNjc_De8P8M:&tbnh=133&tbnw=95&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfraser%2Bcanyon,%2Bbc%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1&ei=17kUS-3vEJn2tAO04536Aw"]]
 * over Rockies
 * [[image:rockies.jpg width="100" height="78" link="http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://directory-web.cn/thumbs/3362893-Mount_Robson_Prov_Park_BC_Canada-Rocky_Mountains74.jpg&imgrefurl=http://directory-web.cn/%3Fp%3D2737&usg=__M05jRTEptk382il2VJ1QkYtr8EU=&h=420&w=560&sz=61&hl=en&start=1&sig2=vgMqxJkWXMQ429vd5WrDAg&um=1&tbnid=BVmAa-zqFY19VM:&tbnh=100&tbnw=133&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drocky%2Bmountains,%2Bbc%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DX%26um%3D1&ei=A7oUS4XMIYfosAOVnaX7Aw"]]
 * across prairies
 * [[image:praries.jpg width="105" height="83" link="http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.photoscanada.com/gallery/albums/aerial_photos_canada/aerial_saskatchewan.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.photoscanada.com/gallery/aerial_photos_canada/aerial_saskatchewan&usg=__3cD-pDg3eXAg61WIeXns9MaevwY=&h=375&w=500&sz=44&hl=en&start=8&sig2=PnVmqC16VuiRQoTlAYZDkQ&um=1&tbnid=kdViU46IEh5uEM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpraries,%2Bcanada%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1&ei=RroUS4rbI5qCtgP_6dH0Aw"]]
 * cross lakes of Ontario
 * [[image:lake_ontario.jpg width="97" height="76" link="http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.canadafishingonline.net/Lake%2520Ontario%2520Canada.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.canadafishingonline.net/lake_ontario.html&usg=__al3s8FSH0rc_EBWW0hQcDhJBGTc=&h=768&w=1024&sz=102&hl=en&start=3&sig2=r2iLKC7BpGsLRDoKchhofg&um=1&tbnid=GSna4Maic4l34M:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlake%2Bontario,%2Bcanada%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1&ei=ZboUS77vEqbCswP02_37Aw"]]
 * through St. Lawrence and Montreal
 * [[image:montreal.jpg width="114" height="80" link="http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://z.about.com/d/gocanada/1/0/d/6/-/-/fall_colour_Montreal_biosphere.jpg&imgrefurl=http://gocanada.about.com/od/thebestofcanada/ss/fall_foliage_8.htm&usg=__bZ0eRCmkpbdTdb4gbbNmBvd9YNc=&h=337&w=506&sz=102&hl=en&start=20&sig2=85f7oD7Jlbsf3gEBaeXZSg&um=1&tbnid=V2sGpf2z909aMM:&tbnh=87&tbnw=131&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmontreal,%2Bcanada%2Blandscape%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN%26start%3D18%26um%3D1&ei=vLoUS-zeE5DssgOwl9n3Aw"]]
 * and then in the Maritimes
 * [[image:atlantic.jpg width="119" height="83" link="http://www.bride.ca/wedding-ideas/index.cfm/2008/11/19/Honeymooning-on-Canadas-East-Coast"]]
 * [[image:atlantic.jpg width="119" height="83" link="http://www.bride.ca/wedding-ideas/index.cfm/2008/11/19/Honeymooning-on-Canadas-East-Coast"]]

Check your understanding:

List 7 important geographical features of Canada. What group of painters made the Canadian Landscape famous?

How would the varied landscape effect settlers and traders in the 19th century? Give a few examples.

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