Mining
The Westray Mining disaster occured in this province in the early 90's
What is Nova Scotia?
Harvesting technique that removes all the trees from a particular area
What is clearcutting?
Industry is generally divided into this many sectors
Four
The biggest sector in Canada's fisheries
What is the Atlantic Fishery?
New Brunswick has Atlantic Canada's only power plant of this type
What is Nuclear?
This ha been mined extensively around Sussex
What is Potash?
These types of trees are used for fuel wood or furniture production
What are hardwoods?
Canada's biggest trading partner
What is the USA?
Term used to describe "fish farming"
What is aquaculture?
This an oil burning power plant just outside Saint John
Coleson Cove
Mineral extraction in Canada can be broken down into these 3 categories
What are metallic, non-metallic and structural?
The science of growing trees for resource
What is Silviculture?
Used as a measure of a nation's overall wealth
What is GDP?
Italian sailor, sailed for England - discovered massive cod stocks off the coast of Newfoundland
Who is John Cabot?
two types of renewable energy are used in NB?
What are Wind and Biomass
This environmental disaster happened in BC in 2014 when a tailings pond breached a dam and flooded nearby wilderness and waterways with toxins
What is the Mount Polley Disaster?
The biggest threats to forest resource come from these two factors
What are forest fires and pests/disease?
Industry that deals directly with the extraction of natural resources
What is Primary Industry?
Early English fishermen favoured this type of fishery, which led to settlements in shore side communities
What is the Dry Fishery?
The biggest in NB is on the Saint John River at Mactaquac
What is Hydroelectric Dam?
The four steps in the mining process
1) exploration 2) determining viability 3) extraction 4) turning ore to metal
controversial herbicide used widely in NB
Glyphosate
Industries that deal with services to people, organizations governments such as banking and/or retail
What is Tertiary Industry?
Esgenoôpetitj First Nation, also known by this English name, was embroiled in controversy over lobster fishing rights in 1999
What is Burnt Church?
In the late 1800's most of Canada's energy was produced from the burning of this fossil fuel
What is coal?