Physical features
Where are the Arctic and Hudson bay lowlands located?
Between the Canadian shield and southern shores of Hudson bay and james bay.
Describe the summer
Summers are brief and sunny all day
What are the resources
Chromite and Nickels
What two indigenous communities explored the land?
The Cree and Ojibwa
What are the most common found landforms?
Platues, plains
Describe the water sources
many wide slow moving rivers
Describe the winter
Winters are cold, frozen and dark all day
describe the industry
The growing tourist industry includes fly-fishing and beluga and seal-watching excursions.
where are the indigenous communities settled?
the southern shore of Hudson Bay Lowlands at places like Moose Factory, Moosonee, Attawapiskat, and Fort Severn.
These landforms are charactized by large low lying flat areas
plains
What are the islands described as?
Low-lying and barren
In the summer heat what happenes to the ice?
It cracks and melts causing imense flooding
What is the Ring Of Fire developement plan
To build roads to enable resource extraction.
When the hudson bay company arrived what did they call one of their trading post?
Rankin Inlet
This landform is a high rock formation with a flat top. What is it?
Platue
Describe the area
Covered in ice
Whats the difference between summers and winters there?
Summers are brief and sunny all day while winters are cold, frozen, and dark all day
Where is the industry located
The coniferous forests of the region
Where are the few First Nation settlements on the southern side?
Moose Factory, Moosonee, Attawapiskat, Fort Severn
What are bogs?
a bog is an area of wet muddy ground that is too soft to support a heavy body
Where do the coastlines range from?
Extensive lowlands to spectacular cliffs
How does the weather affect the population
Considering there is no population it affects it imensly making it uninhabitable
What do the lowlands have to offer for trades?
Vast mineral deposits, particularly chromite and nickel.
Why did none of the people who came to the lowlands populate it?
Because the land was inhabitable
what are fens?
Fens are a low and marshy or frequently flooded area of land.