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Churchill River Upland plain landscape: rugged and rocky
Athabasca Plain: flat-lying sandstone bedrock and sandy glacial deposits with endless forest.
Consists mostly of coniferous trees:
- The three primary uses of the Boreal Shield by humans are mining, logging, and generation of hydroelectric power
- These practices have caused:
- Long term effects include:
- The good news is that the majority of the eco zone is untouched by human development.
Saskatchewan is the largest Uranium producer in the world accounting for 34% of the world's uranium. In total, mining accounted for 2.4 billion dollars of revenue for saskatchewan in 2002 which was roughly 11% of our gross domestic product.
The diverse wildlife in the Boreal Shield Ecozone can range from ducks to frogs, wolves, moose, birds, and small insects.
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Common animals that cross over from the Boreal Shield from above in the Taiga Shield are Muskrat, Wood Frog, Common Redpoll, Snowshoe hare, wolf, black bears.
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The original inhabitants of the Boreal Shield are the Beothuk, Algonquians, Iroquois.
- The Boreal Shield is mostly unpopulated in Saskatchewan.
The Boreal Shield eco region is located in Northern Saskatchewan and Stretches about 3,800 kilometers from Newfoundland to Alberta, making it the the largest terrestrial ecozone covering 1.8 million square kilometers.
Side Note: Long Legged animals have trouble walking in deep snow
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Major Saskatchewan communities within the Boreal Shield include La Ronge, Prince Albert, Fond-du-lac, Stoney Creek, and Black Lake.
Major water bodies within the region are Lake Athabasca, Cree Lake, Slave River along with many other lakes and rivers.
A few sounds that the Caribou make.
Contributing animals to the ecozone are:
Many of which are either prey for other animals or live off the vegetation that are around them while migrating.
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The rivers of the Boreal Shield were used as the primary mode of transport for the fur trade. The Churchill river, the largest river to run through the boreal shield, was like the highway. It was so important, the Hudson's bay company built Fort Prince of Whales as well as numerous other forts to defend it.
Cannon overlooking the mouth of the Churchill river into the Hudson's Bay. A sister fort lies on the other side of the river.
The Boreal Shield is the largest ecozone in Canada. Its vast forests, lakes, and rivers are home to a wide array of thriving and endangered wildlife. And although it is being, and has been used over the decades, it remains largely untouched by human development.
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Elk have upper canine, or "eye," teeth. These teeth are earlier evolutionary stages and now are vestigial structure.
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