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- Palaeozoic sedimentary rock contains a form of coal called lignite, oil, and natural gas deposits

Interesting Facts

- touching a body of salt water

  • hydro-electric dams

- Polar Bear Provincial Park, Ontario's largest protected area is found in the Hudson Bay lowlands

Some Minerals and Other Resources that can be found there are:

- the only eco-zone that is touching a body of salt water and tides

The natural resourses in the Hudson bay lowland are:

hunting,fishing,hydroelectricity and forestry.

Some Animals Found in the Arctic and Hudson Bay Lowlands Include:

- dog sledding, kayaking, and snowmobiling is popular

- many people go there to fish hunt and trap

Natural Resources

Elephant Head

Aspen

Beluga Whale

Glasswort

Some Trees/Plants Found in the Arctic and Hudson Bay Lowlands Include:

Arctic Fox

White Spruce

Rock Sedge

Balsam Fir

Brook Trout

Polar Bear

Sandhill Crane

Black Bear

Overview of the Arctic and Hudson Bay Lowlands

Woodland Caribou

Where is it located?

- Hudson Bay lowlands are located near the south-western shore of James and Hudson Bay

- Arctic Lowlands are the islands scattered up in Canada’s far North

What is the size?

Animals that can be Found in the Hudson Bay and Arctic Lowlands:

- Arctic Fox

- Beluga Whale

- Brook Trouth

- Black Bear

- Blackpoll Warbler

- Melissa Arctic Butterfly

- Moose

- Polar Bear

- Sandhill Crane

- Woodland Caribou

- Hudson Bay Lowland- 320 000 km squared

- The Arctic (Whole)- 2.6 million km squared

Moose

What does it look like?

Where is it located?

- Flat

- Swampy

- Swampy areas called Muskeg

- Lots of frozen ground most of the year

- Ponds, lakes and streams

- Long coastline

- Permafrost

Plants and Trees that can be Found in the Hudson Bay and Arctic Lowlands:

- Aspen

- Elephant Head

- Balsam Fir

- Glasswort

- Rock Sedge

- White Spruce

- Hudson Bay lowlands are located near the

south-western shore of James and Hudson Bay

How did it form?

- Arctic Lowlands are the islands scattered up in

- Possibly formed at the end of Pleistocene epoch (the last ice age)

- Heavy weight of the glaciers sunk the Canadian Shield and the area

Canada’s far North

Minerals that can be Found in the Hudson Bay and Arctic Lowlands:

became lowlands when the glaciers retreated

- Palaeozoic sedimentary rock contains a form of coal called lignite, oil, and natural gas deposits

- touching a body of salt water

Blackpoll Warbler

Melissa Arctic Butterfly

Greater Yellowleg

What does it look like?

• Flat

• Swampy

• Swampy areas called Muskeg

• Lots of frozen ground most of the year

• Ponds, lakes and streams

• Long coastline

• Permafrost

How did it form?

- Possibly formed at the end of Pleistocene epoch (the last ice age)

- Heavy weight of the glaciers sunk the Canadian Shield and the

area became lowlands when the glaciers retreated

What is the size?

Location and Landscape

Hudson Bay- 320 000 km squared

The Arctic (Whole)- 2.6 million km squared

Bibliography

Arctic and Hudson Bay Lowlands

Andrew, Wayne, Andrew Griffin, and Wendy Mader. The Arctic . Toronto: Thomson Nelson, 2004.

Clark, Bruce, and John K. Wallace. "Landform Connections." In Making Connections: Canada's Geography. Scarborough, Ont.: Prentice Hall Ginn Canada, 1999. 109.

"Hudson Bay Lowlands." Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources / Ministère des Richesses naturelles de l'Ontario. http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/Biodiversity/2ColumnSubPage/STEL02_166949.html ).

Marsh, James. "Hudson Bay - The Canadian Encyclopedia." The Canadian Encyclopedia. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0003881

Parks Canada. "Parks Canada - National Parks System Plan - National Parks System Plan, 3rd Edition - Hudson Bay Lowlands." Parcs Canada | Parks Canada. http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/v-g/nation/sec4.aspx .

Parks Canada. "Parks Canada - National Parks System Plan - National Parks System Plan, 3rd Edition - Arctic Lowlands." Parcs Canada | Parks Canada. http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/v-g/nation/sec6.aspx (accessed

The Ministry of Natural Resources. "Hudson Bay Lowlands." Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources / Ministère des Richesses naturelles de l'Ontario. http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/Biodiversity/2ColumnSubPage/STEL02_166949.html .

http://myclass.peelschools.org/ele/4/16795/Lessons/Physical%20Regions%20of%20Canada%20Comparison%20Chart.docx

http://www.markville.ss.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/teacher/geography/9/Academic/LANDFORM%20REGIONS%20IN%20CANADA%20%20PPP.ppt#265,10,HUDSON BAY LOWLANDS

Questions :

Name 3 Animals that you can find in the hudson bay lowlands?

Name 3 plants you can find in the hudson bay lowands?

name the hudson bay lowland natural resources?

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