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- Palaeozoic sedimentary rock contains a form of coal called lignite, oil, and natural gas deposits
- touching a body of salt water
- 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
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
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?
- 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
• Flat
• Swampy
• Swampy areas called Muskeg
• Lots of frozen ground most of the year
• Ponds, lakes and streams
• Long coastline
• Permafrost
- 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
Hudson Bay- 320 000 km squared
The Arctic (Whole)- 2.6 million km squared
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 .
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http://www.markville.ss.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/teacher/geography/9/Academic/LANDFORM%20REGIONS%20IN%20CANADA%20%20PPP.ppt#265,10,HUDSON BAY LOWLANDS