Geography 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Lake Huron, Biotic Material, Natural Landscape
17 Mar 2016
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Norfolk sand plain (located between lake huron, erie and ontario southern ontario), as example of: Sequent occupance: successive groups of diferent cultures occupying an area; each sequence represents a disinct use of the environment with its associated cultural landscape. Last ice-age 18 000 years ago, area covered in ice: melted and turned to barren, sandy land by 11 000 years ago. People and their view of the landscape: naives appeared someime ater log houses and palisades. River for water source, agricultural land nearby (clear trees use for irewood), protected site, sandy soil easy to dig into: next peoples (europeans) resources extracted, fur trade. Naives would hunt furs, europeans would exchange for trinkets . Eliminated almost all fur baring animals-got harder and harder. Next set of setlers ater extracing trees for lumber. Ater trees extracted, setlers ater land for plowing and farming.
