Geography 2010A/B Lecture Notes - Land Law, National Energy Program, Red River Rebellion
3 Mar 2014
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Historical geography: three influential events have shaped canada"s history: The arrival of the first people in north america. The colonization of north america by france and england. The influx of people from eastern europe. Arrival of the first people: hunters from the old world (the eastern hemisphere) were the first to arrive about. 40,000 years ago: there are two theories that explain how the first people arrived to canada, they crossed the bering land bridge that connects siberia to alaska. This land was exposed because sea level was much lower at this time (more ice 40,000 years ago): as the ice in north america began retreating 15,000 years ago, descendants of the hunters pushed further south. They travelled along an ice free corridor that developed along the rocky mountain foothills (ice melted quickest in rain shadow regions (prairies) thinner ice in this area. These first people were known as paleo indians.
