Geography 2010A/B Lecture Notes - Princess Louise, Duchess Of Argyll, Canadian Prairies, Rocky Mountain Foothills
19 Apr 2014
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Prairie provinces: this region is home to the provinces of alberta, saskatchewan, and manitoba. It is commonly referred to as the prairies however the northern portions of each province have a landscape dominated by boreal forest. Topography: the southern part of the region is heavily agricultural, relatively flat topography, dry, extreme climate, oil in the western part (alberta, tourism in the rocky mountain foothills, high aboriginal population and relatively high eastern european population. Name origins: alberta: princess louise caroline alberta was the 4th daughter of queen victoria and. Prince albert: saskatchewan: derived from a cree word meaning swift flowing water , manitoba: derived from a cree word meaning lake of the prairies . Agricultural land settlement: before 1869: lots were narrow and provided frontage along rivers. Rural population decline: since 1940, the rural population in the prairies has steadily declined, farms became larger and more mechanized leading to a lower population density.
