Geography 2010A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Baby Boomers, Trans-Canada Highway, Canadian Pacific Railway
5 May 2016
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Historic settlement: 1749 french founded 1st settlement in the area across from the detroit. River in southern ontario and called it petite cote (which today is called. Windsor: 1700"s british loyalists began to settle throughout southern canada, 1812 british and u. s. Conflict which lead to many battled & the subsequent influx of americans into canada: 1867 ontario was named which means beautiful water in iroquois. *welland canal: alloys ships to pass by niagara falls (opened in 1830) *st. lawrence seaway connects the great lakes with the atlantic ocean. Regions in ontario: northern, sudbury/sault st. marie & thunder bay, low population density, economy spans from forestry & mining (gold, silver, nickel copper) demand for soft-wood lumber has declined due to the us housing crisis. & decline for paper due to technology metallic product in ontario leads that of all other provinces/territories: feel very secluded from the rest of the province, human geo: people are located in one of two corridors: e. i.
