Geography 2010A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Mackenzie Valley Pipeline, Territorial Formula Financing, Arctic Ocean
27 Feb 2015
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Historical expansion of territories: area was formerly known as rupert"s land, britain declared ownership of this land as a result of early discovery and exploration, much of the area was granted to the hudson"s bay. Company in 1670: until world war ii, ottawa generally ignored the land leaving the inuit and dene to trade fur and live off the land. A strategic frontier: after wwii, the north served as a buffer zone between the soviet union and north america. In the 1950s, a series of radar stations were constructed along the 70 n line: these were designed to detect soviet bombers and allow sufficient respons e time for u. s. fighter planes to destroy them. It is agreed in the international community that canada owns the islands of the arctic archipelago: ownership of the waterways between the islands is in dispute, the us considerers the northwest passage an international sea route.
