The Canadian Shield!

By: Briana Riker, Kara Palmer, Allison

Grimes and Hannah Johnson

The 5 Themes!(:

Location

• The coordinates of the Canadian Shield is: 43 degrees 42’ 59, 72” North & 79 degrees 20’ 26, 47” West

• Toronto is just a little North east of Detroit• The Canadian Shield is ;1.Northeast of the Great Lakes2. Northeast of the Plains3. West of the Atlantic Ocean

Place

• Human Characteristics• Cars, buildings, trains, Roads & streets.

• Physical Characteristics• Fields, rocky soil, grass lands, forests &

mountains

Region• The Canadian Shield is U-Shaped.• The landscape is mostly grassy and rocky with low

mountain ranges with few forests in the far north.• Not very populated in most areas. • Mostly populated near Detroit, the tip of the Canadian

Shield. • Mostly populated near Detroit, the tip of the Canadian

Shield. • Not a lot of farming because of the rocky soil.

Human/Environment Interaction

• A lot of people in the Canadian shield do a lot of farm work, and make up most of the countries exports in crops.

• They manufacture things like; copper, zinc, uranium, gold, and iron

• Not a lot of farming because of the rocky soil.• People have to deal with shifting rainfall and extreme

cold.• They have wind turbines that help with their

crops.

Movement

• People get around mainly by trains. Planes and cars are hard to use because of cold weather.

• Railways are the main transportation.• Roads aren't used very much.• Mining and forestry are the main exports.

Ottawa Canada

• Ottawa is a large city in the Canadian Shield.• In January 2011, the lowest temperature was -

20 degrees Fahrenheit. The highest temperature was 48 degrees Fahrenheit.

• In June 2011 the lowest temperature was 91 degrees Fahrenheit. The highest temperature was 44 degrees Fahrenheit.