POLB50Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hulu, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Cape Spear
5 Oct 2013
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Patterns of settlement: canada characterized as an immigrant society. William lyon mackenzie king: some countries have too much history, we have too much geography we don"t have much history, but a ton of space 100 km is not a long way in. Meracator: map distorts images of earth and discounts image of canada. Population of all three territories is just under 100,000. East west distance between cape spear newfoundland is 6000 km-north/south distance between ellesmere and southern ontario is 4600 kilometers. Canada is second largest geographic size next to russia. Getting around: travelling on a dirt road gives a different worldview on travelling. If you have a lot of access to technology in 1870, you car is not that good either travelling is a challenge in 1870. First priority for canada was to build railroads to get around. It was a difficult work, requiring massive investment by both government and the workers.
