GG102 Lecture 11: Lecture 11
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Up north in canada does not have much setlement. Iniial setlements: physical geography and strategic thinking. River crossing good place for setlement. First naions community in winnipeg: defensive: hilltop, and example is quebec city, island of montreal. Later setlements: europeans coming to north america: transportaion: the reason why we have setlement growing. Logisics- when roads were being built, horses could not travel as far and these watering staions were built which created setlement. River crossing- a few years later, panama canal opened and broke down and never grew back up. Changed with technology- gander newfoundland is on the northeast ip to newfoundland- closest airport to europe. Once had the busiest airport and now it is not. Fate of places is largely based on technology if there are issues in transportaion- later setlements is possible to occur. Map of railroad technology, saskatchewan, southeast ontario, alberta* Looked at landscapes of southern germany, he noiced a patern in.
