Geography 2010A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Nunavik, Canadian Shield, James Bay Project
15 Apr 2016
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Ranks second among the six regions on terms of economic output and populaion. Expansion of west, relocaion of business and corporate hqs in on (fear of separaism) Toxic mining waste in river, zebra mussels (ships from eu) block piplines. 1534: carier sailed to chaleur bay, claimed land from france. 1608: champlain founded fur trading in qc city. 1759: briish defeated the french army on the plains of abraham. 1763: the treaty of paris- awarded new france to britain. 1774: britain passed quebec act- ciizens special rights-use french- catholic and french civil law. 1898: otawa extends qc boundary beyond st l into canadian shield. 1912: qc nearly doubles in size-added inuit land of nunavik. 1927: britain declared boundary between qc and labrador. Hydro deleopments depend on 3 factors: precip, topography, access to markets: can provide huge amount of hydro, long term contract to buy energy from labrador at low price, as monopoly-free control on price structure.
