GEOG 2OC3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Coast Mountains, West Vancouver, Alaska Boundary Dispute
27 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
WEEK 9 TERMS
Alaska Panhandle: A strip of the Pacific coast north of 54 degrees 40’ N latitude that was awarded to the
United States in 1903, following what is known as the Alaska boundary dispute.
British Columbia-Alberta- Saskatchewan Trade, Investment, and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA):
An agreement giving businesses and workers in all three provinces seamless access to a larger range of
opportunities across all sectors: including energy, transportation, labour mobility, business registration,
and government procurement. In 2009, Sask. signed this agreement
Cascadia: The name proposed for an independent sovereign state advocated by a grassroots movement
in the Pacific Northwest, which would include British Columbia, Washington and Oregon.
Provincial Agricultural Land Commission: An independent BC agency responsible for administering the
provence’s land use zone in favour of agriculture. It also manages the Agricultural land reserve
Pineapple Express: A strong and persistent flow of warm air associated with heavy rainfall that
originates in the waters adjacent to the Hawaiian Islands
Sustainable resource use: Use of renewable resources (forests, fish stocks) when the rate of
consumption equals (or is less than) the resource’s natural rate of replenishment.
Inland Passage: The protected waterway of the Pacific ocean lying between the BC mainland and
Vancouver island and Haida Gwaii
Horizontal Drilling: Recently developed technology used in drilling for oil and gas, as opposed to vertical
oil and gas drilling, which has existed for a long time
Hydraulic Fracturing: A method used to fracture rock formations in order to allow oil or natural gas to
flow from impervious geological strata
Producer Services: Services that have enabled firms and regions to maintain their specialized roles in
marketing, advertising, administration, finance and insurance industries. These are several parts of the
growing service sector of the economy.
Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor: A system of transportation infrastructure, including BC’s lower
mainland and mainland and prince rupert ports, road, and rail connections, that reaches across Western
Canada and into the economic heartlands of North America, including major airports and border
crossing.
Container: A sealed steel “box” of standardized dimensions for transporting cargo
Liquefied natural gas: A liquid form of natural gas chilled to -162 degrees. The cooling process, called
liquefaction, reduces the volume to one six-hundreth of its original volume. As a liquid, it can be loaded
onto special tankers and transported by sea around the world, making a once regional commodity a
global one. At regasification terminals, the LNG is warmed until it returns to a gaseous state.
find more resources at oneclass.com
find more resources at oneclass.com
Document Summary
Alaska panhandle: a strip of the pacific coast north of 54 degrees 40" n latitude that was awarded to the. United states in 1903, following what is known as the alaska boundary dispute. British columbia-alberta- saskatchewan trade, investment, and labour mobility agreement (tilma): An agreement giving businesses and workers in all three provinces seamless access to a larger range of opportunities across all sectors: including energy, transportation, labour mobility, business registration, and government procurement. Cascadia: the name proposed for an independent sovereign state advocated by a grassroots movement in the pacific northwest, which would include british columbia, washington and oregon. Provincial agricultural land commission: an independent bc agency responsible for administering the provence"s land use zone in favour of agriculture. Pineapple express: a strong and persistent flow of warm air associated with heavy rainfall that originates in the waters adjacent to the hawaiian islands.
