GEOG 2510 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10 (part 1): Cariboo Road, Nootka Sound, 42Nd Parallel North
13 Mar 2017
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Instead found fur and gold, attracting immigrants and speaking territorial conflicts: discovery of golf in mid-1800s attracted prospectors from eastern canada and. Britain and europe: result: east coast served as the front door through which the country"s business was transacted, developed of asian economy has increasingly drawn trade and investment to the. Asia-pacific region: shift has made bc canada"s new front door to international trade and investment. Physical characteristics and resources: cordillera is the main physiographic region of bc, features 2 peaks that are approx. 4,000 m high: mount waddington in the coast range and mount robson on the bc side of the. Vancouver island: original collision of plates forces the flat-lying sedimentary layers of interior. Interior also has coniferous forests, but are much smaller and less dense: settlement in interior plain has been in the valleys of fraser, thompson,
