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    Cultural Geography

    Wednesday, December 5th


    Warm Up
    What in the World Wednesday
    WHAT happened?
    WHEN?
    WHERE?
    WHY?
    HOW can we pray for those involved?
    Activity
    Activity 8.1
    Maritime Provinces
    Maritime Provinces
    Newfoundland
    Officially Newfoundland and
    Labrador.
    Originally founded by Vikings in
    approximately 1000 A.D.
    Moose were originally brought to the
    island for food but are over populated.
    Maritime Provinces
    Newfoundland
    Grand Banks famous fishing grounds for cod,
    haddock, flounder, and herring.
    Over-fishing has caused many problems.
    It was the last province to join Canada in 1949.
    Maritime Provinces
    Newfoundland
    British wanted to protect the fishing, so they
    prohibited settlement in order not to compete.
    Fishermen secretly built winter camps in the coves,
    Maritime Provinces
    Labrador
    Much colder than Newfoundland, with waters
    that freeze in winter.
    Lumber from spruce and pine is cut down for
    newspaper.
    Zinc and iron ore are extracted.
    Maritime Provinces
    Nova Scotia
    New Scotland
    Originally settled by the French, who called
    the area Acadia.
    When the British won the area, the French
    were forced to leave and ended up in New
    Orleans.
    You are convened this day, he said, by his Majestys orders.
    Clement and kind has he been; but how you have answered his
    kindness,
    Let your own hearts reply! To my natural make and my temper
    Painful the task is I do, which to you I know must be grievous.
    Yet must I bow and obey, and deliver the will of our monarch;
    Namely, that all your lands, and dwellings, and cattle of all
    kinds
    Forfeited be to the crown; and that you yourselves from this
    province
    Be transported to other lands. God grant you may dwell there Ever
    as faithful subjects, a happy and peaceable people! Prisoners
    now I declare you; for such is his Majestys pleasure!
    Evangeline, Longfellow
    Maritime Provinces
    Nova Scotia
    A long, narrow peninsula connected to the
    mainland.
    Leads Canada in lobster and scallop catch.
    Cape Breton Island is connected by the Canso
    Causeway.
    Maritime Provinces
    Nova Scotia
    Henry Alline Apostle of Nova Scotia
    1748-1784
    He trained himself as a preacher because of the
    lack of schools.
    He went from town to town preaching and wrote
    his own hymns.
    He died at 36 after becoming ill in New
    Hampshire.
    Maritime Provinces
    Nova Scotia
    Because many descendents are from Scotland,
    they have an annual Highland Games
    festival for the clans represented in the region.
    https://youtu.be/Ytcjy3Em_O8
    Maritime Provinces
    Nova Scotia
    Primary industries include fruit, Christmas
    trees and dairy farming.
    The capital Halifax is the largest city, port and
    industrial area in the Maritime Provinces.
    December 6, 1917 an explosion from 2 ships
    colliding killed 2,000 sailors and residents.
    https://youtu.be/Ms1vA0DoHzE
    Maritime Provinces
    New Brunswick
    40% are French Acadians, the rest from
    British ancestry.
    During the American War for Independence,
    30,000 Americans who wanted to stay a British
    colony fled to New Brunswick.
    Mostly coastal lowlands with some farming.
    Mining for lead, copper and zinc along with
    forestry.
    Maritime Provinces
    Bay of Fundy
    Between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
    Highest tides in the world (44ft in 12 hours!)
    Water rushes further inland than anywhere else.
    Maritime Provinces
    Prince Edward Island
    Smallest Canadian Province
    Named for the son of George III, a
    commander in North America.
    Fertile soil, Spud Island
    Basis for Anne of Green Gables
    Mostly Scottish descendents.

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