Physical Features of Canada EQ: Where are the

Physical Features of Canada EQ: Where are the major physical features of Canada located? What do we need to be able to do?

Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the St. Lawrence River, Hudson Bay, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, the Great Lakes, Canadian Shield, and Rocky Mountains. Where is Canada? Describe Canadas

location on the world map. Describe Canadas location in relation to the United States.

Where are the major physical features of Canada located? Today, we are going to locate Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean St. Lawrence River Hudson Bay Great Lakes

Rocky Mountains Canadian Shield Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is on Canadas east coast It is the second largest ocean. Atlantic

Ocean Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is on Canadas west coast. Largest and deepest ocean Pacific

Ocean St. Lawrence River Connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean Important to Canadas history because it allowed explorers to travel into North America by water

Important natural resource water and trade route St. Lawrence River ce S

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R t Hudson Bay A gulf in east-central Canada Connected to Atlantic and Arctic Oceans Hudson

Bay Great Lakes form part of the border with the United States. Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario are split between the United States and Canada. Lake Michigan is only in the U.S.

Great Lakes Great Lakes Rocky Mountains Stretch over 3000 miles from British Colombia

in Canada to New Mexico in the United States Mount Robson is the tallest peak in the Canadian Rockies at nearly 13,000 feet. Rocky Mountains Ro c k y tains

Moun Canadian Shield covers a large part of eastern and central Canada It has ancient rock just below and sometimes sticking out of the soil. The area is known for its thin, rocky soil and

rough, rolling landscape. This region has many lakes and rivers and is rich in minerals Canadian Shield * see the next slide, as well Canadia n Shield

Canadian Shield