Lecture 10 - Territorial North Flashcards
What are Territorial North disadvantages?
- Far from world markets
- resource development hampered by cold climate
- economy sensitive to outside world
What are Territorial North advantages?
rich in minerals and wealth
What has climate change done for TN
warmer weather allowed more access to territories
Territorial North 2015 stats
- 0.3 percent population of Canada
- 39 percent area of Canada
- 0.3 percent GDP
- 16 percent unemployment
- 1.1 percent French mother tongue
- 52.4 percent Indigenous Canadians
What are its physical geography
- Canadian Shield
- arctic and sub arctic, short summer
- seals and wildlife plentiful
- diamonds, gold, uranium, zinc
Where is the tallest peak in Canada
Yukon, Mt Logan 6000m
What is its historical geography?
- 7 Inuit groups, 7 Indian groups at the time of settlement
What did Inuit depend on?
fur trade and whaling, used kayak, snowshoes, bow & arrows
when did whaling peak?
1840’s
When and where was Klondike Gold Rush
1897 Dawson city
what was its military strategic plan?
1880 WW2 1939-45 military bases, radar stations
Who landed in Arctic?
16th century Ferbacher
What is the Northwest Passage
arctic ocean, where ice is melting because of climate change allowing ships to cross over more easily
What are the Northern Territory land claim settlements?
Yukon, Nunavut, Nunavik, Inuvialuit, Sahtu, Gwich’in, Deh Cho, South Slavey, Tlicho
What are the name of the boats that go through ice?
Icebreakers
