Boreal+Shield

__**Boreal Shield**__ __**Table of contents**__ **Map of ecozone** **Introduction** **Landform region** **Rocks and minerals** **Vegetation and soil** **Climate and climograph** **Fun facts** **Trivia** **Sources**

__**Introduction**__ **The Ecozone I chose I was the Boreal Shield. The Boreal Shield is in the Canadian shield. In the Boreal shield some of the major cities are Timmins, Sudbury and Sault Saint Marie. A lot of the best hockey players have came from this area because of the long cold winters that allow for good outdoor rinks. The Canadian shield is a good place for miners to get a job. Now im gonna tell you a lot more details about the Boreal shield.** __**Landform Region**__ **The landscape of the Boreal shield is very rocky with mostly conifer trees growing over the rock. This all started about 3 billion years ago when the magma rose to the surface which intruded cracks and cavities. Over a few billion years the rock eroded which created smooth surface. There was no folding or faulting in this region only erosion.** __**Rocks and Minerals**__ **There are many different rocks in the Boreal shield but what is the most common rock? Well I'll tell you, the most common rock in the Boreal shield is the Igneous rock and the Metamorphic rock. Two thirds of the Boreal shield lays on shield rock. There are a lot of different things that are mined in the Boreal shield like lead, gold, nickel, copper and zinc.** __**Vegetation and Soil**__ **The natural vegetation for boreal shield is mostly trees. There are many different kinds of trees like** **Black spruce, white spruce, jack pine and balsam fir grow in this ecozone.** **The Boreal shields growing season is very short. The soil type in the boreal shield is heavily leached soils like bare rock and very swampy areas. In this area the forestry takes up about 80% of the Boreal shield.** __**Climate and climograph**__ **The climate in the Boreal shield is short warm summers, long very cold winters. The average temperature for the summer is 13C. For the winter in the East is -1C and in the West it is -20C.**

**The temperature range for this is -20C to 18C. Some factors that affect the climate is that timmins gets many thunderstorms a lot more than other cities, but there weak and not strong and its a less chance of getting power outages than other cities.** __**Fun facts**__ **Some fun facts about the Boreal shield is that Mr.Leuschner used work in the mines in the Boreal shield. He used to go everyday deeper in the mines than the CN tower goes up, he used to carry 50 pounds of dynamite on his back to the areas where the blasting took place. One day on his shift another miner was killed while scaling loose rock after a blast.** __**Trivia**__ __**Sources**__ __[|**http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/environment/forest/forestcanada/forestedecozones/1**]__ **Making connections, Canada's Geography.** **Clark, Bruce. Making connections Canada's geography. Toronto: Pearson Education, 2006.** **Mr.Leuschner** **[]** **google images**
 * 1)  **The Boreal shields growing period is very long. T F**
 * 2)  **No hockey players have ever come from the Boreal shield. T F**
 * 3)  **What kind of trees are natural vegetetation in boreal shield?**
 * 4)  **What jobs are available in the Boreal shield based on the geology of the region?**
 * 5)  **Name 5 things that mined in the Boreal shield.**