ATLANTIC PROVINCES

• Covers 2% of Canada's land
• Has wooded uplands and fertile lowlands
• Contains many forests

MORE FACTS

• Most of it is surrounded with water
• There are a lot of fisheries
• 11,200 kilometers of shoreline

HISTORY

• The home of Alexander Graham Bell is in Nova Scotia
• It is the home of the Hopewell Rocks
• One of the most famous landmarks there is the Confederation Bridge
• Saint Johns river valley is in New Brunswick
• Prince Edward Island National Park was the setting for Anne of Green Gables

NOVA SCOTIA

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

NEW BRUNSWICK

FUN ACTIVITIES!

• Fishing
• Hunting
• The Hopewell Rocks
• Peggy's Cove
• And so much more!!!

NORTHERN PROVINCES

• Consists of Nunavut, Yukon, and Northwest Territories
• Only 10,000 people live in the whole northern provinces!
• Very many gold, lead, copper, diamond and zinc mines
• AKA the "Land of the Midnight Sun". Because daylight can last 24 hrs
• Consists of the great Aurora Borealis

NUNAVUT

• Established in 1999.
• The capital is Iqaluit.
• Nunavut means "our land" in Inuktitut.
• Nunavut is significant to hunting!
• Eastern part of the Northern Provinces

YUKON

• Capital of Yukon is Whitehorse.
• Thousands of miners came to Yukon during the gold rush of the 1890s.
• Mining is still very significant to Yukon today.
• Yukon holds the record for the coldest temperature in Canada of -63°C
• Western part of The Northern Provinces

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

• Originally established in 1870
• The capital of the Northwest Territories is Yellowknife
• Often called the "diamond capital of North America"
• Consists of the Mackenzie River. (2nd largest river system in North America!)

FUN ACTIVITIES!!

• Fishing
• Hunting
• Canoeing
• Dogsledding
• Cruises

WE ARE THE WALRUSES!