The Canadian Shield

By Tatyana Antonyan

Natural Resources • Copper• Iron• Zinc• Silver• Gold• Lead• Uranium• Nickel• Cobalt• Tungsten• Diamonds

Aboriginal Economy• The fur trade and fishing.

Major Economic Activities• Mining• Forestry• Fur trade• Fishing

Economic Challenges• Not enough people living in the Canadian

Shield to support the economy and pay the taxes

• Taxes• Prices

Environmental Challenges

• Acid Rain• Pollution of the Great Lakes• Extraction and use of Natural Resources on

the Canadian Shield• The land around mines can be damaged and

the environment ruined

Solution to Environmental Challenge

• Discovering new technology• New way of mining minerals

Citations• "Categories You Should Follow." WikiAnswers. Answers

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Web. 24 July 2014.• "Igneous Rock in the Shield Contains Copper, Gold,

Zinc, Iron Ore, Nickel and Uranium." Welcome, Tourist To The Canadian Shield. N.p., n.d. Web.

• Mineral Resources. N.p., n.d. Web.• "Understanding The Canadian Shield." Canadian Shield

Foundation RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 July 2014.

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