Quebec: Geography  

Web Links

Here are some Web sites to help you with your research.

Web Activities

Here is an activity to help you gather information from one of the Web sites:

Mapping

Web Links

The Saint Lawrence River and Seaway

Want to know how big a ship can be and still fit into the St. Lawrence Seaway? How long did it take to build the seaway? How much did it cost? How many tonnes of cargo are shipped through the seaway? Check out this Web site to find the answers to those questions, and more.

The Redpath Museum

This site has lots of information on the mammals, fish, birds, and reptiles of Quebec, as well as this province's "species at risk"-those that are endangered or threatened. If you click on the "Quebec Natural History" link, you can also get more detailed information about the physical regions of Quebec (called "geologic regions" on this site), and its life zones.

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Web Activity

Mapping

1. Go to the Redpath Museum. Scroll down to the bottom of the page, and click

    on the link Mammals . Read the information under the heading "What is a

    mammal?" How many different kinds of mammals live in Quebec?

2. Scroll down to the heading "Carnivores". When you see "Black bear" , click on

    the camera. Scroll down the page to see where in Quebec Black bears live.

3. Click here to download a map of Quebec. Use a coloured pencil to show the

    areas in Quebec where Black bears live.

4. Now go back to the "Carnivores" list and scroll down until you see the word

    "Lynx". Click on the camera, and then scroll down the page to see where in

    Quebec lynxes live.

5. Using a different coloured pencil, mark on your map the areas of Quebec where

    the lynx lives.

6. Using the map on page 3 of InfoCanada Quebec book, label Quebec City,

    Montreal, Oka Provincial Park, the St. Lawrence River, and James Bay.

7. Give your map a title, and include a legend.

8. In a paragraph, summarize what you learned about where Black bears and

    lynxes live in Quebec. Use cardinal directions to describe where the lynx lives in

    relation to one of these places. Use cardinal directions to describe where black

    bears live in relation to one of these places.

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