Zusammenfassung der Ressource
From east to west
- Canadian Shield
- acted as a barrier to settlement
- thinly populated until 19th century
- trans-continental railway lines were built
- attracts European immigrants with fertile lands
- acted as supply posts for the new farmers
- export point for the grain and cattle
- City of Calgary
- benefits from Rocky Mountains that the railway could be built
through
- city grew steadily
- important centre for the wheat and oil industrie
- attracts e-commerce and electronics companies
- attracts tourists
- Vancouver
- Canada´s main port handling 75
millions tons of cargo a year
- also fastest
growing city
- it processes and
exports much of the
ressources of British
Columbia
- food processes and timber products
- has very good links with China, Japan
and South Korea