Assessment 4

Ongoing Activity-Large Map of Canada



Open your Large Map of Canada that you saved in your Unit 1 Notebook.

Add symbols and information to the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands Region portion of the map to show important information about the area.  You should include megapolis information (Toronto, Ottawa-Gatineau, Montreal, Quebec City) and name the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River.  In the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands Chart below, include information that will tell about:


  1. The geography of the region such as Niagara Falls, Niagara Escarpment, and protected sand dunes
  2. The history of the region including New France, Seven Years War, Royal Proclamation, United Empire Loyalists, Upper and Lower Canada, and/or the Great Migration
  3. The resources in the region such as the St. Lawrence seaway; how they are being used and how they are being conserved.
  4. The effects of the geography and climate on people
  5. The effects of people on the geography such as the St. Lawrence seaway and the megapolis or large city.



You may include pictures for the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Lowlands Region.




Save your chart in your Unit 1 Notebook, you will add to it during each of the next four units. You do NOT submit it at this time.