Canada is divided into fifteen land-based ecozones. The Boreal Shield is one of them. It covers most of Ontario and parts of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Sudbury is on of the principal cities in the Boreal Shield. The Boreal Shield is a unique ecozone in Canada because of its dependence on mining, forestry, and Sudbury’s re-greening. Sudbury is known as the nickel capital of the world. This is not actually true though because Sudbury …showed first 75 words of 2280 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2280 total…world. But, there are questions being asked, “Who will maintain it? Should logging be permitted [in the parts of the Boreal Shield that surround Sudbury and are now thriving with wildlife and trees] or should it be preserved?” (Lees p.70). All of this leads me to believe that the Boreal Shield is, without a doubt, a unique ecozone in Canada because of its dependence on mining, forestry, and Sudbury’s re-greening. What do you think?