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As somebody who grew up 5 hours north of Toronto where the primary industry is agriculture, I find this incredibly insulting. Do you think a picture in a textbo
by hervature 5y ago
As somebody who grew up 5 hours north of Toronto where the primary industry is agriculture, I find this incredibly insulting. Do you think a picture in a textbook exemplifies the entire region? Go look at satellite photos of the triangle Ville-Marie, Rouyn-Noranda, and Val-d'Or and tell me what you see? It will be nothing but farmland and this is in the dead center of the Canadian shield.
- EdwardDiego 5y agoI'm not surprised that there are areas in the Canadian Shield where soils are deeper - the Shield is very old, and erosion is a thing, and soils collect in lower lying areas. I'm guessing that the area you're describing has a lot of lakes, or swamps, or both. Might be a bunch of drainage schemes put in place to make waterlogged soils useful for agriculture? One swallow doth not a summer make. And one hollow doth not a viable agricultural soil over an entire geological structure make. (Obviously there's more than one place in the Shield where deeper soils are present).
- cmrdporcupine 5y agoWhatever, I never said anything about it being 100% monolithically seas of exposed granite. I've been around Northern Ontario and seen plenty of farmland, but it's the exception to the rule and that can be clearly seen in satellite maps. BTW that area looks neat. I'd like to visit. But it does look like the farmland there is a product of a low lying lake basin, maybe sedimentary deposits left over after glaciation? And sticks out like a sore thumb from the surrounding area. (EDIT: just read up on the "Timiskaming Graben"... cool!) I do think, on the whole, northern Ontario stands to do better out of climate change than many other places in the world.
- EdwardDiego 5y agoHa, if that graben underlies the area under discussion, then I feel very vindicated about a comment I just posted.