Post #1720541
2026-03-25 03:48 UTC
@deborahh The area I am asking about is very much not part of the Canadian Shield; indeed, part of why I'm interested in the question has to do with the history of agriculture in Québec, specifically the part of it that was part of the Canadian Shield vs the part that wasn't (and was adjacent to New England.)
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@deborahh@cosocial.ca 2026-03-25 08:13
@siderea @mayintoronto oh! Interesting!
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@deborahh@cosocial.ca 2026-03-25 08:24
@siderea @mayintoronto. I grew up on the South Shore of the St. Lawrence, which this map seems to indicate is outside the boundary of the Canadian Shield (unlike most of Quebec). I'm surprised to find that my home was on land that's not part of the Canadian Shield. https://www.britannica.com/place/Canadian-Shield On the prairies (at least, historically) farmers had rich, dark soil topsoil to work with. Ours was a light, sandy brown. Very different. And, yes, rocky.
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@deborahh@cosocial.ca 2026-03-25 08:30
@siderea it sounds like maybe you are talking about the "Appalachian Uplands"? https://atlas.gc.ca/phys/en/index.html#AppalachianUplands