Natural resources of Quebec

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Identifikator:: 1796289558

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-181093

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Natural resources of Quebec

Edition:: Rev. ed.

Place of publication:: Ottawa

Publisher:: Natural resources intelligence service

Year of publication:: 1929

Scope:: 132 p; illus., maps

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter X. New Quebec or Ungava

Collection:: Economics Books

CHAPTER X New Quebec or Ungava EW Quebec, or the peninsula of Ungava, extends, roughly, north of the 52nd degree of north latitude to Hudson strait and Ungava bay. It comprises an estimated area of about 290,000 square miles. The boundary between the territory under jurisdiction of Newfoundland, called the ‘Coast of Labrador,” and the province of Quebec was defined by decision of the judicial Committee of the Privy Council on March 1st, 1927, but no actual surveys have yet been made. The surface of New Quebec is rough and rocky in places. The highest portion is near the eastern part where hills rise to a height of 6,000 feet. In the interior, elevations are over 2,000 feet, but along the Hudson bay coast the surface is only a few hundred feet above sea-level. Large rivers flow north and west, and the interior abounds with lakes which are con- nected by rivers and streams, so that it is possible to travel by canoe almost anywhere with a few portages. The size of the lakes varies from 50 to 500 sauare miles. Agriculture.—It is thought that the only part of this territory having any agricultural value is the low-lying region to the east and southeast of James bay. The temperate climate may be taken to extend to cape Jones and to be limited to the shores of James bay. The whole interior of Ungava is a high plateau rising, within a few miles of the Atlantic coast line, to heights between 1,500 and 2,500 feet. The general level of the interior plateau near the central watershed, varies from 1,600 to.1,800. Even if the altitude and climate permitted agri- culture, the soil on this plateau is thin and poor. The soil at Mistassini, which is 1,200 feet above sea level and where there is a Hudson's Bay Company post, is reported to be boulder clay. A crop of potatoes is raised annually, but, owing to the shortness of the season and the prev- alence of summer frosts, they rarely mature without the tops being frozen. Along James bay, south of cape Jones, the low land extends inland from 10 to 30 miles. The general level is not much over 100 feet above sea-level. Here the soil is of clay and sand with alluvium affording good land for cultivation. At Fort George, near the mouth of Fort George river, crops of potatoes and other roots are grown annually and cattle are kept. At the mouth of the Eastmain river the Hudson's Bay Company maintained a small trading post where abundant crops of wild hay were harvested yearly and sheep and cattle were kept. At Rupert House, 1190 28105—083

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