CANADIAN SHIELD Definition & Meaning

Canadian Shield

noun

Geology.

the extensive region making up much of northern and central Canada underlain by Precambrian rocks that have been eroded to produce a low shieldlike profile.

Canadian Shield

noun

Also calledLaurentian ShieldLaurentian Plateau (in Canada) the wide area of Precambrian rock extending west from the Labrador coast to the basin of the Mackenzie and north from the Great Lakes to Hudson Bay and the Arctic: rich in minerals See shield

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Canadian Shield¹

First recorded in 1920–25

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Their marvelous designs decorated wide bands of Canadian Shield jutting up from the thawing soil.

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By 1983, Glenn-Copeland was living in a small cabin far north of Toronto at the edge of the Laurentian Plateau, often referred to as “the Canadian Shield.”

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It’s an interesting place – you could be in the Canadian Shield or the wilds of Finland.

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Onto McIntosh County, sheets of ice advanced from the north, grinding ancient Canadian Shield core bedrock for hundreds of miles as it pushed and stranding that rock as deep as 300 feet in some places.

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The Canadian Shield is a broad ring of forests and ancient bedrock that extends hundreds of miles from the shores of Hudson Bay.

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