The Canadian Shield

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Across
  1. 4. ________Park is one of the many wilderness areas in the Canadian Shield region
  2. 6. The language the Metis spoke, which combines French and Cree
  3. 7. The farthest north city in Manitoba that is in this region
  4. 11. Coureurs de bois is a French term meaning “______ of the woods”
  5. 13. New settlers to this region were especially interested in this (animal _____)
  6. 14. _______ is popular because tourists enjoy the rugged beauty of the rocky shores
  7. 16. Rivers and lakes that can be used by people in canoes as highways for travel
  8. 17. When the fur trade began, the Hudson’s Bay Company set up its headquarters at a place that became known as the _____ Factory
  9. 18. The First Nations of the Shield region used all the ________ of the land
Down
  1. 1. An important aspect of quality of life in this region
  2. 2. Whitewater ______ is a popular sport in the Canadian Shield
  3. 3. One of the regions valuable natural resources. HINT- trees
  4. 5. The Voyageurs were employees of the ______ West Company
  5. 8. Many ______ in the Shield depend on natural resources
  6. 9. The French, English and Scotish traded kettles, knives, rifles and salted meat with the Woodland Cree and Anishinabe for this
  7. 10. A French word meaning “traveller”
  8. 12. A word used by some First Nations to refer to the Great Spirit
  9. 15. People who had one Indigenous parent and one Canadien parent