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Originally Posted by isaidso
I have read a number of findings that concluded that the wheat belt may stretch as far north as Yellowknife by the end of the century. Regarding the map, I agree that it has deficiencies. It generalizes too much and omits small areas that don't match what's around it.
Isn't there also agricultural land in northern Ontario close to the Quebec border? I thought agriculture was impossible on the Canadian Shield.
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That area surrounds Lake Timiskaming (Lac Témiscamingue in French). It's in the Canadian Shield region but it's not shield-type soil. For several km around the lake it's actually a depression that has pretty fertile soil.