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Just how empty is Canada?
Posted by Alex on 4 Oct, 2009 in My Stream | 0 comments
via statcan.gc.ca
I recently discovered this map showing which parts of Canada are inhabited. Ecumene means “inhabited earth”. The green parts are the main inhabited parts of Canada, the red parts are small pockets of civilization outside the main areas, and the grey and white areas are completely uninhabited! I think it’s an incredible visualization of nature’s dominance over man in Canadian land use. If you’d like to read more about this, you can read my blog post exploring just how inaccessible much of Canada’s wilderness is.