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Index
Index

animal life, 12–15 Hudson Plains Ecozone, natural resources, 16–17
10–11
birds, 13, 14 Hudson’s Bay Company, peat, 11, 28
bogs, 7 20–21 plant life, 10–11
Polar Bear Provincial Park,
caring for the region, ice, 4, 9, 22, 23, 29 10
26–29 Indigenous Peoples, polar bears, 12, 14, 15, 19
Churchill, 15 18–19, 21 population, 22–25
climate change, 28–29
Coats Island, 13 James Bay Hydro Project, Southern Arctic Ecozone,
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ecozones, 10–11
Europeans, arrival of, Kashechewan, 25 tourism, 15, 17, 24
20–21 transportation, 22–23
location of Hudson Bay
floods, 9, 25 Lowlands, 4–5 water, 7, 8, 25, 27
weather, 8–9
geography of the region, marine life, 14 wetlands, 7, 10, 15
6–7 minerals, 28
mining, 17
history, 18–21 murres, 13
Hudson, Henry, 5, 20 muskeg, 7

About the Authors

Kathleen Corrigan is a retired teacher who has written dozens of books for
children. She loves to travel and explore Canada. She shares her excitement
for the country with her readers. She has worked with teachers in some of the
James Bay communities and would love to go back again.

Matthew Corrigan has taught writing at York University in Toronto. He is
fascinated by history. He has written many stories and poems as well as a
trilogy of novels for adults called The Reichskanzler’s Historian, which is about
WWII in Europe. He has also written history and geography books for children.
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