Bye Bye !

Ive been waiting for this day since the beginning of the road trip, the CRUISE on Husdon Bay ! To sum up, my vacation with my family to the ecozone, Taiga Shield had been quite an experience.! Looking at the different landforms created by folding and faulting plains, the different rocks and soils, wildlife and vegetation, the wetlands and the climate. Its been really fun hiking and fishing on the Great Slave Lake and the drive from Yellow Knife to the Great Slave Lake but now, we are on our way to our Hudson Bay cruise and it ends on the coast of Labrador. I won't be bringing my computer on board so, this will be my last post about my vacation, bye !

Last night at Slave Lake !

I had a good night sleep last night but I couldn’t stop thinking about the northern lights I saw yesterday because it was such a beautiful scene ! Well, today we went hiking on the mountains near the Great Slave Lake. While hiking, I found many sedimentary rocks on the floor and my dad told me that some of the rocks located here are the oldest rocks located on the planet! I thought it was shocking so I picked some up and kept them. But, when I reached down and touched the soil on the ground, it felt really soft and damp and I think this is because of the permafrost underground.

I saw many animals while I was hiking but I kept my distance between them because I didn’t want to bother them and I didn’t want them to attack me. There were moose , wolves, artic fox but, one animal that I saw from far away and it looked like a large grey cat trying to seek shelter. I believe that if I guessed correctly, it is the endangered Species of Taiga Shield, the Canadian Lynx. Luckily I didn’t go bother it or there will be one less Canadian Lynx in the ecozone!

Also, while we were hiking, I saw many lowlands and plateaus but there weren’t much plants growing since the soil is very shallow but, there were a few trees I saw and they are, the paper birch, trembling aspen, black spruce and Jack pine.

FISHINGG !!

When we arrived at Great Slave Lake, I was surprised because of how beautiful the lake looks! At first I thought it would be just a lake like Lake Ontario but it was completely different. I did some research before and the lake was named for the Slavery North American Indians and it is the deepest lake in North America ! It has a depth of 613 meters and it is the second largest lake in Northwest Territories and in the winter when it is frozen, it is large enough for trucks to pass over it !

We went on a small boat and fished for about 2 hours and I caught a lot of fish ! We caught some Lake Trout, Walleyes and some fish I have no idea what they are called. I guess we have fish for dinner tonight! Later, I heard my parents saying that we are going to camp near the lake tonight and then go hiking tomorrow and after that, CRUISE!

Later on at night, it was quite a scene especially when we drove around and gathered together with our tourist to see the northern lights. It was a dark sky with green lights in the sky with a tint of pink and yellow. It was amazing and I wished tonight never ended !

Great Slave Lake !

We just arrived at yellow knife, Northwest Territories and right now, we are heading towards the Great Slave Lake to do some fishing and hiking to take a look at the landscape and landforms there. At Yellowknife, the weather right now is about 10 degrees Celsius and i still think that it is a bit breezy. Luckily we didn't come here in the winter because the winters here are long and cold with an average of -25 degrees Celsius but luckily, the precipitation is low, bout 250 to 500 mm a year.

We drove from Yellow knife to the Great Slave lake by taking the ice road which is one straight road that connects the two places together, isn’t that great?. It was quite a long ride so on the way, I wrote down everything I saw along the way that was astonishing.

In the car ride, I saw many massive rolling hills and I guessed that they must have been caused by folding and faulting plains since I learned that in geography class. Also, I saw many houses built on metal rods to support them which made me guess that there must have been permafrost under where the citizens lived. The car ride is taking such a long time to get to the Great Slave Lake so im going to take a nap and continue writing later.

ROADTRIP!

Well my family and I decided to go on a road trip together for our family vacation this year and we are planning to take a trip on an ecozone we learned about in school. And the one we chose is the Taiga Shield. This ecozone it located on both sides of the Hudson bay which is the Northwest Territories, a bit of Manitoba and ends at Labrador. The growing seasons are about 100-140 days yearly. The average daily temperature in January is from - 17 degrees Celsius to -27 degrees Celsius and the average July temperature is from 7.5 to 17.5 degrees Celsius. Sadly, there are currently no national parks that exist in the Taiga Shield. This all concludes to the Taiga Shield having a Maritime climate.

our plans are :
We drive from Yellowknife to the Great Slave lake and camp there for 2 days. ( hiking and fishing)
Then, drive to Hudson Bay and take a 7 days cruise around the border of labrador. hopefully,
we take a look at their mountains and go into the water and have some fun !