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1、IBT-SAT小马过河—专业备考社区Barron完整阅读文本第二套2.1ResourcesandIndustrialisminCanadaWhilethemuch-anticipatedexpansionofthewesternfrontierwasunfoldinginaccordancewiththedesignoftheNationalPolicy,anewnorthernfrontierwasopeninguptoenhancetheprospectsofCanadianindustrialdevelopment.Longthepreserveofthefurtrade,th
2、eCanadianShieldandthewesternCordillerasbecameatreasuryofminerals,timberandhydroelectricpowerinthelate19thandearly20thcenturies.Asearlyas1883,CPR[CanadianPacificRailway]constructioncrewsblastingthroughtheruggedterrainofnorthernOntariodiscoveredcopperandnickeldepositsinthevicinityofSudbury.Asrefi
3、ningprocesses,uses,andmarketsforthemetaldeveloped,Sudburybecametheworld’slargestnickelproducer.ThebuildingoftheTemiskamingandNorthernOntarioRailwayledtothediscoveryofrichsilverdepositsaroundCobaltnorthofLakeNipissingin1903andtouchedoffaminingboomthatspreadnorthwardtoKirklandLakeandthePorcupined
4、istrict.Althoughtheeconomicimportanceoftheseminingoperationswasenduring,theydidnotcapturethepublicimaginationtothesameextentastheKlondikegoldrushofthelate1890s.IBT-SAT小马过河—专业备考社区Fortune-seekersfromallpartsoftheworldflockedtotheKlondikeandYukonRivervalleystopanforgoldstartingin1896.Attheheightof
5、thegoldrushin1898,thepreviouslyunsettledsubarcticfrontierhadapopulationofabout30,000,morethanhalfofwhichwasconcentratedinthenewlyestablishedtownofDawson.Inthesameyear,thefederalgovernmentcreatedtheYukonTerritory,administeredbyanappointedcommissioner,inanefforttowardofftheprospectofannexationtoA
6、laska.EveniftheeconomicsignificanceoftheKlondikestrikewassomewhatexaggeratedandshort-lived,thetalesofsuddenriches,heroicandtragicexploits,andtherowdinessandlawlessnessoftheminingfrontierwereimmortalizedthroughpopularfictionandfolklore,notablythepoeticversesofRobertW.Service.Perhapslessromantict
7、hantheminingbooms,theexploitationofforestandwaterresourceswasjustasvitaltonationaldevelopment.TheDouglasfir,spruce,andcedarstandsofBritishColumbiaalongwiththewhitepineforestsofOntariosatisfiedconstructiondemandsonthetreelessprairi
