How has the Geography of the West shaped who we are?

This photo represents movement because trains were the first way to get people, products, and ideas to or from B.C. and even just around the rest of the country. This picture was taken at the Last Spike historical site, where the last spike of the CPR was driven in 1885. That connected the railway, and allowed movement around the country. Going to the Last Spike was very cool, because I’d always loved trains when I was young. I’ve been to multiple train museums in the past, and that’s the first time I’ve ever been on a train (Other than a sky train).

Hi, I’m Quin. I am a high school student from North Vancouver, Canada. I like to play hockey and do ninja. 

Here’s a video I made to showcase what inspires me in my everyday life. 

Reflection 3: Cave and Basin National Historic Site 

This photo represents human-environment interaction because before it was ‘discovered’ by the European settlers, the indigenous peoples were using the cave and basin for their spiritual traditions. The area became a national park to protect it from the onslaught of tourists, creating the national park system for the rest of Canada. The Cave and Basin is a hot spring in a cave on Sulphur Mountain. It was important to the First Nations because multiple nations gathered there for trading, ceremonies, and other cultural purposes. It’s important to the ecology because it provides a safe, and protected habitat for rare plants, and the endangered Banff Springs Snail. Even though the hot springs are a spiritual healing place and a home for the snails, for me, it would be a harming place because I am allergic to sulphur, but I can, and did appreciate their natural beauty.

Reflection 8: The Revelstoke Railway Museum 

This image represents movement because the CPR was the only way to get from B.C. to any other province in Canada at the time. It allowed for people, products and ideas to be transported across the country. The Revelstoke railway museum is filled with trains that depict the history of the CPR and the story of the challenges faced traversing the Rockies. It’s important because it preserves the history of Canada, and helps educate people on why our country is how it is today. I used to spend hours watching mini train displays, and the railroad that I can see from my house. I would get very exited when a train went by. I’ve always had a strong connection to trains and the museum really sparked my inner child.

This picture shows elements from three different themes of geography. It represents Human-environment interaction and movement because the top of the pillars used to have a railway across it. It represents place because the railway had to go across lots of sketchy bridges, like what this one used to be because of the terrain and landscape of the Rockies. Roger’s pass made significant engineering challenges because of it’s steep terrain and heavy snowfall. To get around these problems, a lot of bridges, tunnels and snow sheds were built, just to be abandoned in 1917, around 30 years after it was built due to frequent avalanches killing hundreds of workers. I’m interested in engineering, and it’s neat to see some of the things that the engineers thing about.

Reflection 4: Lake Minnewanka Boat Cruise 

This photo represents human-environment interaction because, in 1941, a power dam was built at the west end of the lake and it raised the water levels 30 meters, causing Minnewanka landing to be fully submerged. The Stoney people have revered Lake Minnewanka for around ten thousand years. They have named the lake “Minn-Waki”, or “Lake of the Spirits”. There are artifacts in the lake that date back fourteen thousand years. 3. Your own connection and interpretation of the place the photo represents What did you think of it? Have you done something like this? I live right on the water, so if the sea levels rise 1 meter, my house will be flooded. It’s interesting to think about the people who lost their homes because of the dam.

This picture represents place because it’s a glacier, and the landforms and climate of the area around it created it. Because of the way humans are interacting with the climate in our every day lives, it is melting at a rapid pace. 

This image represents movement because the CPR was the only way to get from B.C. to any other province in Canada at the time. It allowed for people, products and ideas to be transported across the country. 

In this video, along with some friends, I made a video telling the story of a weird occurrence that happens after a man gets upset because the bar ran out of the drink that he and his friend always get. 

In this video, I show the difference between the pictures I had seen from the Athabasca Glacier online from when I was there. 

This picture represents human environment interaction and place because the landforms and climate of the lake has attracted lots of tourists. But with lots of tourists comes lots of pollution. To deal with this we’ve made the area around lake moraine into a protected area of a national park with a goal of protecting the region, and it’s natural beauty. Moraine lake is a glacier fed lake and is a symbol of Canada because of it’s natural beauty. For example, in 1969 and 1979, Lake moraine was on the Canadian $20 bill because of it’s beauty and how it portrayed Canada. People come from around the world to see this iconic location, which is great for Canada’s economy, but earlier this year, Parks Canada was forced to ban private vehicles at lake Moraine because of an unmanageable amount of traffic. I had never seen anything like the turquoise water before, and, it was beautiful, but I also wondered what made it that colour.

This photo represents location because the Golden Skybridge is the highest suspension bridge in Canada at 426 feet above a canyon. It overlooks the Rocky and Purcell mountain ranges. The Skybridge is located in the city of Golden B.C. The city of Golden was founded with the expansion of the CPR through the Rockies. The town of Golden was a Basecamp for those working on the railroad in the area. The city was very much tied into the CPR and the logging industries, so, in 2021, the Golden Skybridge was built to diversify the economy in golden by focusing on tourism. I had a great time on the ropes courses and mountain coaster. It was very beautiful looking over the edge of the bridge.

This photo represents place and human environment interaction. It represents place because it’s the biggest Icefield in the Rockies. It represents human environment interaction because, due to the interaction between humans and the environment, the Athabasca Glacier is rapidly melting. The melting of the glaciers means two things. The first is that the sea levels will rise, and the second is that the west’s freshwater supply will be significantly affected. When I was on the glacier, all I could see was white, and therefore I though that it was huge. But seeing pictures now, I realize how fast it’s shrinking and it makes me feel very concerned about global warming.

There are two types of locations. Relative, and absolute location. This picture represents absolute location because it shows an exact point on where this map would be. The relative location would be “The west side of the river, a little bit past halfway between the second and third bridge”. 

In this video, I interview people that I met on my trip to prove my thesis: “The grand beauty of the Rocky Mountains improves peoples mental and physical well-being”. 

There are three types of regions. Formal regions, functional regions, and vernacular regions. Revelstoke falls under the category of formal regions because it’s a city based on formal government boundaries.

This photo represents human-environment interaction because we have modified the terrain of this area with the highway going right through the middle of the national park, so to make sure that animals don’t walk onto the road and get hit by a vehicle, we built these bridges to let them across safely. 

Photo 3: Cave and Basin National Historic Site

<a href="bookcreator://page/V4FpY2XnTd-uXekEluQI4g">Cover</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/lmkb4mPmSle5koCb-xKTdg">Geography Comic Life Theme # 1: Location</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/DTvaE0x-SjWZDJWP3RfQag">Theme # 2: Place Theme # 3: Movement</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/tysEYj3UQVy7S7qt6olePA">Theme # 4: Regions Theme # 5: Human-Environment Interection</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/NZsyBFrBRT6UMeh8JafOLg">The Last Spike</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/zUIJGyn1R1--fZN29uqjDg">Roger’s Pass</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/wLQwxFvwSvSvMEp-qEJlEw">Cave and Basin</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/xb_XAnamRcKModUfXEWorg">Lake Minnewanka</a>

<a href="bookcreator://page/3nuoMBIYS8GetUGh0nNQNQ">Columbia Icefield</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/mtES9V3kSV-ijDMibwPU8Q">Moraine Lake</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/gaWQaAP4TZeK7Fxh3WkxoQ">Golden Skybridge</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/cve5Dj49Q7e7IQ0di-pC8A">Revelstoke Railway Museum</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/s8W2mzqJStywJHyyK0-HdA">Investigative Video</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/JcU0hJBhRZ6dzTcX6W1KLw">Silent Video</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/QkwhOW1ySyS4EgVQzDLTNQ">TikTok style Video</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/1AUETuo5SIeUmN2Oh82Q1A">About the Author</a>

Name

Safari may block some audio or video from playing automatically and ‘read to me’ will skip these. You can configure this in Safari’s preferences.