St. Lawrence River

Today you are going to learn about a river!You have learned about The Great Lakes-St.Lawrence Lowland Region, but what is the St. Lawrence River?You are going to find out!

Questions

1. Find a map of the St. Lawrence River and post it. Explain what you see in 3-5 sentences.

2.Where is the St. Lawrence River in Canada? What provinces are around this river?
It is in the southeast of Canada. Ontario and Quebec are around this river.

3. Inside this river, there are fish called Lake Sturgeon. Translate "Lake Sturgeon" into Chinese or Korean.

湖鲟

4. Find a picture of Lake Sturgeon and post it. Explain what you see in 3-5 sentences.

5. This river is very important to Canadian history because an explorer named "Jacques Cartier" wanted to use it to get to China! Find a picture of Jacques Cartier and post it here.

6. On St. Lawrence's Day in 1535, Jacques Cartier gave the saint's name to one small bay near the river's mouth, but by 1600, it was used to describe the entire river. Find a picture of Saint Laurence, the saint the river was named after. Post it and explain what you see in the picture using 3-5 sentences!The river is in the west side of Gulf of St Lawrence. Saint Laurence explored from the Atlantic Ocean, went west around the New foundland, after go around the Gulf, he went back. The river named by him is right inside of the Gulf.

7. Translate "saint" into Chinese or Korean.
名词: 圣.圣人,圣徒
动词:成为圣徒

8. There are also lots of snow geese who come to the St. Lawrence River. Google a picture of this and post it here. Explain what you see in 3-5 sentences.

This geese is so~amazing! Though he lives in such dirty lake, he is still white as snow! This geese is slimmer than those geese I have seen, so cute also. I like the little eyes, the white features. I'm looking forward to have one. (to feed as a pet or cook as a roaster geese.

9. Translate "geese" into Chinese or Korean.

鹅

10. What did you learn today? 3-5 sentences!

I learnt a new region which is called St. Lawrence. A man called Saint Laurence. He was a great man, he did lots of things for human. I really admire this famous explorer. The fish in the river is big, the geese there is beautiful~

Bonus

1. Why would the river be named after a saint who doesn't live in North America?

Because he was the first person who found this river. Explorers are always honorous

2. Do people like to live along the river? Why? Explain in 3-5 sentences.

I don't know what they think. But I'd like to live there. I can fish when I am bored, and I can keep a geese for pet(take it's eggs). And places near water are rich.

3. Is there a river in China that is similar in importance to Chinese history? What is it? Post a picture of this river and tell me the name.

Yes, 2 rivers. Yellow river and Long river. The first Chinese lived here. And because of the river,the transportation was developed, the people there were happy. They walked along the river and found the ocean. This helped them to communicate with the foreign country.

The beginning of the river is clean, but the end is really dirty.