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Title: Made by: Tharjan Tharmabala

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Made by Tharjan Tharmabala

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Introduction

I am going to introduce you to a place called
Oshawa, this place is a very exciting and
peaceful place. The latitude and longitude of
Oshawa is 43 54' N 78 52' W

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Oshawa on the Map of Ontario
Oshawa
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Oshawa on the Map of Canada
Oshawa
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A Municipal Map of Oshawa
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Detail Map of Oshawa
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Landform Regions

This is the Great Lakes and St Lawrence lowlands.

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The lowlands

This is a close up of the lowlands it is close to
the river or lakes and it is very important to
the fishermen because of events and where the
water is located.

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History

Oshawa was founded in 1876 as the McLaughlin
Carriage Company stopped in Oshawa. Oshawa began
as a trading point for the fur trade. Beavers
were captured and animal pelts. Later in the 1900
started to export. The business was shipping
salmon to the United States of America.

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Ecozone region

Oshawa is in the mixed wood Plains and the
animals you can find are raccoons, skunks,
great blue herons and grey squirrels. The mixed
wood regions area is 113 000 km. The population
density for the mixed wood plains is 124.03

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The Vegetation Region of Oshawa

Oshawa is in the mixed forest region. The mixed
forest region is made up mainly of hardwoods.
Which, following an annual cycle, lose their
leaves in autumn become dormant in winter and in
the spring bud appear in the trees.

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The Soil Region of Oshawa

Oshawa is in the wet-climate soil region. The
Soil is a deep grey-brown topsoil and it is very
rich it is a really good place for gardening,
planting and agriculture. The soil is suitable
for farming.

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Oshawas Climate

Oshawa is known to have fairly cold and windy
winters and typically hot, humid in the summers.

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Urban land

Legend
Residential
Recreation/Open Space
Commerical
Industrial
Major Institutional
Vacant

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Tourism

Oshawa has many tourist attractions such as the
Canadian Automotive Museum, the Canadian Aviation
Expo, the Oshawa Little Theatre, Oshawa Gardens,
the Robert McLaughlin Art Gallery, beautiful
parklands and trails, a gorgeous waterfront, the
Oshawa Downtown Murals, Oshawa Civic Auditorium,
and excellent restaurants, excellent hotels and
motels.

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Fishing

Fishing is a very popular event in Oshawa because
people have contest and events to catch the most
and the biggest fishes.

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Sports

Sports are necessary. It is because the people
are very competitive and frequently played. The
Generals is the hockey team for Oshawa.

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Winter sports

Winter in Oshawa is one of the best times. In
Oshawa there are a lot of race events with
ski-doos and Four wheelers. The winner of the
race is award with a trophy for the year and
money.

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Transportation

There is a train station in Oshawa that connects
to Toronto. There are bus station in most the
area of Oshawa and the buss runs 18 hours a day,
16 hours on weekends and they run all year long.
There is no air port in Oshawa but Toronto is
very close and there are many airport there and
there are small planes that can hold up to four
people. .

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Population

The total Population in 2006 is 141,590 and a lot
of the population go to events like fishing,
sports, and races. The population is very
supportive to the event and etc.

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Industries

There are not to many factories in Oshawa. So
Oshawa does a minimum of pollution. The few
industries import materials from primary
industries and make them into to valuables goods
and other products and then export them. Some
factories make cars, toys, four wheelers and
ski-doos some of the cars that they make are GM,
Ford, Kia, Hyundai and Honda.

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Conclusion

So in conclusion I say Oshawa is a good place to
live, play winter sports, summer sports, fishing,
farming, to go to for the tourism, for all the
museums and the beaches. If you would like to see
this project again on the internet you can go to
http//Tharjan.synthasite.com

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All the sites

http//oshawa.kijiji.ca/f-jobs-W0QQCatIdZ45QQKeywo
rdZfactories
http//www.oshawa.ca/
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshawa,_Ontario
http//www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/prof
iles/community/Index.cfm?LangE
http//www.oshawagenerals.com/
http//www.oshawa-airport.com/
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soils_retrogression_a
nd_degradation
http//images.google.ca/images?hlenqwet-climate
20soil20regionum1ieUTF-8saNtabwi