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

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• Credits
• By Tharjan Tharmabala
• Helped by
• Fahid Amjed
• Dylan Pansieri
• Ally Armstrong
• Vickki Boyd

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