1. climate Landforms VegetationSoils Human Activities Major cities New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and southeastern Quebec Wildlife

2. CLIMATE Covering Quebec's peninsula and the entirety of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, this ecozone's climate is strongly influence by the Atlantic Ocean, which produces cooler summers and warmer winters. Winter temperatures average -5ºC and summers average 14ºC, with coastal areas having slightly warmer winters and cooler summers than inland. The Atlantic also provides moisture to the region, producing mean precipitation of 900mm a year inland and over 1500mm a year on the coast; this high precipitation also means that the region has more storms than anywhere else in the country.at the bottom of this page click on the link and it shows you the Climate graph of Prince Edward Island or Click on the Link next to it to see a climate graph of New Brunswick Back to Home Page Climate Graph of Prince Edward Island Climate Graph of Nova Scotia

3. Flyby Of Nova Scotia Back To LandformsBack to Homepage

4. LANDFORMS This ecozone is located at the northeast end of the Appalachian Mountain chain and consists of highlands, peninsulas and islands. Linked is a Flyby of Nova Scotia to see what it looks like Back To Homepage Flyby of Nova Scotia

5. HUMAN ACTIVITIES Human activities has drastically changed the ecozone, beginning with the ditching, and drainage of many salt marshes of the Bay of Fundy by early Acadian settlers. Most native forests have been harvested or burned at least five times, and wildlife species and habitat have been greatly affected. The combination of hunting, parasites, and habitat modification due to logging and fire suppression extirpated the Woodland Caribou from the Maritime provinces. Intensive fishing has changed the composition of freshwater ecosystems, as has the discharge of agricultural, urban, and industrial wastes in harbours and waterways. The Atlantic or Acadian Whitefish is endangered by over fishing and water pollution. Back To Homepage

6. VEGETATION This ecozone is a transitional forest with elements of both the deciduous and boreal forests. It is a continuation of the mixed wood plains ecozone, but is dominated by spruces and balsam fir. Yellow birch, sugar maple, red pine, eastern white pine and eastern hemlock are also present. In southern New Brunswick and on the coast of Nova Scotia, the forest has a more boreal-like appearance with formations dominated by fir, white spruce and black spruce. A number of decdious species such as red oak, American beech, black ash, red maple and white birch occur in sheltered areas. Back To Homepage

7. SOILS In the uplands, repeated glaciation has produced shallow, stony soils, and outcrops composed of granite, gneiss, and other hard, crystalline rocks. Rough upland terrain and poor soils are often unsuitable for farming and have discouraged extensive settlement. The inhospitable highlands feature cold, wet climates and acidic soils, but yield vast forests. In the Coastal lowlands of the Northumberland Plain deeper soils are traced to marine deposition and glacial erosion of underlying sandstone, shale, and limestone bedrock. With the exception of P.E.I., abrupt transitions between uplands mark much of the ecozone's landscape. The majority of the ecozone is overlaid by nutrient-poor Podzol soil and better-quality grey-brown Luvisol soils. Back to Home Page Luvisol soils nutrient-poor Podzol soil

8. MAJOR CITIES Major cities in the Atlantic Maritime are: - Halifax, Nova Scotia - Fredericton, New Brunswick - Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island -Mocton, New Brunswick Back To Homepage

9. Climate Graph of PEI Back To climate PageBack to Home Page Average Temp.5.30833333 Temperature Range26.5 Total precipitation1173.4 Season of Maximum PrecipitationWinter

10. Climate Graph Of Nova Scotia Back To Home Page Back to Climate page

11. WILDLIFE Wildlife: Characteristic mammals of the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone include white-tailed deer, moose, black bear, raccoon, striped skunk, bobcat and eastern chipmunk. Representative birds include whip-poor-will, blue jay eastern bluebird and rose- breasted grosbeak. In the marine environment, representative species include grey seal, hooded and harp seals, and Atlantic pilot, killer, and northern bottlenosed whales. Back To Homepage