Development is moving north.
The Hudson Bay Lowlands, stores approx. 35Gt of C and annually sequesters an amount equal to approx. 8% of Canada’s total emissions. Approximately 1/10th of the globe’s atmospheric cooling benefits from wetlands are supplied by Canada’s Hudson Bay Lowlands.
The Hudson Bay Lowlands is the second largest peatland in the world.
Permafrost distribution in Canada.
Beluga whales at the mouth of the Churchill River. The Hudson Bay Lowlands has 1287 km of arctic ocean coast line.
Mean annual temperature in the area is expected to rise from approx. -3°C to +4°C by 2050.
The number of ice free days is increasing.
Approximately 67% of the surface area of Ontario is within the arctic watershed and drains to Hudson Bay. The major rivers include Albany, Moose, Severn, Winisk, Attawapiskat, and Ekwan.
Attawapiskat River
More than 30,000 mining claims have been recorded in the Ring of Fire area. The population of the Far North is expected in increase by more than 10x in the coming decades as development accelerates.
DeBeers Diamond Mine
Fort Severn. There are 34 remote first nations communities in the Far North with a total population of about 24,000.