The plains of Canada are located in provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The western end of the plains end at the Rocky Mountains in Alberta. On the east the great plains stretch out to the Canadian Shield in Manitoba. They are only in the south end of the provinces, and they stretch down all the way through the United States until about Texas.
The Indians were the people who have lived in Canada the longest. It is not known how long they have lived on the land. They have probably been here since the beginning of humans. The Europeans did not make it to Canada until about the fourteen hundreds. Now some people say things like Christopher Columbus discovered North America, when really, Canada was no big secret. The plains Indians have lived there forever. These Indians were a vital part in the history of Canada. They were the supplier of the fur trade. The fur trade was when the Europeans came to Canada traded goods like beer, pots and pans, and guns, for Fur pelts that the Indians hunted. Here is Jared's page on France in the fur trade |
The book were I got most of my info from was called "Forging The Prairie West" By John Herd Thompson, and published by Oxford