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The Great Lakes, St. Lawrence lowlands

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The Great Lakes

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St. Lawrence lowlands

The Great Lakes/St.Lawrence Lowlands stretch from Lake Huron to Quebec City. This area has rich soil and much of Canada's population lives in this economic and industrial heartland of the country. Most parts of the region were once covered with deciduous forests, or a mixture of deciduous and coniferous forests. Many kinds of animals and birds are found here. The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence lowlands have been inhabited for many thousand of years by First Nations people. The Anishinaabe, lived north of Lake Superior and east of Peterborough. The Haudenosaunee Confederacy was also known as the Six Nations, and their Great law of Peace united them. The Huron-Wendat people lived east of Lake Huron and traded with the Algonquin people who lived in the Ottawa River area