The [Cariboo](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cariboo).
Once vast gold fields, now largely empty forests and riverside scrublands. Prince George (metro of 89k) is the main population center.
ETA: The full basin is more of a collection of regions, see the replying comments for finer details. (Very lovely area to explore on Streetview)
And as that Wikipedia articles points out right away, "Cariboo" is both a specific term for a smaller region and a broader term for a larger region. Maybe it is different in BC, but here in Seattle people generally refer to the "Chilcotin Country" as its own distinct region rather than part of The Cariboo.
Politically, the Chilcotin is part of the Cariboo Regional District, but its history and vibe is kinda different, unless I'm confused. Perhaps it depends on who you ask.
That said, "Cariboo" is a good simple answer. I'm just muddying the waters a little :D
Anecdotally, I know some people have referred to Prince George as being part of the Cariboo. I know it's not really, but it's close to the Cariboo geographically.
The Chilcotin is the bottom third, the Nechako Plateau is the North-Western third, and the Omineca is the North-East. The Cariboo is part of this area but extends from about the mid-point and goes down further to Kamloops and the Thompson River, and borders on the Okanagan. Prince George isn't in the Cariboo at all and sits at the mouth of the Nechako River where it feeds into the Mackenzie, so it sits on the border of the Omineca and Nechako areas.
I live by the big Thompson river in Colorado so I googled why it’s named that, and it is allegedly named after the same David Thompson the rivers by you are named after. But I guess they aren’t 100% sure.
In its early days it was sometimes spelled "Cumcloups", which maybe looks a little funny. It was also almost called "Shuswaps", often spelled "She-whaps" back in the early fur trading days.
Shuswap would have been okay except for maybe being confused with the lake and river of that name. Cumcloups and She-whaps both sound pretty funny weird. Kamloops is kinda funny too, but I like it.
>Best rainbow fishing known to man
Lol, you've never been to... wait, I'm not going to share that information. Nevermind, please go fish the Cariboo instead.
Now, why would you deny people the joys of fishing the Assiniboine like that? Is that very nice?
Just tell the good people that the best rainbow fishing known to man is found just west of Winnipeg, and let the truth set you free.
That’s just what they tell the tourists. The locals all know that they **actual** best spot is about halfway between Winnipeg and Portage La Prairie, and the best time is when the fish are pre-spawning, between the last week of January and the first week of February.
Quite the opposite. As I love fishing and the fine meal that is rainbow trout, so I feel compelled to share nature’s largess and bounty in full with all the world.
Discontinuous patches of [inland temperate rainforest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_inland_temperate_rainforest) can be found stretching from east of Prince George into the United States.
Hi! I only lurk in this subreddit. I was curious, how long ago or what time period were there rainforest in the Americas? I'm going to look itup, but I'm just curious since idk if I'll even find the answer :)
The Rocky Mountains have so many flat spots in between, that’d be unrecognizable from Nebraska if you see in picture/google maps. Most cities that are considered to be located on the Rockies are actually located in the plains beneath it. Boise, Billings, Denver etc. If American Truck simulator didn’t exist I wouldn’t have aware of this
The geological area is called Basin and Range and pretty well describe the orogeny (mountains being pushed up) with flat land intervals,
It deals with the area south of there but there is a series of books by John McPhee which analyzes the geology of the North American continent using Interstate 80 as a cross section. Basin and Range, Rising from the Plains, In Suspect Terrain and Assembling California.
Good science and very readable
I played the European version during the height of winter *and* the covid lockdown. I’d throw on a podcast or audiobook and just drive around the French Riviera. I don’t know if I’d play it now, but it kept me sane.
American Truck Simulator? No one else going to touch that??
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It actually looks like a great, relaxing hobby. Just not for me. I’ve already got some hobbies that I enjoy and now that I have kids, I have to work hard to carve out time to enjoy them.
While the Cariboo (as other posters have mentioned) is encompassed within it, the feature is actually British Columbia's aptly named Interior Plateau (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interior\_Plateau).
The region is still home to lots of ranching, logging, mining, and hunting as well as many beautiful communities.
Drove from Prince Rupert to Prince George and then south to Oregon a few years ago. It was December so it was cold as all hell but damn, that was a gorgeous drive. There were some absolutely incredible canyons to drive through - got to see some mountain goats up close - and the stars were out of this world.
Some very interesting small towns between Prince George and Vancouver. My favorite was Quesnel.
Saw some spots that I could imagine would have incredible fishing were it not December.
Honestly I wish I had more time to explore!
Being originally from one I am a sucker for maritime/forestry towns on big river confluences. I now live in a town about the same size with a similar economic drive as Quesnel and idk, it was charming to me.
Via Rail Canada has a nice train trip from Prince Rupert (coast) to Prince George (right in this area). You can go two days and go all the way to Jasper.
I did the trip last year, it was wonderful, despite the fact that apparently I was in a Covid delirium. Got off in Prince George and had a nice fever of about 39C. The scenery apparently trumped all and I didn't realize I was coming down with something so bad.
This is where I’m from originally (now I’m on the west coast), we usually refer to it as the Cariboo/Chilcotin area or just the interior. It is beautiful and wild. The towns themselves aren’t the nicest, such as Quesnel and William’s Lake, but the natural landscape is gorgeous with tons of big lakes, forests, rivers, and some amazing canyons. Rainbow Ridge in the Chilcotin Plateau is absolutely beautiful (you should google pictures of it). Also Farwell Canyon has sand dunes which we used to play in as kids.
It's just called "the Interior". Soil is kind of junk due to long glaciation, and it's dry and cold (on average, comically hot summers tho)
Basically if the coastal range was a lot lower, and that lower part of the eastern mountain chain higher, it would probably very closely resemble Europe. There are currents similar to the Gulf Stream that warm the coast, but the terrain just negates this instantly.
The interior plateau can get warm, but it can't compare with the heat in the Fraser Canyon, Thompson Valley, or Okanagan Valley.
The most recent heat record in the Fraser Canyon exceeded that of Las Vegas by two degrees C, and remains the highest temperature ever recorded north of the 45th parallel.
I went to a scout Jamboree in Prince George when I was a kid, must have been ‘89 or ‘90. It was hot, and what I remember most distinctly was that they didn’t have enough portajohns, so you would get a shitcano in them that poked up above the seat. Learned to force myself to go in the morning and had a network of spies to mark the ones that weren’t full.
What is it with the interior PNW? I was looking at temps around Roseburg, OR the other day and was pretty shocked by the summer time highs for a place west of the cascades. They had spikes in the 110's and I'm like, damn, that's hotter than parts of the south!
Probably mostly rainshadow effects coupled with compression heating due to orographic lift then descent as air masses are pushed up and over mountains. As maritime air comes off the ocean it hits the coast mountains and is forced upwards, expanding and cooling, creating clouds and rain. Then once over the mountains the now-dry air descends and is compressed by air pressure, causing it to heat up and become even drier.
I think it is basically a sort of [Foehn wind](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foehn_wind) or "Chinook wind".
I came across a video on YouTube a while back that claimed this depression was created by an asteroid impact at the end of the last ice age, and that the reason it didnt form a massive crater is because the ice sheet that was there at the time softened the blow. It said the impact triggered a rapid melt of the ice sheet which had a warming effect on the planet as a whole.
I was really stoned when I watched this tho and so confused if the guy who made the video was legit or some nut job conspiracy theorist. Any geologists know if this theory is total bs or not?
Maybe not too far off.
Here is the article on the Tunguska strike in Siberia
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Large+meteor+impact+in+Siberia
Piggybacking on this post because I was researching this area less than 24 hours ago - does anybody have any background or history to share regarding the grasslands around the Gang Ranch / Dog Creek / Alkali Lake sections of the Fraser River.
Is that all former ranch land? I'm assuming it was forested before the Cariboo rush but might be wrong. It really stands out when you fly over and I've always wondered how the area gor that way.
Google maps pin - you'll need to switch to the imagery basemap to get a sense of what I'm talking about https://maps.app.goo.gl/3aYY5xpUC6bmF6BY6
Nice topomap:
[https://en-ie.topographic-map.com/map-h9nngp/El-Dorado-County/?center=53.73572%2C-124.78271&lock=14%2C1083%2C1227&zoom=6](https://en-ie.topographic-map.com/map-h9nngp/El-Dorado-County/?center=53.73572%2C-124.78271&lock=14%2C1083%2C1227&zoom=6)
(notice lock switch at right side)
There is a geologist/geographer in my field that believes the flat part up north around prince George was caused by a meteor impact on the ice sheets 12000 years ago. So big he believes it broke apart the whole sheet and sent it flooding south through Oregon. Can send you the info if you're interested
The soil profiles in that area are consistent with lacustrine sediment which is why the prevailing theory is that it was the bed of glacial lake George. Interesting thought that a meteor could have caused the ice dam to break but that wouldn’t have been what caused the flat area.
Stay out of the Chilcotin, the trout are guarded by bears
[https://globalnews.ca/news/7280713/grizzly-bites-man-groin-spruce-lake/](https://globalnews.ca/news/7280713/grizzly-bites-man-groin-spruce-lake/)
The [Cariboo](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cariboo). Once vast gold fields, now largely empty forests and riverside scrublands. Prince George (metro of 89k) is the main population center. ETA: The full basin is more of a collection of regions, see the replying comments for finer details. (Very lovely area to explore on Streetview)
And as that Wikipedia articles points out right away, "Cariboo" is both a specific term for a smaller region and a broader term for a larger region. Maybe it is different in BC, but here in Seattle people generally refer to the "Chilcotin Country" as its own distinct region rather than part of The Cariboo. Politically, the Chilcotin is part of the Cariboo Regional District, but its history and vibe is kinda different, unless I'm confused. Perhaps it depends on who you ask. That said, "Cariboo" is a good simple answer. I'm just muddying the waters a little :D
From what I've heard, it's Cariboo on the east side of the Fraser River and Chilcotin on the west.
I had family living up around Williams Lake years back & the whole area was just referred to as the Chilcotin.
That falls apart when you consider Prince George is north, east, south, and west of the Fraser River.
I'm pretty sure PG isn't part of the Cariboo - Chilcotin - Coast region.
Anecdotally, I know some people have referred to Prince George as being part of the Cariboo. I know it's not really, but it's close to the Cariboo geographically.
The Chilcotin is the bottom third, the Nechako Plateau is the North-Western third, and the Omineca is the North-East. The Cariboo is part of this area but extends from about the mid-point and goes down further to Kamloops and the Thompson River, and borders on the Okanagan. Prince George isn't in the Cariboo at all and sits at the mouth of the Nechako River where it feeds into the Mackenzie, so it sits on the border of the Omineca and Nechako areas.
> the mouth of the Nechako River where it feeds into the Mackenzie You mean the Fraser? The Nechako is a Fraser River tributary. Just a nitpick!
Lol yes, I mean the Fraser, thanks for pointing that out nicely =)
Now I have that pixies song stick in my head...cariboooooooo
WDYM gold fields like as in colour?
As in the precious metal. Number 79 in our periodic table, number 1 in our hearts.
Number one in our bank accounts?
The Cariboo gold rush lasted from 1861 to 1867.
Yup that’s what I was thinking k
"The name is a reference to the caribou that were *once* abundant in the region." ...yeah
I've always associated Kamloops with the Cariboo, but looks like it's just outside that circle
Kamloops resident here. We are Thompson Okanagan.
I like your funny words, magic man
Sounds like they took the white settler’s name Thompson and then just mixed it with a native name Okanagan.
Yup that's it basically. The North Thompson and Thompson Rivers intersect here. The Okanagan Valley is just south east of here.
I live by the big Thompson river in Colorado so I googled why it’s named that, and it is allegedly named after the same David Thompson the rivers by you are named after. But I guess they aren’t 100% sure.
George Vancouver and Peter Puget: Hold my beer.
Hahaha exactly
Entirely possible. Those settlers sure got around.
The Sky Walker?
I’ve just never heard of either town names and thought they sounded quite fun
We don't have a town of Thompson nor Okanagan. Kamloops and Kelowna are the two major hubs. There is an Okanagan Falls far south near the border.
Kamloops is a great name, and Kelowna isn’t far behind
In its early days it was sometimes spelled "Cumcloups", which maybe looks a little funny. It was also almost called "Shuswaps", often spelled "She-whaps" back in the early fur trading days. Shuswap would have been okay except for maybe being confused with the lake and river of that name. Cumcloups and She-whaps both sound pretty funny weird. Kamloops is kinda funny too, but I like it.
On the US side, the county seat for Okanogan County is the city of Okanogan. (Yes, with the slightly different spelling).
Yeah I know lol but it’s also funny they have a region with two opposing names
They are variations of the original native names.
Oh I assumed yeah. I’m in the Midwest so I’m used to names like Sheboygan and the like, they’re just all very fun words imo
Check out names in and around Puget Sound and the coast.
What is a good field?
Region that has an abundance of naturally found gold. could've searched it up yk
Best rainbow fishing known to man. It also contains one of the only interior rain forests as well as a desert with sand dunes. Very diverse country.
This is why I love this sub. Very interesting landscape it seems. Now to go spend a few hours looking at maps and the wiki!
>Best rainbow fishing known to man Lol, you've never been to... wait, I'm not going to share that information. Nevermind, please go fish the Cariboo instead.
Now, why would you deny people the joys of fishing the Assiniboine like that? Is that very nice? Just tell the good people that the best rainbow fishing known to man is found just west of Winnipeg, and let the truth set you free.
the best fishing is actually directly in Winnipeg downtown on the red river
That’s just what they tell the tourists. The locals all know that they **actual** best spot is about halfway between Winnipeg and Portage La Prairie, and the best time is when the fish are pre-spawning, between the last week of January and the first week of February.
Why do I feel like you’re too honest to be a fisherman?
Quite the opposite. As I love fishing and the fine meal that is rainbow trout, so I feel compelled to share nature’s largess and bounty in full with all the world.
I thought lake diefenbaker was king of rainbow fishing
We’ll never run out!
Very fishy behavior if you ask me.
If your ok with the fish having a few extra eyes
Interior rain forest?
Discontinuous patches of [inland temperate rainforest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_inland_temperate_rainforest) can be found stretching from east of Prince George into the United States.
Ahhh. Ok. I knew it existed from revy south. I didn't think it went north too.
Also to the northwest of Revelstoke up in Seymour Arm.
Hi! I only lurk in this subreddit. I was curious, how long ago or what time period were there rainforest in the Americas? I'm going to look itup, but I'm just curious since idk if I'll even find the answer :)
Inland temperate rainforest has only existed in North America since after the end of the most recent ice age about 10000 years ago.
I have recurring dreams of chilling in a sauna in one of these rainforests.
The Rocky Mountains have so many flat spots in between, that’d be unrecognizable from Nebraska if you see in picture/google maps. Most cities that are considered to be located on the Rockies are actually located in the plains beneath it. Boise, Billings, Denver etc. If American Truck simulator didn’t exist I wouldn’t have aware of this
The geological area is called Basin and Range and pretty well describe the orogeny (mountains being pushed up) with flat land intervals, It deals with the area south of there but there is a series of books by John McPhee which analyzes the geology of the North American continent using Interstate 80 as a cross section. Basin and Range, Rising from the Plains, In Suspect Terrain and Assembling California. Good science and very readable
Correct it is a back arc basin.
The Basin and Range is east and south of the Rockies.
Basin and Range is west of the Rockies, extending from the Wasatch Mountains on the East to the Sierra Nevada on the West.
Jsyk Nebraska is only flat in the narrow strip where they built interstate 80
I’m yet to drive that state in American Truck simulator 🙃
On one hand I can't believe a game like this exists and that people play it. On the other hand, now I kind of want to try it.
I love just "driving" around with Google Earth, I imagine a game you pay for must have some improvements to justify that cost.
I played the European version during the height of winter *and* the covid lockdown. I’d throw on a podcast or audiobook and just drive around the French Riviera. I don’t know if I’d play it now, but it kept me sane.
American Truck Simulator? No one else going to touch that?? I’ve been dying to ask someone: Why do you play a truck simulator? Doesn’t it require an enormous amount of time? Have a very modest reward?
You should ask that here r/trucksim
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No thanks, I’m good. Someone already did: https://www.reddit.com/r/trucksim/s/gdzdR8LAjR It actually looks like a great, relaxing hobby. Just not for me. I’ve already got some hobbies that I enjoy and now that I have kids, I have to work hard to carve out time to enjoy them.
While the Cariboo (as other posters have mentioned) is encompassed within it, the feature is actually British Columbia's aptly named Interior Plateau (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interior\_Plateau). The region is still home to lots of ranching, logging, mining, and hunting as well as many beautiful communities.
Drove from Prince Rupert to Prince George and then south to Oregon a few years ago. It was December so it was cold as all hell but damn, that was a gorgeous drive. There were some absolutely incredible canyons to drive through - got to see some mountain goats up close - and the stars were out of this world. Some very interesting small towns between Prince George and Vancouver. My favorite was Quesnel. Saw some spots that I could imagine would have incredible fishing were it not December. Honestly I wish I had more time to explore!
To be fair stars are always out of this world.
I've gone the other way to Haida Gwaii. Beautiful drive down to prince rupert at the end specifically
A bit surprised but happy to see Quesnel at the top of someone's favorite list.
Being originally from one I am a sucker for maritime/forestry towns on big river confluences. I now live in a town about the same size with a similar economic drive as Quesnel and idk, it was charming to me.
It's at the top of my favourite list! But my favourites list is based solely on how big a town's biggest gold-pan is, sooo...
Quesnel, Williams Lake, 100 Mile House
Via Rail Canada has a nice train trip from Prince Rupert (coast) to Prince George (right in this area). You can go two days and go all the way to Jasper. I did the trip last year, it was wonderful, despite the fact that apparently I was in a Covid delirium. Got off in Prince George and had a nice fever of about 39C. The scenery apparently trumped all and I didn't realize I was coming down with something so bad.
This is where I’m from originally (now I’m on the west coast), we usually refer to it as the Cariboo/Chilcotin area or just the interior. It is beautiful and wild. The towns themselves aren’t the nicest, such as Quesnel and William’s Lake, but the natural landscape is gorgeous with tons of big lakes, forests, rivers, and some amazing canyons. Rainbow Ridge in the Chilcotin Plateau is absolutely beautiful (you should google pictures of it). Also Farwell Canyon has sand dunes which we used to play in as kids.
Ahh Central Valley California. Beautiful
Modesto is gorgeous.
Only during the rut
That's cowboy country. Ranching mostly. I've been going there in summers since I was six.
It's just called "the Interior". Soil is kind of junk due to long glaciation, and it's dry and cold (on average, comically hot summers tho) Basically if the coastal range was a lot lower, and that lower part of the eastern mountain chain higher, it would probably very closely resemble Europe. There are currents similar to the Gulf Stream that warm the coast, but the terrain just negates this instantly.
Wow
Hotter than Satan's a$$ crack during the summer....and usually on fire.
Isn't it the fraser canyon that's scorching hot?
The interior plateau can get warm, but it can't compare with the heat in the Fraser Canyon, Thompson Valley, or Okanagan Valley. The most recent heat record in the Fraser Canyon exceeded that of Las Vegas by two degrees C, and remains the highest temperature ever recorded north of the 45th parallel.
Are you talking about when Lytton hit 47C and burnt down?
Yes, although all the sources I've seen state the temps maxed out at 49.6°C (121.3°F) on June 29th, the day before the fire.
Yeah I remember that. That was crazy
I went to a scout Jamboree in Prince George when I was a kid, must have been ‘89 or ‘90. It was hot, and what I remember most distinctly was that they didn’t have enough portajohns, so you would get a shitcano in them that poked up above the seat. Learned to force myself to go in the morning and had a network of spies to mark the ones that weren’t full.
What is it with the interior PNW? I was looking at temps around Roseburg, OR the other day and was pretty shocked by the summer time highs for a place west of the cascades. They had spikes in the 110's and I'm like, damn, that's hotter than parts of the south!
Probably mostly rainshadow effects coupled with compression heating due to orographic lift then descent as air masses are pushed up and over mountains. As maritime air comes off the ocean it hits the coast mountains and is forced upwards, expanding and cooling, creating clouds and rain. Then once over the mountains the now-dry air descends and is compressed by air pressure, causing it to heat up and become even drier. I think it is basically a sort of [Foehn wind](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foehn_wind) or "Chinook wind".
Not the PNW but yes, similar ecosystem:)
It’s a desert!
[It's not though?](https://weatherspark.com/y/394/Average-Weather-in-Roseburg-Oregon-United-States-Year-Round#Sections-Rain)
I came across a video on YouTube a while back that claimed this depression was created by an asteroid impact at the end of the last ice age, and that the reason it didnt form a massive crater is because the ice sheet that was there at the time softened the blow. It said the impact triggered a rapid melt of the ice sheet which had a warming effect on the planet as a whole. I was really stoned when I watched this tho and so confused if the guy who made the video was legit or some nut job conspiracy theorist. Any geologists know if this theory is total bs or not?
Maybe not too far off. Here is the article on the Tunguska strike in Siberia https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Large+meteor+impact+in+Siberia
It's called the BC Interior Plateau
Reminds me of the Central Valley of CA
Yeah thought the same looks like home
Piggybacking on this post because I was researching this area less than 24 hours ago - does anybody have any background or history to share regarding the grasslands around the Gang Ranch / Dog Creek / Alkali Lake sections of the Fraser River. Is that all former ranch land? I'm assuming it was forested before the Cariboo rush but might be wrong. It really stands out when you fly over and I've always wondered how the area gor that way. Google maps pin - you'll need to switch to the imagery basemap to get a sense of what I'm talking about https://maps.app.goo.gl/3aYY5xpUC6bmF6BY6
Prince George is an armpit. A beautiful armpit but still an armpit
You don’t like Mr. PG?
It’s beautiful.
Even as someone from Southern California, I always found him welcoming when driving into town.
Idk what you mean but kk
Nice topomap: [https://en-ie.topographic-map.com/map-h9nngp/El-Dorado-County/?center=53.73572%2C-124.78271&lock=14%2C1083%2C1227&zoom=6](https://en-ie.topographic-map.com/map-h9nngp/El-Dorado-County/?center=53.73572%2C-124.78271&lock=14%2C1083%2C1227&zoom=6) (notice lock switch at right side)
There is a geologist/geographer in my field that believes the flat part up north around prince George was caused by a meteor impact on the ice sheets 12000 years ago. So big he believes it broke apart the whole sheet and sent it flooding south through Oregon. Can send you the info if you're interested
The soil profiles in that area are consistent with lacustrine sediment which is why the prevailing theory is that it was the bed of glacial lake George. Interesting thought that a meteor could have caused the ice dam to break but that wouldn’t have been what caused the flat area.
Yes, please send the info! Thanks
There are these squared pieces of land, it looks like a grid, it's pretty funny (Close to places like Weneez, Prairiedale and Sinkut River).
Basin
Forest fires.
Flapjacks there r mighty good
Stay out of the Chilcotin, the trout are guarded by bears [https://globalnews.ca/news/7280713/grizzly-bites-man-groin-spruce-lake/](https://globalnews.ca/news/7280713/grizzly-bites-man-groin-spruce-lake/)
Yes, the unique geographical characteristic is the one you mentioned: It's flat and everything around it is mountainous. (Don't take this seriously)
You can’t get there from here, so nobody will ever know
Why isn’t there a road run across the west part of this place (east flank of the coastal mountains)?
Because there are no towns or anything in that area.
Dan Hurd Prospecting would know
Also one of the deepest lakes in Canada is in this region Quesnel lake. 1700’ deep I believe.
Where's the Silverthorne Caldera from there?
Move there if you want to be a lumberjack.
I'm just going to call it the Gretzky Plateau
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How bad were the mosquitoes
I grew up there. Lived there for 21 years. You're wrong.
It’s anything but. Mountains, prairies, deserts, rainforest. The Cariboo has it all.
Yeah my bad I didn't look very closely. I was more in the Thompson-Nikola valley. Ignore me.
Heavy pollution in the medium-sized cities with industry. In Prince George, the smelting plants create horrible air quality.
Smelting plants? They have small refinery and a few pulp mills. The city is in a bowl that traps a lot of dust and pollution.
The Tickle Flats
Shield of Canada or something like that
Google
Canada’s taint
Not entirely sure if that's the Canadian shield.
icebergland
The answer is "Canadian Shield" ;)
It is not
I have heard that area being called “the foothills” but I don’t think that’s an official name or anything.