Editing Atlantic Canada (section)

=== Resources ===
The region is host to parts of [[Eastern Canadian Boreal Forests|Canada's eastern boreal forests]] which were historically used for timber production and boat production.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bergeron |first1=Yves |last2=Fenton |first2=Nicole J. |date=2012 |title=Boreal forests of eastern Canada revisited: old growth, nonfire disturbances, forest succession, and biodiversity |url=http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/10.1139/b2012-034 |journal=Botany |language=en |volume=90 |issue=6 |pages=509–523 |doi=10.1139/b2012-034 |issn=1916-2790}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last1=Clayden |first1=Stephen R. |title=Perhumid Boreal and Hemiboreal Forests of Eastern Canada |date=2011 |work=Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World: Ecology and Conservation |pages=111–131 |editor-last=DellaSala |editor-first=Dominick A. |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.5822/978-1-61091-008-8_4 |access-date=2024-10-06 |place=Washington, DC |publisher=Island Press/Center for Resource Economics |language=en |doi=10.5822/978-1-61091-008-8_4 |isbn=978-1-61091-008-8 |last2=Cameron |first2=Robert P. |last3=McCarthy |first3=John W.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Parks |first=A. C. |date=1965 |title=The Atlantic Provinces of Canada |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2098650 |journal=The Journal of Industrial Economics |volume=13 |pages=76–87 |doi=10.2307/2098650 |issn=0022-1821 |jstor=2098650}}</ref>

Nova Scotia has historically been an exporter of [[gypsum]] and now produces over 60% of the gypsum in Canada.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ryan |first1=Robert |url=https://archive.org/details/physicalgeologyo0000ryan |title=Physical geology of Canada to Supplement Understanding Earth |last2=O'Beirne-Ryan |first2=Ann Marie |publisher=W.H. Freeman and Company |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-7167-4121-3 |language=en |access-date=2024-10-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=How |date=1868 |title=Contributions to the mineralogy of Nova Scotia |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14786446808639936 |journal=The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science |language=en |volume=35 |issue=234 |pages=32–41 |doi=10.1080/14786446808639936 |issn=1941-5982}}</ref> In the Atlantic provinces, [[iron]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-11 |title=Mining in Canada: A Historic View |url=https://www.identecsolutions.com/news/mining-in-canada-a-historic-view |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=www.identecsolutions.com |language=en}}</ref> [[anhydrite]], [[salt]], [[coal]], [[limestone]], [[Silicon dioxide|silica]], [[sand]], [[quartz]], [[marble]], [[slate]], [[sandstone]], [[granite]], and [[peat]] are also mined.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canada’s Maritimes; don’t overlook this metals-rich region – Resource World Magazine |url=https://resourceworld.com/canadas-maritimes-dont-overlook-this-metals-rich-region/ |access-date=2025-05-02 |language=en-US}}</ref>

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