Natural Landscape Description
Pic 2: The rich red soil close up!
Charlottetown's landforms are quite relaxed and simple. They have rolling hills, a mostly low-lying and flat landscape, a harbour, green spaces beautiful parks such as the Victoria Park. They have very rich red soil because of the high levels of iron-oxide (rust), which gives it the color and the richness from the sedimentary bed rock of soft red sandstone (Refer to Pic. 2 on the left). This landscape is good for building a city there because the land isn't rocky or uneven so it's easy to construct buildings and homes for people. The harbour also attracts people to live in Charlottetown because of it's beauty and it's also a landmark that people can remember the city by. The landscape also isn't too urbanized so it still has that city feeling, but also nature to enjoy. There aren't many challenges that the landscape may present to build a city there except for that the land is good use for farming and using it all for a city would be a waste and that the area isn't very big.
The location of Charlottetown has definitely helped the city grow based on transportation and their bodies of water. They have their own airport which isnt too far away from downtown Charlottetown and an important highway. The Trans Canada Highway runs through Charlottetown so that has attracted people to live in Charlottetown or at least to stop by on their way and visit. The Trans Canada Highway is a big transportation route and is very useful to whoever lives in Charlottetown and wants to travel elsewhere. It is also situated on a natural deep water harbour named after the city, that connects directly to the Northumberland Strait. The Charlottetown harbour splits into three rivers and the two that are beside the city are called the North River and the Hillsborough River. Many ships and boats use the harbour for transportation to get out of the province, as a popular seaport and as a tourist attraction for cruise ships. There are many uses for the close by bodies of water that Charlottetown is lucky enough to have and that has also helped the city grow. (Refer to Pic. 3 below)
The location of Charlottetown has definitely helped the city grow based on transportation and their bodies of water. They have their own airport which isnt too far away from downtown Charlottetown and an important highway. The Trans Canada Highway runs through Charlottetown so that has attracted people to live in Charlottetown or at least to stop by on their way and visit. The Trans Canada Highway is a big transportation route and is very useful to whoever lives in Charlottetown and wants to travel elsewhere. It is also situated on a natural deep water harbour named after the city, that connects directly to the Northumberland Strait. The Charlottetown harbour splits into three rivers and the two that are beside the city are called the North River and the Hillsborough River. Many ships and boats use the harbour for transportation to get out of the province, as a popular seaport and as a tourist attraction for cruise ships. There are many uses for the close by bodies of water that Charlottetown is lucky enough to have and that has also helped the city grow. (Refer to Pic. 3 below)