Ia Orana Ross,

From Bora Bora !!!

Nana,
Marie
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De : Ross Mayhew <[log in to unmask]>
À : [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date : lundi 27 novembre 2000 19:28
Objet : Re: Bora-Bora


>Sometimes i WISH i was in Bora-Bora for a little while - i can take the
cold,
>but certainly don't mind a bit of heat every now and then :--}.
>
>Regarding "boreal" as it applies to the east coast of North America, the
faunal
>province from New England to southern New Brunswick and SW Nova Scotia is
>referred to as "Acadian", after the french Acadians who once populated the
>northern part of this territory (ok, there are some still here, but there
used
>to be a lot more!): it is charactarized by mixed forests - spruce, fir,
maple,
>oak, birch, poplar, etc.  Some also carry this label through to the marine
>province which includes the Scotian Shelf and the Southern  Gulf of St.
Lawrence
>- the warm pocket around PEI. True Boreal territory extends from the
central
>Gulf to Ungava Bay, including all of Newfoundland and Labrador, although
there
>is at least one boreal fauna marine "outpost" or remnant off SW Nova Scotia
that
>i found a few years ago, but which nobody around here cares about one
scintilla
>- perhaps because i never published: - "If it isn't published, it may as
well
>not exist"!!
>
>STILL from the Great Wet North,
>Ross.