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Chapter.24The EconoY1. Natural ResourcesCanada possesses rich and vast natural resources which are signifi-cant in the Canadian economy. Water is one of the most important natural resources in Canada.Its waterways such as the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes andthe great rivers of western Canada had a very important effect on theexploration and settlement of the country and on its later industrialexpansion.Resource-based industries could not have developed without these.indispensable arteries. Many of them are great suppliers of hydro-electric power and St. Lawrence Seaway remains a princip