Terrifyingly Vast

[u/christopherbonis]

So I live in Massachusetts. And from my point of view, Maine is huge. And indeed, it’s larger than the rest of New England combined.

And I also think of Maine as super rural. And indeed, it’s the only state on the eastern seaboard with unorganized territory.

…and then I look northward at the Quebec. And it just fills me a sort of terrified, existential awe at its incomprehensible vastness, intensified by the realization that it’s just one portion of Canada—and not even the largest province/territory.

What on Earth goes on up there in the interior of Quebec? How many lakes have humans never even laid eyes on before—much less fished or explored? What does the topography look like? It’s just so massive, so vast, so remote that it’s hard for me even to wrap my head around.

[u/Culzean_Castle_Is]

Absolutely nothing happens there.

More Polar Bears than humans.

https://preview.redd.it/lupeq5apw1td1.png?width=2024&format=png&auto=webp&s=6fdc4b400a9d04514e46f6b786789207a7ce5e50

[u/simpletonius → u/Culzean_Castle_Is]

Minerals, fish and enough fresh water to turn a desert like the Southwest into a garden. Bit too far away though.

[u/KeyLeadership6819 → u/simpletonius]

And maple sugar, might be worth the effort

[u/IndependentMacaroon → u/simpletonius]

Why don't we take the water and push it somewhere else???

[u/JonnyAU → u/IndependentMacaroon]

Don't give the Americans ideas...