This is naturally a long answer, but I'll keep it brief.
It <em>was</em> the natural resources that brought French colonists to what is now Canada. The fur trade, logging, and the like are what brought more people across the Atlantic.
Immigrants came from mainly Europe, to farm land, fish, mine, etc,.
As you would expect, immigrants grew in numbers - and so did their culture.
For a map of the mountainous area, the elevation has to be 5-100 meters. As the area is a mountain or a hilly upland area, it has a contour interval of 100 meters or more. For a relatively flat area it as to have a C.I of 10 meters or less.
