Moose are found in Canadian forests from the Alaska boundary to the eastern tip of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is estimated that there are between 500 000 and 1 million moose in Canada. Since the beginning of settlement in Canada there have been considerable shifts in the distribution of moose. They are found in many regions which had no moose in presettlement days. There are now large moose populations in north-central Ontario and in the southern part of British Columbia, where moose were previously unknown. They have only recently spread to the Quebec North Shore, north of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The island of Newfoundland, which had never been occupied by moose, was "seeded" with a few pairs in the early 1900s and now has large populations. Moose are constantly spreading northwards through the sparse transition forest that extends to the open tundra.
Moose are mainly found in Canada. It is approximated that there is roughly five-hundred thousand to one million Moose in Canadian regions. Moose have been rapidly distributing as well, there are Moose in areas that have never even seen a Moose before. Areas such as northern central Ontario and the southern part of British Columbia. The main idea is that Moose are invariably spreading northwards through the sparse forest leading to the open tundra.
"Range." Hinterland Who's Who. Web. 09 Nov. 2010. <http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=93>.
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