THE NORTHEASTERN STATES THE NORTHEASTERN STATES • Maine • Delaware • Pennsylvania • New Hampshire • Vermont • New York • Massachusetts • Rhode Island • Connecticut • New Jersey • Maryland • *District of Columbia- Not a state or a city, but it is a territory owned by the United States. It is the capitol of the United States. The President of the United DC States and many major national government offices are in the territory. MAJOR CITIES IN THE NORTHEAST Philadelphia, PA Baltimore, MD Pittsburgh, PA New York City, NY Boston, MA CLIMATE OF THE NORTHEAST The Northeast has long, cold winters. These winters often consist of heavy snow and storms. Summers in the northeast are often short, with warm temperatures. GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES OF THE NORTHEAST Rivers: Waterfalls • Delaware River • Hudson River • Niagara Falls • Kennebec River Archipelago (a group of islands) • Connecticut River • Outer Lands (off of NY, MA, RI) Mountains: • Adirondack Mountains Lakes • Appalachian Mountains • Catskill Mountains • Lake Champlain, VT and NY • Pocono Mountains • Great Lakes Coast Plains: • Lake Ontario • Oceans • Lake Erie • Atlantic Ocean Bays • Chesapeake Bay • New York Bay • Cape Cod Bay Adirondack Mountains, New York Catskills Mountains, New York Chesapeake Bay Hudson River Lake Champlain Niagara Falls Mount Washington Granite quarry in New Hampshire PRODUCTS AND NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE NORTHEAST Fishing • Lobster Minerals • Clams • Iron • Many varieties of fish • Coal Farming • Granite • Corn • Marble • Apples • Milk • Birds • Cranberries, • Blueberries • Potatoes Timber • Evergreens (for building houses, making paper, furniture) Maple Syrup Middleborough is one of a half Claims to Fame dozen towns in southeastern Massachusetts that claim the moniker of "Cranberry Capital of the world.". It is the location of Ocean Spray's headquarters, the former location of one of its • The town of Hammondtown, NJ has processing plants, and has declared their town to be “The significant acreage devoted to the Blueberry Capital of the World”. bogs and associated facilities and Residents of Hammondtown feel that lands. their small town produces the best blueberries in the world. Pass the syrup! Vermont is the nation’s leading producer of maple syrup. Producing nearly 2 million gallons of syrup in 2017, Vermont generates 47 percent of the country’s maple syrup. New England clam chowder is the most well-known and popular clam chowder. Though it's named after New England and associated most with Massachusetts and Maine, food historians believe that French or Nova Scotian settlers introduced the soup to the area. Maine is the largest lobster-producing state in the nation Companies of the Northeast Pennsylvania District of Columbia Maryland New York City Massachusetts LANDMARKS OF THE NORTHEAST NATURAL LANDMARKS MANMADE LANDMARKS • Niagara Falls • Statue of Liberty • Mount Washington • Independence Hall • Acadia National Park • West Quoddy Lighthouse • Plymouth Rock • Erie Canal • Dinosaur St. Park • Liberty Bell • Mohegan Bluffs • Hershey Park • United States Capitol Building • Washington Monument • Chesapeake Bay Bridge • White House Acadia National Park Central Park, New York City United States Capital, District of Columbia Dinosaur Park Dinosaur Park is a natural history preserve occupying 80 acres in the town of Rocky Hill, Connecticut. The state park protects one of the largest dinosaur track sites in North America. Empire State Building, New York City, NY Independence Hall, Philadelphia, PA Erie Canal The Erie Canal is a 363-mile waterway that connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River in upstate New York. The channel, which traverses New York state from Albany to Buffalo on Lake Erie, was considered an engineering marvel when it first opened in 1825. Hershey Park, Pennsylvania Jefferson Monument, District of Columbia Liberty Bell Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mohegan Park, Connecticut Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts Plymouth Rock is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in December 1620. White House, District of Columbia West Quoddy Lighthouse, Maine Washington Monument, District of Columbia Statue of Liberty New York City, NY.