The Churchill Craton is the northwestern section of the Canadian Shield, an ancient and stable block of continental crust stretching from southern Saskatchewan and Alberta north to Nunavut. Its Archean-age Western Churchill province records a complicated and protracted tectonic history, marking a major change in the craton own structural development over time. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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The Churchill Craton is the northwest section of the Canadian Shield and stretches from southern Saskatchewan and Alberta to northern Nunavut.
Wikidata: Churchill Craton
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