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Leto 05-25-2006 07:38 AM
trinity bellwoods park?

Charlatan 05-25-2006 07:49 AM
No. This is not in Toronto.

Leto 05-25-2006 08:13 AM
where is it then?





- hahaha - thought i'd try.....

Scorps 05-25-2006 10:22 AM
I'm guessing but there was lots of building like that in Brampton!

Sticky 05-26-2006 06:06 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by james t kirk
Quebec somewhere?
If this was a pic of Quebec you would see at leat 10 other steeples in the skyline.

Charlatan 05-26-2006 06:18 AM
Not in Brampton.

I believe this thread has shown a place that is just across the road from this church.

Sticky 05-26-2006 09:09 AM
Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica Ottawa.

Charlatan 05-26-2006 09:13 AM
Game on Sticky!

(for the record... the Peacekeepers Memorial is directly across the road from this church).

Sticky 05-26-2006 09:22 AM
And Parliament hill is not far off either.


Next:
http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/5619/example23bg.jpg

Charlatan 05-26-2006 09:32 AM
Is that the Sports Hall of Fame on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds in Toronto (former home of the Hockey Hall of Fame)?

Sticky 05-26-2006 10:19 AM
Charlatan you are the Man.

Charlatan 05-26-2006 11:02 AM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...1/b9557a5a.jpg

Bossnass 05-26-2006 11:20 AM
Shrine Peace Memorial. In Toronto. Built by those crazy Freemasons.

Sticky 05-26-2006 11:38 AM
Niagra....

Charlatan 05-26-2006 01:15 PM
Game on Bossnass... did the Buliva Tower give it away? I wish they hadn't torn it down (they tore it down to accomodate the Indy).

BigBen 05-26-2006 01:41 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlatan
Game on Sticky!

(for the record... the Peacekeepers Memorial is directly across the road from this church).
AWWWWWWW.

FUCK ME, I THOUGHT IT LOOKED FAMILIAR. DAMMIT...

Bossnass 05-26-2006 02:31 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlatan
Game on Bossnass... did the Buliva Tower give it away? I wish they hadn't torn it down (they tore it down to accomodate the Indy).
Nope. I think it was torn down before my one and only trip to the CNE. I recalled the statue.

I also had a (black sheep great-half) uncle that was a mason/shriner and saw a picture of him at the dedication in the 60s when my dad and I cleaned out his house a few years ago. He had no immediate family and left 600k+ to the Shriners Hospital.

edit- and now google tells me that that was a relocation and second dedication, the orginal was in the 30s. I guess I didn't recall what was on the plaque.

Bossnass 05-26-2006 02:34 PM
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...ass/bridge.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e218/bossnass/2.jpg

I think the history behind one of these bridges shaped my decision to pursue becoming a CivE.

Bossnass 05-26-2006 02:48 PM
They are very close to one another, at roughly the same height.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...ss/bridges.jpg

Fly 05-26-2006 07:20 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sticky
Charlatan you are the Man.



yeah............


the bastard is good isn't he?


fuckin' eh Charlie!

james t kirk 05-27-2006 12:17 PM
Is that in St. Catherine's Ontario?

Bossnass 05-27-2006 12:57 PM
Nope, these bridges are in a western province.

Scorps 05-27-2006 02:33 PM
Looks like Alberta but don't know where!

james t kirk 05-27-2006 04:35 PM
Looks like a rail road on one side and a road on the other.

Scorps 05-27-2006 09:20 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by james t kirk
Looks like a rail road on one side and a road on the other.
Looks like 2 different bridges side by side now that I look closer!

Fly 05-28-2006 05:34 AM
the Crowsnest Pass route between Lethbridge and Fort Macleod?

Bossnass 05-28-2006 08:46 AM
The bridges are in Alberta, but not between Lethbridge and Fort Macleod.

They are two seperate bridges, of two seperate ages and purposes, running somewhat closely and parallel.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/ed7ff7c1.png

sclocke42 05-28-2006 02:10 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pain Train
I'm guessing but there was lots of building like that in Brampton!

I'd like to call bullshit on this one. there's very little here that is quite that pretty. :)

Sticky 05-30-2006 06:56 AM
I found one of the bridges, now I just have to figure out where it is.

Sticky 05-30-2006 08:11 AM
Hondo, Alberta

Bossnass 05-30-2006 01:55 PM
Sorry. Perhaps one of the bridges looks like one in Hondo. I've heard of Hondo, but other then 'north somewhere towards Lesser Slave', I don't know where Hondo is. The two bridges I'm looking for are not in Hondo.

I thought the logo on my last post was a giveaway.

Sticky 05-31-2006 05:48 AM
This is all I got. It will have to be a help for someone else.
The bridges are near Jasper kind of on the way back to Edmonton.

Here are some other pics:
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/8647/example26fq.jpg
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/7043/example49zv.jpg
http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/4048/example34tg.jpg

Charlatan 05-31-2006 06:17 AM
I'd say those are the bridges...

Sticky 05-31-2006 06:50 AM
ya, but I can't get any more specific on the location.
Maybe this is as specific as Bossnass is looking for or maybe not. If not maybe someone else can figure something out with that logo.

fresnelly 05-31-2006 07:25 AM
The symbol is for the Yellowhead Highway, which runs from Manitoba to BC. I've driven most of it, but I can't place those bridges. Wikipedia has a fine entry for it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowhead_Highway

Charlatan 05-31-2006 07:41 AM
It is the Pembina River Viaduct and The Yellowhead Highway Bridge... which is near Entwhistle, Alberta.

Sticky 05-31-2006 08:26 AM
Charlatan continues to impress.

Bossnass 05-31-2006 12:36 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlatan
It is the Pembina River Viaduct and The Yellowhead Highway Bridge... which is near Entwhistle, Alberta.
Yep. I was sure Sticky was going to get it. The bridges are technically outside of town limits, but they are called the "Entwistle Twin Bridges".


Cool background, to me,
Via Wikipedia, which saves me from typing it out..

Quote:
Originally Posted by Wikipedia
The Pembina River Viaduct

The Grand Trunk Pacific railway bridge whose construction caused Entwistle to spring up is still in operation today. It is a vital part of the Canadian National Railway main line, connecting Canada to the Pacific Ocean. An average of 20 trains travel across it per day. The trestle itself is 910 feet long and 214 feet high. It was the first steel railway trestle built in Western Canada. It is currently the second-highest railway trestle in Western Canada.

Construction on the bridge began in 1908. As there were no cranes big enough to carry steel back then, a massive false bridge and scaffolding was built out of wood. The steel bridge itself was completely pre-fabricated in Scotland. The Scottish engineers assembled the bridge in Scotland, ran their tests on it, and then carefully dismantled it. The bridge was shipped piece-by-piece across the Atlantic, and brought out to Entwistle on the railway. The pieces began arriving in 1909, and the steel bridge was slowly assembled. The engineers’ measurements were so accurate, that no modifications were needed on site. [2]

As the steel structure was laid in place, the wooden scaffolding and false bridge were gradually dismantled. Construction was completed in 1910. As it nears the end of its first century of use, it has required no major repairs; only routine maintenance.
.....

The Yellowhead Highway Bridge

Equally impressive is the Yellowhead Highway Bridge, running parallel to the Pembina River Viaduct.
...
The bridge is 207 feet high and approximately 900 feet long. It cost $1.7 million. When construction was finished in 1962, it was the highest highway bridge in Alberta.
I have a local history book that has a section on how much of a challange the viaduct was; for lack of steel production (due to demands in Chicago and New York), for lack of precision (Not enough engineers on the frontier), and for lack of methods/cranes. The scaffolding alone was a major project.

Charlatan 05-31-2006 12:57 PM
I wouldn't have gotten it if it wasn't for Sticky and Fresnelly (by the way, welcome back Fresnelly!).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...1/451aaf65.jpg

Leto 05-31-2006 01:24 PM
This is a nice picture, I like the composition... is it something obvious, i mean in that would a closer shot give it away?

Charlatan 05-31-2006 01:54 PM
If nobody gets it I will post something closer.

Sticky 05-31-2006 02:22 PM
Wow, that is a hard one.

Scorps 05-31-2006 03:31 PM
The pic is hard to make out..!

fresnelly 05-31-2006 04:20 PM
Beats me. Do the bars on the windows make it a jail of some sort?

Charlatan 05-31-2006 04:25 PM
OK.

Here is a closer shot.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...1/89aa2802.jpg

Leto 05-31-2006 06:37 PM
I wonder if it is a remnant of the old Riverdale Zoo.

Charlatan 06-01-2006 04:43 AM
Game on Leto!

This can be found on the grounds of what is now the Riverdale Farm. Interestingly, most descriptions of the Farm mention other buildings and structures that are left over from when it was known as the Riverdale Zoo (most of it was torn down when the Zoo moved to Scarborough) but they do not mention this odd little gem.

Riverdale Farm History of Riverdale Farm

Sticky 06-01-2006 05:43 AM
does anybody else not see all the localized boards on the main Forum page?

Scorps 06-01-2006 10:33 AM
I was gonna say that zoo to...oh well to slow once again!

Leto 06-02-2006 03:19 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sticky
does anybody else not see all the localized boards on the main Forum page?
I thought it was my session that was screwing up. Then I found out that Halx has re-jigged the Forum. I sent a request into Amonkie to have this trhead resurrected and so Halx placed it in Tilted Nonsense. I don't know how you guys found it after the regional threads were moved tho...

I tried to send a PM to Charlatan (but your message count is full)...


So, going to look for a pic.

Leto 06-02-2006 03:22 AM
where is this?

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0/2f1b996c.jpg

Fly 06-02-2006 04:01 AM
that's the angels clubhouse in downtown toronto.



and if i'm right........can someone please take my spot,as i'm quite busy today.


thanks guys

fresnelly 06-02-2006 05:03 AM
Correct you are flyman! Down on Eastern Ave, just west of Logan Ave.

Leto, I had the same idea to use this for the thread, but nerves kept me from taking a photo. You're a brave man!

Apparently, those "planters" out front are actully heavily reinforced barricades that can prevent a SWAT team tank from busting in.

fresnelly 06-02-2006 05:35 AM
Ok, due to flyman being busy, here's a photo. It shouldn't be too hard.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...s/where100.jpg

Leto 06-02-2006 12:07 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by fresnelly
Correct you are flyman! Down on Eastern Ave, just west of Logan Ave.

Leto, I had the same idea to use this for the thread, but nerves kept me from taking a photo. You're a brave man!

Apparently, those "planters" out front are actully heavily reinforced barricades that can prevent a SWAT team tank from busting in.

haha, I was thinking the same thing. But I used my nifty new phone (not as good as Charlatan's mind you - I got one of those sony-ericsons with the walkman in it) and I thought that I would hold it up to the car window as I drove by.

so, yes, game on ...

Leto 06-02-2006 12:16 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlatan
Game on Leto!

This can be found on the grounds of what is now the Riverdale Farm. Interestingly, most descriptions of the Farm mention other buildings and structures that are left over from when it was known as the Riverdale Zoo (most of it was torn down when the Zoo moved to Scarborough) but they do not mention this odd little gem.

Riverdale Farm History of Riverdale Farm
You know Charlatan, I remember going to the old zoo as a kid. Some of the things that stick out in my memory are the smell and noise of the monkey house, and the polar bear pen. The polar bear would be walking around its enclosure, doing a circuit forwards then backwards. It would then pause under a pipe which was sticking out of the wall, dripping water, and have a drink. My dad said that it had gone crazy from being stuck in the small pen.

The new zoo was such a departure form the victorian era facility, but I think it is a shame that thebuildings weren't preserved on the Riverdale site.

Sticky 06-04-2006 11:00 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Leto
I thought it was my session that was screwing up. Then I found out that Halx has re-jigged the Forum. I sent a request into Amonkie to have this trhead resurrected and so Halx placed it in Tilted Nonsense. I don't know how you guys found it after the regional threads were moved tho...

I tried to send a PM to Charlatan (but your message count is full)...


So, going to look for a pic.

The thread has been resusrected. The Localized boards are still missing from the main forums page and from the dropdowns.
If you will have the link in your history, it is still possible to go directly to the Canada board.

fresnelly, that is the Casino de Montréal

fresnelly 06-04-2006 05:52 PM
Sticky takes it! Game on.

(thank goodness)

Sticky 06-05-2006 05:48 AM
OK.

I will give hints if this is too hard.
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/2923/example10oj.jpg

Charlatan 06-05-2006 04:08 PM
It is Upper Canada Village...

That is an example of a tenant farm.

Sticky 06-06-2006 05:25 AM
Charlatan, how do you dot it?

You're up

Charlatan 06-06-2006 06:28 AM
My first guess was Black Creek Pioneer Village... then I checked Upper Canada Village...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...1/f86db716.jpg

fresnelly 06-06-2006 06:32 AM
Paging Dr. Pain Train. Paging Dr. Pain Train. ;)

aberkok 06-06-2006 06:33 PM
Glenora Ferry?

Charlatan 06-07-2006 03:37 AM
Game on aberkok!

Leto 06-07-2006 10:04 AM
dammit ... too slow. I've got a great pic of the glenora, and the apple trees nearby... If I can find it, i'll post it for fun.

aberkok 06-07-2006 08:32 PM
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c1...k/S3000021.jpg

I'd make it more difficult, but I'm running out of places in Canada!

Scorps 06-07-2006 09:53 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by fresnelly
Paging Dr. Pain Train. Paging Dr. Pain Train. ;)

Oh damn I missed it, to busy working. I though that was the Walf Island Ferry but its bigger!

Leto 06-08-2006 03:14 AM
toronto zoo aberkok?

aberkok 06-08-2006 05:50 AM
Game on Leto mosquito!

Leto 06-08-2006 07:08 AM
cool. That was an ass-worthy guess! I was going by the pathways.

here we go, what and where is this:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0/5c5a55fa.jpg

Charlatan 06-08-2006 07:25 AM
That is just off the DVP... in Toronto.

They look like big molars or ponderous, headless elephants... but they are living sculpture.

They actively filter water pumped in from the Don River. They were paid for by the company that makes the plastic out of which they are made.

Leto 06-08-2006 12:01 PM
Game on Charlatan. Yes we always call them the teeth of the DVP... and they do filter water. I think I got a link somewhere.


Link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lonepri...7594080470894/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lonepri...7594080470894/


some text: Believe it or not, these sculptures are actually a water purification device. They pass water through ground-up plastic bottles (among other things) to catch the impurities in water before returning it to the Don River. About a half dozen of these stand on either side of the Don Valley Parkway, which you can see running just behind these figures.

Scorps 06-08-2006 01:28 PM
Wierd never seen them, they new? Havn't been in that part of town for like 4 years now!

Charlatan 06-08-2006 01:46 PM
They have been there for a more than four years... I'd say more like 10.

I really like this shot... wish I'd taken it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...1/bcbd4e98.jpg

Bossnass 06-08-2006 04:47 PM
The spire looks like Halifax City Hall.

Fly 06-08-2006 05:40 PM
yup...........very cool pic Charlie...........


wish i knew where it was.



.........and i'm glad we got our Canada thread back too.....


:thumbsup:

Charlatan 06-08-2006 05:41 PM
Game on Bossnass!

Bossnass 06-08-2006 06:27 PM
I didn't think that my guess was going to be correct.

In the spirit of pointy things.


http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/30028f7c.jpg

Leto 06-09-2006 07:39 PM
is this in Halifax too?

Bossnass 06-09-2006 10:05 PM
Nope. Ontario, since my Alberta bridges almost killed Sticky.

And since I've realized I don't know the name of this chuch the town name will do just fine.

Leto 06-10-2006 04:28 AM
Brockville

Charlatan 06-10-2006 04:41 AM
Brockville or Gananoque... That would be my guess.

Bossnass 06-10-2006 06:26 AM
Brockville it is, Game on Leto.

I thought that slate roof would get someone to guess Gananoque too.

Leto 06-10-2006 07:35 PM
whoa! okay ... here goes:

it should be easy to easterners & westerners ...
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0/a9a2758f.jpg

Charlatan 06-11-2006 03:20 AM
Haha!

I go by this everyday on the way to work. The south east corner of Queen and John Streets. Home of CityTV, MuchMusic and the entire family of Chum Specialty Channels and Speakers Corner.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...1/feb541a0.jpg

Leto 06-12-2006 07:18 PM
I'm thinking that this is a statue of Sir John A.

Possibly Kingston? would that be Lake Ontario Park?

Charlatan 06-13-2006 04:23 AM
Right guy, wrong place.

Sticky 06-13-2006 06:44 AM
Victoria Park Regina
(thanks Leto)

Leto 06-13-2006 07:45 AM
:thumbsup:

have a gin...

Charlatan 06-13-2006 08:08 AM
Game on Sticky! (where is that Ben... this was supposed to be won by the guy who lives in the big rectangle in the middle)

Sticky 06-13-2006 08:18 AM
mmm rectangles.

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/7691/example35au.jpg

fresnelly 06-13-2006 08:27 AM
Avon Theatre in Stratford, Ontario!

Charlatan 06-13-2006 08:36 AM
Go theatre boy!!! :lol:

fresnelly 06-13-2006 08:42 AM
Next up: (not a theatre ;))

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...sts/bldg25.jpg

Bossnass 06-13-2006 01:42 PM
Butterdome (Van Vliet Centre/Universade Pavilion). Edmonton, AB. About 30 seconds from here.

fresnelly 06-13-2006 01:50 PM
Bingo! Mmm, Butter.

Game on Bossnass

Bossnass 06-13-2006 02:07 PM
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/fdd22132.jpg

splck 06-13-2006 02:50 PM
Is that Harrison lake?

Bossnass 06-13-2006 03:29 PM
Yes. Yes it is. Game on.


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