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Charlatan 02-01-2006 02:10 PM
Looks like the Sydney Royal Botanic Garden.

fresnelly 02-01-2006 02:26 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlatan
Looks like the Sydney Royal Botanic Garden.
This answer is closer than the zoo, but not it.

Lucifer 02-01-2006 02:39 PM
Isn't that the Official Diefenbaker Memorial Cold War Bomb Shelter? The Diefenbunker?

fresnelly 02-01-2006 02:41 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucifer
Isn't that the Official Lester B. Pearson Memorial Cold War Bomb Shelter?
Nope. ducks and covers

Charlatan 02-01-2006 03:04 PM
Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton, Alberta...


http://a1259.g.akamai.net/f/1259/558...0/10253594.jpg

Bossnass 02-01-2006 03:08 PM
I used to have a view of the pyramids from my apartment.

Charlatan 02-01-2006 03:14 PM
At one time I thought I might work here...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...1/f33ccacb.jpg

fresnelly 02-01-2006 04:52 PM
The roof of CBC headquarters at Wellington and John?

Charlatan 02-01-2006 04:58 PM
No. Interesting guess. Not really close.

Leto 02-01-2006 08:08 PM
That Muttart Conservatory looks really interesting. I would love to go there. Speaking of plant collections and the Toronto Zoo, On the many tours that I have taken there, they always point out that their indignous (to the various ecological zones) plant collection is by far more valuable than their animal collection.

Charlatan 02-02-2006 04:15 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Leto
That Muttart Conservatory looks really interesting. I would love to go there. Speaking of plant collections and the Toronto Zoo, On the many tours that I have taken there, they always point out that their indignous (to the various ecological zones) plant collection is by far more valuable than their animal collection.
I agree, it does look cool. I haven't taken a tour of the zoo since they closed the train, usually we just wander. I knew they had the plants I didn't know their value. Neat.

Lucifer 02-02-2006 05:05 AM
thats not the Sleeman Brewing Company, is it?

Charlatan 02-02-2006 05:19 AM
No. Wrong province, wrong business.

Charlatan 02-02-2006 06:28 AM
Here is another picture of the building:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...1/a2a33b41.jpg

and one of it under construction:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...1/9a697f4b.jpg

Charlatan 02-02-2006 08:31 AM
Some tasks that are done inside this building:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...1/ec2ef135.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...1/cc225564.jpg

Leto 02-02-2006 08:46 AM
telus data centre in Vancouver?

fresnelly 02-02-2006 08:48 AM
The Grateful Dead Live Recording Archives?

OK, that's in the States, but it's run by a Canadian :thumbsup:

Is this some sort of film archive?

EDIT: Found it. It's the National Archives Preservation Centre in Gatineau PQ.

Quote:
Over 71 000 hours of short and full-length films, documentaries, silent films and "talkies", in black and white and in colour. The oldest film in our collection was made in 1897;
Over 2.5 million architectural drawings, plans and maps, some of which date back to the beginning of the 16th century;
About 3.18 million megabytes of information in electronic formats, including more than 9500 Canadian periodicals and books available online;
Millions of books in various languages for all tastes and ages, from rare first editions and livres d'artiste to children's classics and popular fiction;
Over 21.3 million photographic images, captured since the 1850s;
Textual records and publications for federal, provincial, territorial and foreign governments;
Over 270 000 hours of video and sound recordings;
Over 343 000 works of art, including watercolours, sketches, miniatures, oil paintings and caricatures;
The largest collection of Canadian sheet music in the world, documentation related to music in Canada and about 200 000 recordings on disks and records of all formats, piano rolls, reels and spools, and eight-track tapes;
The Canadian Postal Archives;
An impressive collection of medals, seals, posters and coats of arms;
Textual archives for various individuals and groups who have contributed to Canada's cultural, social, economic and political development;
National, provincial and territorial newspapers from across Canada, from dailies to student newspapers, and from Aboriginal magazines to ethnic community newsletters;
Periodicals, microfilms, manuscripts and theses; and
Portraits of over one million Canadians since 1710.


What job could you have had?

Charlatan 02-02-2006 09:04 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by fresnelly
It's the National Archives Preservation Centre in Gatineau PQ. What job could you have had?
You are correct.

A couple of my friends who were in Film Studies landed jobs there as film archivists. Another friend was (and I think still is) a programmer for the film archives screenings.

At one point I gave serious thought to following their example... instead I followed my girlfriend (now wife) back to Toronto.

Leto 02-02-2006 09:10 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlatan
You are correct.

A couple of my friends who were in Film Studies landed jobs there as film archivists. Another friend was (and I think still is) a programmer for the film archives screenings.

At one point I gave serious thought to following their example... instead I followed my girlfriend (now wife) back to Toronto.

very cool. Is this all film? is there a move to convert to digital and perhaps make it available to the public via web access?

fresnelly 02-02-2006 09:11 AM
We're richer for it.:)

You should be able to guess the city in this photo pretty easily, but I'd like either the name of the (awesome) event, or the name of the venue.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...osts/event.jpg

Charlatan 02-02-2006 09:14 AM
The Winnipeg Folk Festival at Bird's Hill Park

Charlatan 02-02-2006 09:15 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Leto
very cool. Is this all film? is there a move to convert to digital and perhaps make it available to the public via web access?
Some of that is film, some video tape... I understand that there is a move to digitize everything. I don't know what the timetable is on that though.

Leto 02-02-2006 09:24 AM
awesome.

I have to say, this thread is educational, AND fun!

*it's very neat to see how cities such as Winnipeg, Calgary have changed since I last drove through them circa 1984...

fresnelly 02-02-2006 10:01 AM
Right kind of event - wrong town. Look closer.

skier 02-02-2006 10:33 AM
I'm pretty sure that's the Edmonton Folk Music Festival.

Martian 02-02-2006 10:35 AM
It's Edmonton. The Muttart Conservatory is visible in the background.

So the Edmonton Folk Festival.

EDIT - Damn. Skier beat me to the punch...

fresnelly 02-02-2006 10:42 AM
That's right Skier. And good eye Martian!

I've been to it twice and it's truly a magical musical experience.

Game on...

skier 02-02-2006 10:44 AM
Alright next up:
http://www.myfilehut.com/userfiles/19800/Mountains.JPG

Bonus points for where I was standing.

Martian 02-02-2006 10:48 AM
Just a shot in the dark - Whistler, BC?

No idea where you'd be standing though. Them mountains, they all looks the same to me.

skier 02-02-2006 10:51 AM
Nice try, but that's not it. It is a ski resort though.

fresnelly 02-02-2006 11:12 AM
Hmm. Sunshine on Goats Eye?

Charlatan 02-02-2006 11:18 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by fresnelly
Right kind of event - wrong town. Look closer.
I was looking at the stage rather than the skyline... Doh! That looks like the same stage in Winnipeg (probably is).
http://static.flickr.com/23/24636744_138b37a88a_m.jpg

skier 02-02-2006 11:22 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by fresnelly
Hmm. Sunshine on Goats Eye?
Check on sunshine. Game on.

Was taken from continental divide.

fresnelly 02-02-2006 02:53 PM
Sorry for the delay...

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

Martian 02-02-2006 02:58 PM
Wow, it's one I know! That's the giant nickel in Sudbury.

Charlatan 02-02-2006 03:01 PM
I can't imagine there are too many Canadians who couldn't get that one... but how many have actually been there?

Martian 02-02-2006 03:06 PM
I have family in Sudbury. I've seen that damn thing in person.. for some reason I didn't think it was all too impressive.

I've rarely been out of Ontario, but I've seen a lot of the towns that are here. Eventually something was going to click.

Martian 02-02-2006 03:21 PM
Next up...

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c110/TGFM/clock.jpg

Charlatan 02-02-2006 03:26 PM
That's in Lindsay, Ontario... I am there frequently enough.

Charlatan 02-02-2006 03:28 PM
Next:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../IMG_0727a.jpg


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