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Old 02-01-2006, 02:10 PM   #641 (permalink)
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Looks like the Sydney Royal Botanic Garden.
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Old 02-01-2006, 02:26 PM   #642 (permalink)
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Looks like the Sydney Royal Botanic Garden.
This answer is closer than the zoo, but not it.
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Old 02-01-2006, 02:39 PM   #643 (permalink)
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Isn't that the Official Diefenbaker Memorial Cold War Bomb Shelter? The Diefenbunker?
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Old 02-01-2006, 02:41 PM   #644 (permalink)
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Isn't that the Official Lester B. Pearson Memorial Cold War Bomb Shelter?
Nope. ducks and covers
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Old 02-01-2006, 03:04 PM   #645 (permalink)
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Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton, Alberta...


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Old 02-01-2006, 03:08 PM   #646 (permalink)
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Old 02-01-2006, 03:14 PM   #647 (permalink)
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At one time I thought I might work here...
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Old 02-01-2006, 04:52 PM   #648 (permalink)
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The roof of CBC headquarters at Wellington and John?
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Old 02-01-2006, 04:58 PM   #649 (permalink)
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No. Interesting guess. Not really close.
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Old 02-01-2006, 08:08 PM   #650 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 02-02-2006, 04:15 AM   #651 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 02-02-2006, 05:05 AM   #652 (permalink)
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thats not the Sleeman Brewing Company, is it?
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Old 02-02-2006, 05:19 AM   #653 (permalink)
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No. Wrong province, wrong business.
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Old 02-02-2006, 06:28 AM   #654 (permalink)
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Here is another picture of the building:



and one of it under construction:
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Old 02-02-2006, 08:31 AM   #655 (permalink)
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Some tasks that are done inside this building:


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Old 02-02-2006, 08:46 AM   #656 (permalink)
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telus data centre in Vancouver?
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Old 02-02-2006, 08:48 AM   #657 (permalink)
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The Grateful Dead Live Recording Archives?

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

Is this some sort of film archive?

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

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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?
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Old 02-02-2006, 09:04 AM   #658 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 02-02-2006, 09:10 AM   #659 (permalink)
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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?
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Old 02-02-2006, 09:11 AM   #660 (permalink)
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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.

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Old 02-02-2006, 09:14 AM   #661 (permalink)
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The Winnipeg Folk Festival at Bird's Hill Park
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Old 02-02-2006, 09:15 AM   #662 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 02-02-2006, 09:24 AM   #663 (permalink)
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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...
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Old 02-02-2006, 10:01 AM   #664 (permalink)
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Right kind of event - wrong town. Look closer.
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Old 02-02-2006, 10:33 AM   #665 (permalink)
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I'm pretty sure that's the Edmonton Folk Music Festival.
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Old 02-02-2006, 10:35 AM   #666 (permalink)
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It's Edmonton. The Muttart Conservatory is visible in the background.

So the Edmonton Folk Festival.

EDIT - Damn. Skier beat me to the punch...
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Old 02-02-2006, 10:42 AM   #667 (permalink)
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That's right Skier. And good eye Martian!

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

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Old 02-02-2006, 10:44 AM   #668 (permalink)
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Alright next up:


Bonus points for where I was standing.
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Old 02-02-2006, 10:48 AM   #669 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 02-02-2006, 10:51 AM   #670 (permalink)
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Nice try, but that's not it. It is a ski resort though.
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Old 02-02-2006, 11:12 AM   #671 (permalink)
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Hmm. Sunshine on Goats Eye?
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Old 02-02-2006, 11:18 AM   #672 (permalink)
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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).
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Old 02-02-2006, 11:22 AM   #673 (permalink)
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Hmm. Sunshine on Goats Eye?
Check on sunshine. Game on.

Was taken from continental divide.
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Old 02-02-2006, 02:53 PM   #674 (permalink)
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Old 02-02-2006, 02:58 PM   #675 (permalink)
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Wow, it's one I know! That's the giant nickel in Sudbury.
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Old 02-02-2006, 03:01 PM   #676 (permalink)
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I can't imagine there are too many Canadians who couldn't get that one... but how many have actually been there?
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Old 02-02-2006, 03:06 PM   #677 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 02-02-2006, 03:21 PM   #678 (permalink)
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Next up...

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Old 02-02-2006, 03:26 PM   #679 (permalink)
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That's in Lindsay, Ontario... I am there frequently enough.
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Old 02-02-2006, 03:28 PM   #680 (permalink)
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