castle hill entrance?

Charlatan is once again on the right track...There is a fort there. I want the name of the fort. Jeez, some people need it all spelled out for them...

Along the road to fort amherst?

close but wrong side of the harbour.

Am I being too picky? please advise...

well... how about Fort Townsend? talk about a toughie...

Fort Chain Rock or maybe Fort William?

I was actually looking for Fort Waldegrave. this marker is at the bottom of the Signal Hill road just about where you turn off the main road for the walking trails that lead out to the old Forts and batteries. Signal Hill was armed intermittently from 1696 to 1945. This is excerpted from an excellent site Newfoundland Forts:

Several batteries were located here including, Battery Waldegrave (built on the site of the old North Castle Battery) a two-gun battery complementing Chain Rock Battery, Queen's Battery (1796 - 1870) above North Head, Wallace's Battery, Duke of York's Battery (site), and Carronade Battery. All of these were built during the Napoleonic Wars (1800 - 1815). French forces from Placentia captured St. John's in 1696, 1705, and 1709. The French briefly held the town again in 1762. The British (who may have called it Fort St. John's) captured and used the hill to bomb the French-held Fort William. This was the last battle of the French and Indian / Seven Years' War in North America. The British viewed the Hill as a final retreat for Forts William and Townshend. A blockhouse was built here in 1795. It was demolished in 1810 to plan for a Martello Tower, which was never built. New barracks were built on the hill and at Queen's Battery in the 1830's. The Hill was refortified during the American Civil War. British forces left in 1870. The Cabot Tower was built in 1897 for Queen Victoria's birthday celebration. It is not a defensive structure, but may have been used as a lookout.
Fort Waldegrave (the old battery dismantled 1868, rebuilt 1916) was used in World War I (1916 - 1920). The barracks became a dance hall, but were eventually torn down. The two 4.7-inch guns that were here were transferred to Fort Amherst in 1941. The gun area is now a parking lot.
The Americans built two coastal defence batteries here in 1941, each consisting of an 8-inch M1888 gun on a M1918 barbette carriage, located at the present-day parking lot for Cabot Tower. The two guns were removed and relocated to Redcliff Head in 1942. A battery of four 155mm guns on panama mounts was located here, until moved to Middle Cove and Manuels. This position was considered a subpost of Fort Pepperrell

well.... I went with townsend based on the limited information that I could find eg this linky: http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/nl/signa...l/histor_e.asp

snip from above:

"In June 1762, the French again captured St. John's, this time to strengthen France's bargaining position after the loss of Louisbourg and Québec. In September, the British reclaimed the Town when Lieutenant-Colonel William Amherst advanced on St. John's from Torbay. By taking Signal Hill first, Amherst had a strategic advantage over the French at Fort William. They surrendered after a night of mortar bombardment from the Hill. Fort Townsend was built in the 1770s, out of range of Signal Hill's guns. "

skimming throught the words found townsend, but not waldegrave.

at least Charlatan got Fort William....

Would anybody mind if I posted a pic, to keep the ball rolling? No? okay here goes:

This should be easy, and segues nicely with the fort theme:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0/ac2f12c0.jpg

THAT is Confederation Park, Kingston!!

Game on Aberkok!

I had to dig in my archives for that one. I took it in the winter of '79, so there may be a few differences, but not significant. For example, you can see two of the (how many? 4? 5? ) Martello towers that dot the Kingston shoreline. These two (one at the marina here, and one in the distance by Fort Henry/RMC) are what were referred to in the posting above by Lucifer in the discussion of Fort Waldegrave...

These made for a nice visual backdrop to undergrad shenanigans..

Probably won't be too hard...
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c1...ok/nicetry.jpg

Banff, Alberta

Yeah - the grounds in front of the Banff Centre Dining Hall. Right?

Game on, Fresnelly! Charlatan, obviously you were right, but not as specific.

...I suck at this game...

score= aberkok: 2

Yay! I've got to get to Newfoundland. I really drew a blank on those. :rolleyes:

Here's a fun series:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...osts/boom2.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...osts/boom1.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...osts/boom3.jpg

That the RC Harris water filtration plant on the shores of Toronto in the Beaches. They must have been making a movie.

It is a gorgeous building:
http://mk31.image.pbase.com/u4/frank....hallwaybw.jpg
http://misheli.image.pbase.com/u4/fr...3.fountain.jpg
http://k43.pbase.com/u/frankl/upload/313775.occulus.jpg
http://k43.pbase.com/u/frankl/upload...uffyclouds.jpg
http://k41.pbase.com/u/frankl/upload...sovoir.jpg.jpg


PS: I too had no idea how many forts there were in St. John's

It's a funky place

yes, I've wanted to get to the rock to take in Dildo Days....


so, is it game on to Charlatan?

Right on Charlatan. The filtration plant served as the Secret Headquarters of "The Man" in Undercover Brother, which was filmed in all the usual places in Toronto. She done blowed up real good.

These shots were taken by the fire safety company that oversaw the shoot: http://www.fufs.ca

This should be easy:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...1/IMG_0933.jpg

somewhere in Montreal? (Bloody Habs)

No... not in Montreal.

wait, that building in the background looks familiar. Kind of like the federal building at Yonge & sheppard, but there's so much open space around it.

Could it be in Ottawa?

Gatineau; Jacques Cartier Park.

My cousin just finished up work on the Rocket movie.

Game on Bossnass...

Stolen without permission from a website, since I'm no where near any of my photos. I don't even know if it is a good photo, since this old utility word processing station appears to be running in 16 colours. But I've been there, and I'd guess Charlatan has too.

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

A hint for all you early rising more easterly time zone types.

In an Ontario town, a smallish place, known for its limestone buildings. Has a solid nickname that would be a total giveaway, if I haven't already.

okay... Kingston is known as the Limestone city... but it's not that smallish. That building looks like a mix of dolomitic and marine limestone. There is a fairly well known building that has that attribute around kingston... * off to check my friend google...


* edit: a few hours later: I'm stymied. And not getting any work done. looked around for limestone buildings that are museums, libraries, masonic temples, firehalls in small town ontario... gotta go back to work.

That's St. Mary's town hall... though I don't know what the nickname of the town is I do know St. Mary's Cement (my Dad used to haul sand and gravel for a living).

Edit: Just checked. The Stone Town is the nickname. Brian1975 would have got this one easy, if he was playing...

St. John's, Nfld airport

Nope... It isn't there.

Iqaluit airport?

Oops, I missed your post Leto... game on!

(I figured we've done something from each of the provinces so it was time to head north).

cool. I've never been there myself. Been tempted to cash in my aeroplan miles just to visit it tho.

so, I have this picture that is kind of neat that I want to share with the country:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0/60378cd4.jpg

Toronto, back side of the Gooderham and Worts building (also called the flatiron building). When I was a bike courier I would often drop packages at Toronto Life (just across the road) and then have lunch in the park.

There is a very cool and ancient elevator inside. They have a full time elevator operator that runs it.

http://www.cestwhat.com/images/flatiron.jpg

It is a very cool building, and I think it is one of the best 'back-sides' to any building that I've seen. I mean, what else can you do, with the front being so dramatic?

By the way, here is my recent pic of it to compare to yours:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0/32911eaa.jpg

Remember the name of the pub that used to be in the basement?

I know where those pillars are. I have to think about the name of the place...

Those pillars are the "Theatre" on the grounds of the Guild Inn, in Scarborough. If you're into the achitectural history of this city, it's a must see.

From: http://www.toronto.ca/culture/the_guild.htm

In other words, those pillars used to be on facade downtown.

This is the second in my series of buildings owned by the insane...

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...Picture031.jpg