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Old 02-08-2006, 01:17 PM   #761 (permalink)
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Game on Fresnelly...

I love the Guild Inn. My wife and I had a very important picnic there when we were first dating and later, stayed there for an anniversary (the hotel was a real dump). Sadly, they closed the place down in 2001 and are tearing it down. The gardens and the cool bit of Toronto acrhitectural past are still there and being maintained.

They have been talking about building a new hotel/spa on the sight as well as a dock at the water's edge and a funicular to bring passangers up to the gardens... that would be nice.
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Old 02-08-2006, 01:18 PM   #762 (permalink)
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That is the wacky shop at Logan and Gerrard (right across the road from the Beers Store that inspired this thread).

Two blocks from my house. The guy who owns this also used to own a house at Simpson and Broadview... ghastly (even more than the last crazy house you posted). It has since been sold and renovated.
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Old 02-08-2006, 01:19 PM   #763 (permalink)
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Full circle! Is his house near Broadview still around?
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Old 02-08-2006, 01:25 PM   #764 (permalink)
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I was editing as you posted... no, it isn't around anymore.

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Old 02-08-2006, 01:28 PM   #765 (permalink)
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Scarborough Civic Centre!

I was there for the opening by the Queen. Our public school band (John Buchan Sr PS) played for her.


Btw, see the sign on the crazy store that says: 'sober drivers Puck much better' ?

for a while, when he first painted it, the P in Puck was an F. He must have been forced to change it.

Prior to the current signage, there was similar stuff that really put the boots to the politcal figures of the mid '90's. in the same vein.
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Old 02-08-2006, 01:37 PM   #766 (permalink)
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Game on Leto... I wasn't there for the actual opening but I was there many times right after: skating, summer dnaces, looking at the fish, checking out Register, etc... and going to the Town Centre.
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Old 02-08-2006, 01:53 PM   #767 (permalink)
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Old 02-08-2006, 03:23 PM   #768 (permalink)
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Allan Gardens, looking south from Carlton I believe.
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Old 02-08-2006, 03:28 PM   #769 (permalink)
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I am looking for both the location and the name of the object:

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Old 02-08-2006, 05:04 PM   #770 (permalink)
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Between the CN Tower and the Skydome. On Blue Jays Way, west of the SkyDome.

I think its just called the Chinese Rail Monument.

I've never been, but a doctor who my wife knows had a "thistlewood" design built for them in Canmore. I saw a portfolio type brochure when we stopped by there in November. I recognized the structure right away, then had to find the company online.

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Old 02-08-2006, 05:53 PM   #771 (permalink)
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The location isn't exact but it's close enough (it's on the other side of the Skydome from the CN Tower).

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Old 02-08-2006, 07:07 PM   #772 (permalink)
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also not my photo.
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Old 02-08-2006, 07:18 PM   #773 (permalink)
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Old 02-08-2006, 07:57 PM   #774 (permalink)
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Yep. Game on Splck.

I just noticed there was no 'i' in splck. And then I just noticed 'anti-vowel'. And I was amused.
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Old 02-08-2006, 08:22 PM   #775 (permalink)
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Finally got one. I took this two summers ago, what was I looking at?
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Old 02-09-2006, 04:40 AM   #776 (permalink)
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that near the elk river on the island?
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Old 02-09-2006, 05:44 AM   #777 (permalink)
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...what was I looking at?
Bigfoot... he's a blurry speck on the right.
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Old 02-09-2006, 06:33 AM   #778 (permalink)
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that near the elk river on the island?
nope.

there is a town of about 15000 on the left side of the pic (kinda behind trees)


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Bigfoot... he's a blurry speck on the right.
heh, no, flyman wasn't with me that day.
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Old 02-09-2006, 07:13 AM   #779 (permalink)
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Looking at the Peace River, near Dawson Creek?
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Old 02-09-2006, 08:04 AM   #780 (permalink)
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when I first saw this, for some reason I thought: The Frank Slide in Alberta.
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Old 02-09-2006, 04:55 PM   #781 (permalink)
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No, not near Dawson Creek or Frank.
It's on the South West coast.
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Old 02-09-2006, 08:22 PM   #782 (permalink)
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on the sunshine coast?
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Old 02-10-2006, 08:22 AM   #783 (permalink)
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No, not the Sunshine coast, but it's somewhat close.
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Old 02-10-2006, 03:19 PM   #784 (permalink)
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is it on the island? could it be Pt Alberni?
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Old 02-10-2006, 04:46 PM   #785 (permalink)
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It's not on an island or the Sunshine coast.
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Old 02-10-2006, 06:23 PM   #786 (permalink)
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Thompson River?
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Old 02-10-2006, 06:28 PM   #787 (permalink)
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No not near the Thompson, it's adjacent to the ocean.

One more...
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Old 02-10-2006, 09:01 PM   #788 (permalink)
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okay.... low relief, meandering river, moutains fairly close by, really close to the southwest coast, small town visible...

Squamish??
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Old 02-10-2006, 09:28 PM   #789 (permalink)
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yes, but what's the notable landmark?
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Old 02-10-2006, 09:50 PM   #790 (permalink)
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damned if i know. It was hard enough getting the location!



** edit:

okay, a quick google yielded this land mark:

http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/urbgeo/vanrock/chief_e.php

The Chief: Pillar of Granite
The great grey cliffs of Stawamus Chief Mountain, locally known as "the Chief", are famous landmarks in the Squamish area. Rock climbers from around the world test their abilities on its vertical granite walls. Granitic rocks are ancient pools of melted rock that crystallized to rock kilometres below the surface. Tremendous uplift of the land coupled with continuous erosion over millions of years has brought these deeply buried rocks to the surface.



Could that possibly be it?
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Old 02-10-2006, 10:40 PM   #791 (permalink)
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You got it...the Chief is a great place to stop while driving hwy 99. Climbers are little specks on the granite.
Pictures don't do it justice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stawamus_Chief
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Old 02-11-2006, 03:57 AM   #792 (permalink)
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To carry on the theme of natural landmarks, here's a beauty that I took while on a tree planting adventure:

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Old 02-11-2006, 08:11 AM   #793 (permalink)
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Is that Chasm just North of Clinton?
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Old 02-11-2006, 11:30 AM   #794 (permalink)
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Ouimet Canyon?

Edit: Definately. In fact I have damn near the same photo, from when I was there in August.


From Wikipedia, about the legend of the canyon:

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A long time ago, there was a giant Omett. He helped Nanabijou make mountains and lakes. Omett fell in love with Nanabijou's daughter Naiomi. One day, Omett was moving a mountain when part of it fell off and killed Naiomi. Omett quickly hid Naiomi. Nanabijou desperately looked for his daughter. When he sensed something underground, he sent a thunderbolt to split open the ground which created a canyon and he discovered his daughter at its bottom. He buried her there and to punish Omett he turned him into stone and put him on the canyon walls to watch Naiomi's grave forever.
Here's a picture of me from the other direction to prove it.

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Old 02-11-2006, 12:22 PM   #795 (permalink)
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wow.. I am impressed! Game on Fresnelly! My photo has not stood the test of time, colour-wise. I took that when my brother graduated from Lakehead U, in May 83. We then went tree planting up in Longlac. This was on the way.

And yes, I do have the same pic from the other direction. I'll scan/post it later!

Good work Fresnelly!

** edit, I should mention where Ouimet Canyon is: about 60 km north-east of Thunder Bay:

http://www.ontarioparks.com/english/ouim.html
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Old 02-11-2006, 02:00 PM   #796 (permalink)
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And yes, I do have the same pic from the other direction. I'll scan/post it later!
I look forward to it.

This photo isn't mine, but I was here this summer too.

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Old 02-11-2006, 02:23 PM   #797 (permalink)
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Athabasca glacier near Jasper?
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Old 02-11-2006, 02:25 PM   #798 (permalink)
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That's it. Part of the Columbia Icefields. Game on Splck!
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Old 02-11-2006, 03:30 PM   #799 (permalink)
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this should be easy..
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Old 02-12-2006, 04:54 AM   #800 (permalink)
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Ouimet Canyon?


Here's a picture of me from the other direction to prove it.


Here's my corollary from may/83. It's almost like that photo point on the Malahat, where everybody takes the same picture:

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