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Martian · 02-02-2006, 03:29 PM

Sure is... if your eyes are good enough, you may be able to make out 'Town of Lindsay' on the clock face. I left it in because I figured it was relatively obscure.

I spent many a day in my youth on Kent street, walking by that clock..

Charlatan · 02-02-2006, 03:30 PM

My brother used to cruise the strip in his black pickup truck. He'd take me along when I'd come to visit.

Lucifer · 02-02-2006, 03:50 PM

Brock? Wellington?

Charlatan · 02-02-2006, 04:03 PM

No and no. Brock is on a big pillar in Queenston. This more northerly than that.

splck · 02-02-2006, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charlatan

I can't imagine there are too many Canadians who couldn't get that one... but how many have actually been there?

*sigh* I've been there...

Leto · 02-02-2006, 07:15 PM

no fair! I can't read the plaque!

is that general Brock?

** edit oops, i answered without realizing there was another page to read through. Is it a young Simcoe?

Leto · 02-02-2006, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by splck

*sigh* I've been there...

me too. I got a great picture of the obverse side, with my family's backs to me looking at it. haha.

Charlatan · 02-03-2006, 05:37 AM

For the record... I've been to the Big Nickel too... slag heaps are nasty.

Regarding the photo: This guy is responsible for building something that has been posted in this thread.

Bossnass · 02-03-2006, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/history/memorials.html

Colonel By - Ottawa
Colonel By StatueA statue to Lieutenant-Colonel John By stands in the poorly named Majors Hill Park which overlooks the spectacular flight of eight locks in Ottawa. The park got its name from Major Daniel Bolton who took over as Superintending Engineer of the canal after Colonel By was recalled to England to answer to (unfounded) charges of mismanagement of construction funding. However the whole affair put a black mark on Colonel By's reputation and it took over a century to start fully restoring Lt-Colonel John By's reputation and recognizing the significant role he played in the development of early Canada, including the founding of our nation's capital, Ottawa (formerly named Bytown).

The statue, created by scultor Emile Brunét, was unveiled on August 14, 1971. The statue was described as "It is a very moving statue. In the quiet of the evening one can almost feel the presence of this man standing, as he must so often have done, just a few steps from his verandah and gazing out across the head of the canal" (P.A. Camp in Royal Engineers Journal).

Also in Majors Hill Park are the foundations of Colonel By's house, which was destroyed by fire in 1848. Archaeological work on the site was done in the 1980s and the site has recently been made into a full interpretive display.

The first commemoration to Colonel By occurred 100 years after the opening of the canal with a small foundation stone placed in 1932 on the south side of the Plaza Bridge. In the 1950s a larger monument, incorporating a fountain made up with parts of two original fountains placed in Trafalgar Square, London, shortly after the building of the canal, was erected. It had to be moved due to construction in the 1970s and was relocated to Confederation Park.

And I should have left here 5 minutes ago, so someone else post a new picutre please.

Charlatan · 02-03-2006, 08:33 AM

Excellent Bossnass... by your request, here is another photo!

Looking for the name of the city and the name of the structure in the foreground.

Lucifer · 02-03-2006, 08:44 AM

The US Pavilion in Montreal, site of the 1967 world Expo. Designed by Buckminster Fuller and Shoji Sado. Site is here: Dome

Charlatan · 02-03-2006, 09:15 AM

Game on Lucy....

Lucifer · 02-03-2006, 11:16 AM

Game On:

Charlatan · 02-03-2006, 11:19 AM

Well that's a little specific, no?

Green Gables, PEI?

fresnelly · 02-03-2006, 11:25 AM

A masonic lodge somewhere?

Charlatan · 02-03-2006, 11:45 AM

Lucifer's House on the Rock?

(good eye on the masonic symbols, Mr. Langdon)

Lucifer · 02-03-2006, 02:57 PM

It's a very famous broken window in a church. As you can see there is a silouhette of a man's head in the shards of glass remaining.

fresnelly · 02-03-2006, 03:00 PM

I'll keep looking. In the mean time, I was googling masonic lodges in Newfoundland and came across this page for the Twillingham chapter.

Their webpage showing portraits of the Grand Masters has the oddest choice of music playing the background. Click if you dare.

http://www.newcomm.net/masonic/pmasters.htm

Lucifer · 02-03-2006, 03:05 PM

that's goddamn funny!

btw: not in Newfoundland

Bossnass · 02-03-2006, 03:30 PM

St. Paul's Anglican Church, Halifax. By the explosion.

http://www.mikecampbell.net/stpaulschurch.htm

Charlatan · 02-03-2006, 03:34 PM

I didn't even see the broken glass... That's just eerie.

Bossnass · 02-03-2006, 03:39 PM

Keeping with the church theme, I think this one may be a gimmie.

Ack. Sorry about the size. That is 25% size of the original image.

Lucifer · 02-04-2006, 07:11 AM

this is a gimmie? maybe if you're the Pope!

Bossnass · 02-04-2006, 07:56 AM

It has been guessed already in this thread, although not featured in this thread.

And since I expect to be away from a computer for the next 24 hoursish:
Use self control!

Hints Spoiler: East Coast

Spoiler: Nova Scotia

Spoiler: Acadia

Spoiler: Cabot Trail

Where was I, in Canada....Spoiler: Looking at St-Peters/Saint-Pierre's in Cheticamp, Nova Scotia on the Cabot Trail of Cape Breton

Lucifer · 02-04-2006, 08:25 AM

I thought that was it, cause it was me that made the original guess. this is the church in Cheticamp, NS. I actually took a shower in the church basement in the summer of '97.

Lucifer · 02-04-2006, 10:33 AM

mmmm, maybe I should post something, here's an easy one:

Leto · 02-05-2006, 07:04 PM

trans-canada hwy mile marker? mile 1?

Lucifer · 02-06-2006, 04:15 AM

mmmmm, no.
BTW, there is no activity on this thread on the weekends! WTF?? are we pasty computer nerds or not?

fresnelly · 02-06-2006, 06:18 AM

I'm a pasty computer nerd, but I'm stumped. Given the elements of the inset sculpture, my best guess is that it's a monument to St. George blessing those kids from Mary Poppins.

Charlatan · 02-06-2006, 06:29 AM

The lions and unicorns and the cross in the centre are a stylization of the Newfoundland and Labrador Coat of Arms.

Is this the entrance to Memorial University?

Leto · 02-06-2006, 06:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lucifer

mmmmm, no.
BTW, there is no activity on this thread on the weekends! WTF?? are we pasty computer nerds or not?

I was on this thread many times over the weekend, but had no idea where that picture was. I finally threw a guess in as a bump... thinking that it had something to do with the Rock...

Lucifer · 02-06-2006, 07:11 AM

Charlatan is on the right track with the coat of arms, but on the wrong track with the Memorial University.

what are the two figures doing? What is the significance?

Lucifer · 02-06-2006, 07:12 AM

We should have a "warmer, warmerer, hotter, boiling" kind of rating thing going on here.

Charlatan · 02-06-2006, 07:26 AM

It's hard to make out just what they are doing... looks like they have crossed swords or are sharing a pair of scissors.

Lucifer · 02-06-2006, 07:47 AM

Crossed swords.

Charlatan · 02-06-2006, 08:16 AM

Does this have to do with John Cabot?

The entrance to Cabot tower?

Lucifer · 02-06-2006, 08:31 AM

It's in that area, but not to do with Cabot Tower. Remember the title of my photography post. Head in that general direction.

Leto · 02-06-2006, 01:44 PM

not knowing your photography post, i'll take a stab at: the entrance to St John's ?

Lucifer · 02-06-2006, 01:53 PM

no, it's not. Well, not exactly. More like "guarding" the entrance to St. John's.

Charlatan · 02-06-2006, 01:59 PM

Is this at the entrance to Signal Hill?

02-02-2006, 03:29 PM	#681 (permalink)
Martian Young Crumudgeon Location: Canada	Sure is... if your eyes are good enough, you may be able to make out 'Town of Lindsay' on the clock face. I left it in because I figured it was relatively obscure. I spent many a day in my youth on Kent street, walking by that clock.. __________________ I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said - Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame

02-02-2006, 03:30 PM	#682 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	My brother used to cruise the strip in his black pickup truck. He'd take me along when I'd come to visit. __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

02-02-2006, 03:50 PM	#683 (permalink)
Lucifer Husband of Seamaiden Location: Nova Scotia	Brock? Wellington? __________________ I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. - Job 30:29 1123, 6536, 5321

02-02-2006, 04:03 PM	#684 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	No and no. Brock is on a big pillar in Queenston. This more northerly than that. __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

02-02-2006, 07:15 PM	#686 (permalink)
Leto Junkie Location: The Danforth	no fair! I can't read the plaque! is that general Brock? ** edit oops, i answered without realizing there was another page to read through. Is it a young Simcoe? __________________ You said you didn't give a fuck about hockey And I never saw someone say that before You held my hand and we walked home the long way You were loosening my grip on Bobby Orr http://dune.wikia.com/wiki/Leto_Atreides_I Last edited by Leto; 02-02-2006 at 07:17 PM..

02-03-2006, 05:37 AM	#688 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	For the record... I've been to the Big Nickel too... slag heaps are nasty. Regarding the photo: This guy is responsible for building something that has been posted in this thread. __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

02-03-2006, 08:33 AM	#690 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	Excellent Bossnass... by your request, here is another photo! Looking for the name of the city and the name of the structure in the foreground. __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

02-03-2006, 08:44 AM	#691 (permalink)
Lucifer Husband of Seamaiden Location: Nova Scotia	The US Pavilion in Montreal, site of the 1967 world Expo. Designed by Buckminster Fuller and Shoji Sado. Site is here: Dome __________________ I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. - Job 30:29 1123, 6536, 5321

02-03-2006, 09:15 AM	#692 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	Game on Lucy.... __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

02-03-2006, 11:16 AM	#693 (permalink)
Lucifer Husband of Seamaiden Location: Nova Scotia	Game On: __________________ I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. - Job 30:29 1123, 6536, 5321

02-03-2006, 11:19 AM	#694 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	Well that's a little specific, no? Green Gables, PEI? __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

02-03-2006, 11:25 AM	#695 (permalink)
fresnelly Functionally Appropriate Location: Toronto	A masonic lodge somewhere? __________________ Building an artificial intelligence that appreciates Mozart is easy. Building an A.I. that appreciates a theme restaurant is the real challenge - Kit Roebuck - Nine Planets Without Intelligent Life

02-03-2006, 11:45 AM	#696 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	Lucifer's House on the Rock? (good eye on the masonic symbols, Mr. Langdon) __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

02-03-2006, 02:57 PM	#697 (permalink)
Lucifer Husband of Seamaiden Location: Nova Scotia	It's a very famous broken window in a church. As you can see there is a silouhette of a man's head in the shards of glass remaining. __________________ I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. - Job 30:29 1123, 6536, 5321

02-03-2006, 03:00 PM	#698 (permalink)
fresnelly Functionally Appropriate Location: Toronto	I'll keep looking. In the mean time, I was googling masonic lodges in Newfoundland and came across this page for the Twillingham chapter. Their webpage showing portraits of the Grand Masters has the oddest choice of music playing the background. Click if you dare. http://www.newcomm.net/masonic/pmasters.htm __________________ Building an artificial intelligence that appreciates Mozart is easy. Building an A.I. that appreciates a theme restaurant is the real challenge - Kit Roebuck - Nine Planets Without Intelligent Life

02-03-2006, 03:05 PM	#699 (permalink)
Lucifer Husband of Seamaiden Location: Nova Scotia	that's goddamn funny! btw: not in Newfoundland __________________ I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. - Job 30:29 1123, 6536, 5321

02-03-2006, 03:30 PM	#700 (permalink)
Bossnass Détente Location: AWOL in Edmonton	St. Paul's Anglican Church, Halifax. By the explosion. http://www.mikecampbell.net/stpaulschurch.htm

02-03-2006, 03:34 PM	#701 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	I didn't even see the broken glass... That's just eerie. __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

02-03-2006, 03:39 PM	#702 (permalink)
Bossnass Détente Location: AWOL in Edmonton	Keeping with the church theme, I think this one may be a gimmie. Ack. Sorry about the size. That is 25% size of the original image. Last edited by Bossnass; 02-03-2006 at 03:41 PM..

02-04-2006, 07:11 AM	#703 (permalink)
Lucifer Husband of Seamaiden Location: Nova Scotia	this is a gimmie? maybe if you're the Pope! __________________ I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. - Job 30:29 1123, 6536, 5321

02-04-2006, 07:56 AM	#704 (permalink)
Bossnass Détente Location: AWOL in Edmonton	It has been guessed already in this thread, although not featured in this thread. And since I expect to be away from a computer for the next 24 hoursish: Use self control! Hints Spoiler: East Coast Spoiler: Nova Scotia Spoiler: Acadia Spoiler: Cabot Trail Where was I, in Canada....Spoiler: Looking at St-Peters/Saint-Pierre's in Cheticamp, Nova Scotia on the Cabot Trail of Cape Breton

02-04-2006, 08:25 AM	#705 (permalink)
Lucifer Husband of Seamaiden Location: Nova Scotia	I thought that was it, cause it was me that made the original guess. this is the church in Cheticamp, NS. I actually took a shower in the church basement in the summer of '97. __________________ I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. - Job 30:29 1123, 6536, 5321

02-04-2006, 10:33 AM	#706 (permalink)
Lucifer Husband of Seamaiden Location: Nova Scotia	mmmm, maybe I should post something, here's an easy one: __________________ I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. - Job 30:29 1123, 6536, 5321

02-05-2006, 07:04 PM	#707 (permalink)
Leto Junkie Location: The Danforth	trans-canada hwy mile marker? mile 1? __________________ You said you didn't give a fuck about hockey And I never saw someone say that before You held my hand and we walked home the long way You were loosening my grip on Bobby Orr http://dune.wikia.com/wiki/Leto_Atreides_I

02-06-2006, 04:15 AM	#708 (permalink)
Lucifer Husband of Seamaiden Location: Nova Scotia	mmmmm, no. BTW, there is no activity on this thread on the weekends! WTF?? are we pasty computer nerds or not? __________________ I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. - Job 30:29 1123, 6536, 5321

02-06-2006, 06:18 AM	#709 (permalink)
fresnelly Functionally Appropriate Location: Toronto	I'm a pasty computer nerd, but I'm stumped. Given the elements of the inset sculpture, my best guess is that it's a monument to St. George blessing those kids from Mary Poppins. __________________ Building an artificial intelligence that appreciates Mozart is easy. Building an A.I. that appreciates a theme restaurant is the real challenge - Kit Roebuck - Nine Planets Without Intelligent Life

02-06-2006, 06:29 AM	#710 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	The lions and unicorns and the cross in the centre are a stylization of the Newfoundland and Labrador Coat of Arms. Is this the entrance to Memorial University? __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

02-06-2006, 07:11 AM	#712 (permalink)
Lucifer Husband of Seamaiden Location: Nova Scotia	Charlatan is on the right track with the coat of arms, but on the wrong track with the Memorial University. what are the two figures doing? What is the significance? __________________ I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. - Job 30:29 1123, 6536, 5321 Last edited by Lucifer; 02-06-2006 at 07:14 AM..

02-06-2006, 07:12 AM	#713 (permalink)
Lucifer Husband of Seamaiden Location: Nova Scotia	We should have a "warmer, warmerer, hotter, boiling" kind of rating thing going on here. __________________ I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. - Job 30:29 1123, 6536, 5321

02-06-2006, 07:26 AM	#714 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	It's hard to make out just what they are doing... looks like they have crossed swords or are sharing a pair of scissors. __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

02-06-2006, 07:47 AM	#715 (permalink)
Lucifer Husband of Seamaiden Location: Nova Scotia	Crossed swords. __________________ I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. - Job 30:29 1123, 6536, 5321

02-06-2006, 08:16 AM	#716 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	Does this have to do with John Cabot? The entrance to Cabot tower? __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

02-06-2006, 08:31 AM	#717 (permalink)
Lucifer Husband of Seamaiden Location: Nova Scotia	It's in that area, but not to do with Cabot Tower. Remember the title of my photography post. Head in that general direction. __________________ I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. - Job 30:29 1123, 6536, 5321

02-06-2006, 01:44 PM	#718 (permalink)
Leto Junkie Location: The Danforth	not knowing your photography post, i'll take a stab at: the entrance to St John's ? __________________ You said you didn't give a fuck about hockey And I never saw someone say that before You held my hand and we walked home the long way You were loosening my grip on Bobby Orr http://dune.wikia.com/wiki/Leto_Atreides_I

02-06-2006, 01:53 PM	#719 (permalink)
Lucifer Husband of Seamaiden Location: Nova Scotia	no, it's not. Well, not exactly. More like "guarding" the entrance to St. John's. __________________ I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. - Job 30:29 1123, 6536, 5321