Iimpressions of Canadian provinces visited?

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Okay so what are ppl's impressions of Canadian provinces they may have visited. (On the thread about US states, there was talk about Canadian provinces also, so maybe time for a different thread as well...)
 
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We were in British Columbia and quite apart from the road signs, we knew it because the Continental Divide marks the boundary between Alberta and BC: once you are in BC, the streams and rivers flow westward into the Pacific.

Kind of rather impressive.
 
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Ontario has hills and its lakes are impressive, as are the Niagara Falls, of course, shared with New York. But there are no mountains in the strict sense of the word.
 
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I was born in British Columbia, where, by way of work or spare time, I explored much of the province, and then some 28 years later I moved to a small town in northern Ontario in the middle of winter. I spent the first months there adjusting to my new life and really did not get out much but as spring rolled around and the ice came off the lakes near the end of May and the deciduous trees started to bud I was surprised at the friendliness of the town's folk who began to putter around their yards. Everywhere I drove people would give a wave and I would wave back and as I drove by they would just keep waving till I drove out of sight. Of course I was a bit naive, for a few days, and then when I started to do some yard work I realized what all the waving was about.

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inthewind said:
I was born in British Columbia, where, by way of work or spare time, I explored much of the province, and then some 28 years later I moved to a small town in northern Ontario in the middle of winter. I spent the first months there adjusting to my new life and really did not get out much but as spring rolled around and the ice came off the lakes near the end of May and the deciduous trees started to bud I was surprised at the friendliness of the town's folk who began to putter around their yards. Everywhere I drove people would give a wave and I would wave back and as I drove by they would just keep waving till I drove out of sight. Of course I was a bit naive, for a few days, and then when I started to do some yard work I realized what all the waving was about.

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The pace of life in northern Ontario is vastly different from life in southern Ontario. I think northern Ontario is more like the Prairies, really.
 
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I visited Montreal, Quebec back in 1991. I thought it was kind of neat all the people speaking French.

I liked using kilometers on my speedometer because it was slightly faster than the posted mph.

Not sure why the decimal system didn't catch on here. It makes more sense and its easier to use.
 
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I visited Montreal, Quebec back in 1991. I thought it was kind of neat all the people speaking French.

I liked using kilometers on my speedometer because it was slightly faster than the posted mph.

Not sure why the decimal system didn't catch on here. It makes more sense and its easier to use.
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Actually the 100km speed limit in Ontario is not Canada-wide. In Alberta it's 110km.

Montreal is officially bilingual in English and French; recently its mayor (until he was arrested or investigated for alleged corruption) was an Anglophone.
 
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We saw outstanding scenery in Alberta.

Waterton Park, with Waterton Lake and the Montana peaks in Glacier Park beyond, must be one of the most awe-inspiring panoramas in the world.

The Prince of Wales Hotel must surely have one of the most desirable settings anywhere.
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faroukfarouk said:
Okay so what are ppl's impressions of Canadian provinces they may have visited. (On the thread about US states, there was talk about Canadian provinces also, so maybe time for a different thread as well...)
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We once drove up through Minnesota, from Iowa, which is where I lived, into Canada. Not sure which province. What I noticed as we traveled north was that the trees started getting shorter. We went fishing at a lake and had a good time. I was just a kid.
 
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My Dad lived in LaSalle so I used to take Highway 18 to get to where he kept his boat. I thought Windsor was very clean and the people friendly. Not to difficult to navigate and the drivers aren't rude. La Salle is a beautiful little town on the river. The Chateau La Salle has good pizza and there was a restraurant called Ducks on the Roof that was superb. I liked Canada, I loved Canadians.
 
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We once drove up through Minnesota, from Iowa, which is where I lived, into Canada. Not sure which province. What I noticed as we traveled north was that the trees started getting shorter. We went fishing at a lake and had a good time. I was just a kid.
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Straight up from Minnesota is Manitoba and northern Ontario.
 
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My Dad lived in LaSalle so I used to take Highway 18 to get to where he kept his boat. I thought Windsor was very clean and the people friendly. Not to difficult to navigate and the drivers aren't rude. La Salle is a beautiful little town on the river. The Chateau La Salle has good pizza and there was a restraurant called Ducks on the Roof that was superb. I liked Canada, I loved Canadians.
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Detroit and Windsor are like a conurbation; all to do with car plants getting under the former Canadian tariff by setting up in Canada, over the Detroit River.

Windsor for me is a place I would go through rather than to, which in some ways is probably a pity.

Blessings.
 
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It was a neat place.
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Relatively empty; even though at one time the border area between Manitoba and Ontario was claimed by both provinces; both provinces' police set up in the town of Rat Portage (now Kenora) and proceeded to arrest one another... :) Lake of the Woods is the biggest landmark around there; part of its northern shore is American, at Angle Inlet, separated from the rest of the US by water.
 
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Is Canada even a real country? I heard it's just the U.S.A.'s unkept hair piece!!!

All kidding aside, I live in Ontario, and the only Canadian province I have ever visited is Prince Edward Island, but what a picturesque place it is, and perfect for biking, especially on PEI's Confederation Trail, which is listed as one of the top-ten bike trails in the world.

Below is a photo I took last year while biking through West Cape in Prince Edward Island.

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Descyple said:
Is Canada even a real country? I heard it's just the U.S.A.'s unkept hair piece!!!

All kidding aside, I live in Ontario, and the only Canadian province I have ever visited is Prince Edward Island, but what a picturesque place it is, and perfect for biking, especially on PEI's Confederation Trail, which is listed as one of the top-ten bike trails in the world.

Below is a photo I took last year while biking through West Cape in Prince Edward Island.
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I shall have to go to PEI. My wife was once into LM Montgomery and 'Anne of Green Gables'...
 
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Descyple said:
Is Canada even a real country? I heard it's just the U.S.A.'s unkept hair piece!!!

All kidding aside, I live in Ontario, and the only Canadian province I have ever visited is Prince Edward Island, but what a picturesque place it is, and perfect for biking, especially on PEI's Confederation Trail, which is listed as one of the top-ten bike trails in the world.

Below is a photo I took last year while biking through West Cape in Prince Edward Island.

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Great photo :). So is this on the Northumberland Strait side?
 
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Sparwood, British Columbia has what is purported to be the biggest truck in the world, on display.

It was formerly used in the mining industry.
 
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Rocanville Saskatchewan allegedly has the world's largest oil can. Doubt if it was ever used by anyone excepting maybe ye olde tyme pioneers who were a hardy lot.
 
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