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Category Archives: Geography
Greetings From the Left End of Toronto
It’s angered me at least three times this year that Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph and Brantford have all been included in maps that were said to represent the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). I have always felt that these cities were just … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Geography, Humour, Politics, Social Science
Tagged Blackberry, Brantford, Cambridge, Central Park, GTA, GTA has 6 million people, Guelph, Hamilton, Kitchener, left end, left end of Toronto, maps showing the cities west of Toronto as part of the GTA, Mississauga, New York, Oracle, Silicon Valley, the Green Belt, the left end of Toronto has shy of a million people, Toronto, Waterloo
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The Answer to Toronto’s Condo Wall
A wall of condos and other high rises presently blocks part of the waterfront from the rest of Toronto. Real Estate is location, location, location and the waterfront is part of Toronto’s downtown area. There is money to be made … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Geography, Humour, Politics
Tagged board walk, condos, downtown Toronto, Front St., Hamilton, high rises, infilling, Lake Ontario, Lake Shore Blvd., Queen's Quay, real estate, the future of Toronto is St. Catharine's, Toronto, Toronto's waterfront, towers, wall of condos
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Superior to Superior
[Most of this post’s ideas are from Wikipedia’s stats about the largest lakes in the world. I was unaware of many of these comparisons until the last decade so I bring them here to you as many more people might … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour
Tagged Canada, Caspian Lake, Caspian Lake is bigger in area than all the great lakes put together, Caspian Lake is deeper than Lake Superior too, Caspian Sea, European settlers gave Lake Superior its name, Lake Baikal contains more water by volume than all the great lakes combined, Lake Huron, Lake Huron-Michigan, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Superior is the fourth largest lake by volume, Lake Superior is the third largest lake by area, Lake Tanganyika contains more water than Lake Superior, Lake Victoria, the great lakes, USA
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Annoying Americans (Geographically)
Generally the atlases sold in Canadian bookstores are either of British or American origin. The American ones are easy to spot. They use a cartographical method that makes the United States appear larger than Canada. Canada is of course the … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour
Tagged Allegheny, America is too big in American atlases, Americans, Canada is larger than the USA, continental divide, Erie, Gulf of Mexico, Jefferson, Mississippi, Mississippi-Missouri-Jefferson is the fourth longest river on earth, Missouri, Missouri has more flow than the Mississippi, Mount Allegheny, Ohio, Ohio has more flow than the combined Mississippi-Missouri when they meet up, suspicious that the Mississippi flows north=south, the Jefferson Mountains, the Mississippi-Ohio-Missouri becomes the United States divide, the United States divide
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I Want to Be a British Billionaire
First of all you might be thinking, ‘how is it even possible for a Canadian to be a British billionaire if you don’t move there?’ Oh I still intend to be a British billionaire even without ever setting foot in … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour, Language, Mathematics
Tagged Biil Gates, billionaire, Britain, British commonwealth, english speaking world, immigrants from all over the world, indigenous people, North American trillion is British billion, pretentious accent, Queen Elizabeth II, Sir Richard Branson, Warren Buffett
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Money For Nothing
Just about now, those who have invested in sea shore real estate in the U.S. might be thinking of the alternatives. Especially if global warming actually creates higher sea levels. The way I see it, there are two choices. The … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour, Politics, Science
Tagged Copenhagen, Copenhagen to be carbon neutral by 2025, Denmark, glacier, glacier melt, global warming, Greenland, lake shore, Michigan, money for nothing, real estate, Saginaw, sea level rise, sea shore values in the US, the great lakes, United States
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Stealing From the Rich to Give to the Future
I came across this article about what is purported to be Britain’s oldest living tree. The tree is about 4 000 years old. I was going to read the article and then probably forget it. But I noted that it … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, History, Science, Wry
Tagged 4 000 year old tree, Britain, Britain's oldest tree, commoners had few rights in royal forests, merry men, Niagara Escarpment, Ontario, pruning can help plants live better, Robin Hood, Robin Hood could have crafted a bow from this very tree, royal forests, Sherwood Forest, some hardscrabble trees are long lived, Somerset, stealing from the rich, yew tree, yew trees can make good bows
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The Patron Saint of Alberta
It will come as no surprise to Canadians that St. Albert is the patron saint of the province of Alberta. And today, March 28, is his official yet unofficial day of celebration. Some of you may know the story, about … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour
Tagged a conservative politician is a double negative, Alberta, Alberta is landlocked, Canada, Conservatives have con right in their name, flammable water, many immigrate to Alberta, March 28, politicians are negative, some have kissed the baloney stone, St. Albert, St. Albert drove the rats out of Alberta, St. Albert's Day, wear black for St. Albert's day
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