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OT Who knew? Oil Springs, ON, struck first oil.
Suck it, you Kanuckistan haters!!!
Who knew? Oil Springs, Ont., struck first oil THE CANADIAN PRESS A tiny pocket of southwestern Ontario will be bubbling with pride this weekend as residents celebrate a claim to fame that fuelled a civilization. The village of Oil Springs, southeast of Sarnia, is the site of North America's first commercial oil well * dug by hand roughly 150 years ago tomorrow. The discovery touched off the modern petroleum age, a full year before American Edwin Drake began drilling in Pennsylvania. This weekend, people living throughout the Oil Heritage District of Lambton County will converge on the village to both commemorate and reflect on the anniversary. A parade will march to the Oil Museum of Canada, where festivities will include a play depicting the history of the oil industry, declarations by local MPs and the Oil Baron's Ball. Local historians say they hope the bash will help raise the area's profile and boost its bid to be designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. |
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
A tiny pocket of southwestern Ontario will be bubbling with pride this weekend as residents celebrate a claim to fame that fuelled a civilization. Well, that's all very impressive, however, if this is a point of national pride, perhaps they should check a map because Oil Springs is in southEASTERN, Ontario. I'd hate for all of that celebratory Labatts and back bacon to go to waste because people were driving aimlessly around the wrong part of the Province! :-) |
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On Aug 8, 3:06*pm, Kevin wrote:
THE CANADIAN PRESS A tiny pocket of southwestern Ontario will be bubbling with pride this weekend as residents celebrate a claim to fame that fuelled a civilization. Well, that's all very impressive, however, if this is a point of national pride, perhaps they should check a map because Oil Springs is in southEASTERN, Ontario. *I'd hate for all of that celebratory Labatts and back bacon to go to waste because people were driving aimlessly around the wrong part of the Province! *:-) Speaking of aimless.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...eography_stubs Now clicky on Lambton County.. there you will find Oil Springs... in SOUTH WESTERN ONTARIO. I live 30 KM from there... Do you have a Tates compass? Maybe that explains why you're lost. After all, he who has a Tates, is lost. |
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On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:22:13 -0700 (PDT), Robatoy
wrote: On Aug 8, 3:06*pm, Kevin wrote: THE CANADIAN PRESS A tiny pocket of southwestern Ontario will be bubbling with pride this weekend as residents celebrate a claim to fame that fuelled a civilization. Well, that's all very impressive, however, if this is a point of national pride, perhaps they should check a map because Oil Springs is in southEASTERN, Ontario. *I'd hate for all of that celebratory Labatts and back bacon to go to waste because people were driving aimlessly around the wrong part of the Province! *:-) Speaking of aimless.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...eography_stubs Now clicky on Lambton County.. there you will find Oil Springs... in SOUTH WESTERN ONTARIO. Where is Thunder Bay? -- LRod Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999 http://www.woodbutcher.net http://www.normstools.com Proud participant of rec.woodworking since February, 1997 email addy de-spam-ified due to 1,000 spams per month. If you can't figure out how to use it, I probably wouldn't care to correspond with you anyway. |
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OT Who knew? Oil Springs, ON, struck first oil.
Speaking of aimless....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...eography_stubs Now clicky on Lambton County.. there you will find Oil Springs... in SOUTH WESTERN ONTARIO. I live 30 KM from there.. Interesting! Let's put a north-south line running right through the middle of Ontario. Good old Lambton county sure seems to be east of that line. Perhaps Oil Springs is in the southwestern part of the southeastern part of Ontario? Molsonly yours, Kevin |
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Robatoy wrote:
On Aug 8, 3:06 pm, Kevin wrote: THE CANADIAN PRESS A tiny pocket of southwestern Ontario will be bubbling with pride this weekend as residents celebrate a claim to fame that fuelled a civilization. Well, that's all very impressive, however, if this is a point of national pride, perhaps they should check a map because Oil Springs is in southEASTERN, Ontario. I'd hate for all of that celebratory Labatts and back bacon to go to waste because people were driving aimlessly around the wrong part of the Province! :-) Speaking of aimless.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...eography_stubs Now clicky on Lambton County.. there you will find Oil Springs... in SOUTH WESTERN ONTARIO. I live 30 KM from there... Do you have a Tates compass? Maybe that explains why you're lost. After all, he who has a Tates, is lost. Actually the village is in the WESTERN part of the Niagara Peninsula which is in EASTERN Ontario. Dave N |
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Where is Thunder Bay? Well since Thunder Bay is both north and west of Oil Springs, I guess it must be in Northwestwest Ontario. |
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OT Who knew? Oil Springs, ON, struck first oil.
On Aug 8, 3:32*pm, Kevin wrote:
Speaking of aimless....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...eography_stubs Now clicky on Lambton County.. there you will find Oil Springs... in SOUTH WESTERN ONTARIO. I live 30 KM from there.. Interesting! Let's put a north-south line running right through the middle of Ontario. Good old Lambton county sure seems to be east of that line. *Perhaps Oil Springs is in the southwestern part of the southeastern part of Ontario? Molsonly yours, Kevin Noooo, you big silly, put that Molson down..and pay attention: Oil Springs is in the Western part of Southern Ontario. Han knows how that kinda thing works, North Brabant, is in the Southern part of The Netherlands. South Dakota is in the Northern US? You may now continue drinking that Molson....stuff...'cuz beer it ain't. |
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On Aug 8, 3:32*pm, LRod wrote:
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:22:13 -0700 (PDT), Robatoy wrote: On Aug 8, 3:06*pm, Kevin wrote: THE CANADIAN PRESS A tiny pocket of southwestern Ontario will be bubbling with pride this weekend as residents celebrate a claim to fame that fuelled a civilization. Well, that's all very impressive, however, if this is a point of national pride, perhaps they should check a map because Oil Springs is in southEASTERN, Ontario. *I'd hate for all of that celebratory Labatts and back bacon to go to waste because people were driving aimlessly around the wrong part of the Province! *:-) Speaking of aimless.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...eography_stubs Now clicky on Lambton County.. there you will find Oil Springs... in SOUTH WESTERN ONTARIO. Where is Thunder Bay? Northern Ontario..on the West side. |
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On Aug 8, 3:35*pm, "David G. Nagel" wrote:
Robatoy wrote: On Aug 8, 3:06 pm, Kevin wrote: THE CANADIAN PRESS A tiny pocket of southwestern Ontario will be bubbling with pride this weekend as residents celebrate a claim to fame that fuelled a civilization. Well, that's all very impressive, however, if this is a point of national pride, perhaps they should check a map because Oil Springs is in southEASTERN, Ontario. *I'd hate for all of that celebratory Labatts and back bacon to go to waste because people were driving aimlessly around the wrong part of the Province! *:-) Speaking of aimless.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...eography_stubs Now clicky on Lambton County.. there you will find Oil Springs... in SOUTH WESTERN ONTARIO. I live 30 KM from there... Do you have a Tates compass? Maybe that explains why you're lost. After all, he who has a Tates, is lost. Actually the village is in the WESTERN part of the Niagara Peninsula which is in EASTERN Ontario. Dave N Right, David... *pats him on the head*... now Google for South Western Ontario's cities..see what you get, and where it gets you. |
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OT Who knew? Oil Springs, ON, struck first oil.
Noooo, you big silly, put that Molson down..and pay attention: Oil Springs is in the Western part of Southern Ontario. Han knows how that kinda thing works, North Brabant, is in the Southern part of The Netherlands. South Dakota is in the Northern US? You may now continue drinking that Molson....stuff...'cuz beer it ain't. Ahhh, gotcha. It's in Westsouth Ontario. All is now clear. Muskokaly yours, Kevin |
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On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:22:13 -0700 (PDT), Robatoy
wrote: Do you have a Tates compass? Maybe that explains why you're lost. After all, he who has a Tates, is lost. Mebbe he dint correct for declination wif his Tates an he's goin mag north instead a true north. Regards, Tom. Thos. J. Watson - Cabinetmaker http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/ tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet |
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Robatoy wrote:
On Aug 8, 3:35 pm, "David G. Nagel" wrote: Robatoy wrote: On Aug 8, 3:06 pm, Kevin wrote: THE CANADIAN PRESS A tiny pocket of southwestern Ontario will be bubbling with pride this weekend as residents celebrate a claim to fame that fuelled a civilization. Well, that's all very impressive, however, if this is a point of national pride, perhaps they should check a map because Oil Springs is in southEASTERN, Ontario. I'd hate for all of that celebratory Labatts and back bacon to go to waste because people were driving aimlessly around the wrong part of the Province! :-) Speaking of aimless.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...eography_stubs Now clicky on Lambton County.. there you will find Oil Springs... in SOUTH WESTERN ONTARIO. I live 30 KM from there... Do you have a Tates compass? Maybe that explains why you're lost. After all, he who has a Tates, is lost. Actually the village is in the WESTERN part of the Niagara Peninsula which is in EASTERN Ontario. Right, David... *pats him on the head*... now Google for South Western Ontario's cities..see what you get, and where it gets you. Umm, lemeesee (bouncing globe off wall), that would be north of Sydney, south of Melbourne, and left at Iceland, right? (AIUI, it's only with the Regur-Je model of those compasses that all is truly lost.) -- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/ |
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On Aug 8, 3:48*pm, Kevin wrote:
Noooo, you big silly, put that Molson down..and pay attention: Oil Springs is in the Western part of Southern Ontario. Han knows how that kinda thing works, North Brabant, is in the Southern part of The Netherlands. South Dakota is in the Northern US? You may now continue drinking that Molson....stuff...'cuz beer it ain't. Ahhh, gotcha. *It's in Westsouth Ontario. *All is now clear. Muskokaly yours, Kevin Noooooooooooooooo, because if you go as far West as you can in Ontario, then you hit the Manitoba border. THEN, if you go South..you end up near Thunderinglardjesus Bay. However...if you go South first...and then West, you end up in Windsor, which is about an hour away from Oil Springs and a helluvalot closer than Thunderingfarking Bay! Now, Cornwall.. THAT is Eastern Ontario, boy is it ever... |
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On Aug 8, 3:52*pm, Tom Watson wrote:
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:22:13 -0700 (PDT), Robatoy wrote: Do you have a Tates compass? Maybe that explains why you're lost. After all, he who has a Tates, is lost. Mebbe he dint correct for declination wif his Tates an he's goin mag north instead a true north. Regards, Tom. Thos. J. Watson - Cabinetmakerhttp://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/ tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet You hafta stay away from True North... That's a scary place. Because if you go due South, from True North, and then go due West for a few hundred kms, then turn due North...you're back where you started...nu-uh..weird **** happens up there... Mag North, is closer to New Foundland.. in some ways even scarier. |
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Robatoy wrote:
On Aug 8, 3:48Â*pm, Kevin wrote: Noooo, you big silly, put that Molson down..and pay attention: Oil Springs is in the Western part of Southern Ontario. Han knows how that kinda thing works, North Brabant, is in the Southern part of The Netherlands. South Dakota is in the Northern US? You may now continue drinking that Molson....stuff...'cuz beer it ain't. Ahhh, gotcha. Â*It's in Westsouth Ontario. Â*All is now clear. Muskokaly yours, Kevin Noooooooooooooooo, because if you go as far West as you can in Ontario, then you hit the Manitoba border. THEN, if you go South..you end up near Thunderinglardjesus Bay. However...if you go South first...and then West, you end up in Windsor, which is about an hour away from Oil Springs and a helluvalot closer than Thunderingfarking Bay! Now, Cornwall.. THAT is Eastern Ontario, boy is it ever... Hey Rob, good buddy, this is getting silly, as a fellow resident of Southern Ontario, and as Bob knows we all know each other, Oil Springs is definitely in the South Western part of Southern Ontario aka Southern Ontario, for the less anal. ;-) -- Froz... |
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On Aug 8, 4:06*pm, FrozenNorth
wrote: Robatoy wrote: On Aug 8, 3:48*pm, Kevin wrote: Noooo, you big silly, put that Molson down..and pay attention: Oil Springs is in the Western part of Southern Ontario. Han knows how that kinda thing works, North Brabant, is in the Southern part of The Netherlands. South Dakota is in the Northern US? You may now continue drinking that Molson....stuff...'cuz beer it ain't. Ahhh, gotcha. *It's in Westsouth Ontario. *All is now clear. Muskokaly yours, Kevin Noooooooooooooooo, because if you go as far West as you can in Ontario, then you hit the Manitoba border. THEN, if you go South..you end up near Thunderinglardjesus Bay. However...if you go South first...and then West, you end up in Windsor, which is about an hour away from Oil Springs and a helluvalot closer than Thunderingfarking Bay! Now, Cornwall.. THAT is Eastern Ontario, boy is it ever... Hey Rob, good buddy, this is getting silly, as a fellow resident of Southern Ontario, and as Bob knows we all know each other, Oil Springs is definitely in the South Western part of Southern Ontario *aka Southern Ontario, for the less anal. ;-) -- Froz... I know where I live, most of the time. *G* But for those who believe Wiki..here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwestern_Ontario It even has a picture! |
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However...if you go South first...and then West, you end up in Windsor. Many nights during my youth I DID end up in Windsor. Wonderful ballet.... Kevin |
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OT Who knew? Oil Springs, ON, struck first oil.
Kevin, my lad, you are reading your map bassackwards.
P D Q "Kevin" wrote in message ... THE CANADIAN PRESS A tiny pocket of southwestern Ontario will be bubbling with pride this weekend as residents celebrate a claim to fame that fuelled a civilization. Well, that's all very impressive, however, if this is a point of national pride, perhaps they should check a map because Oil Springs is in southEASTERN, Ontario. I'd hate for all of that celebratory Labatts and back bacon to go to waste because people were driving aimlessly around the wrong part of the Province! :-) |
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Just think how scary it would be were Kevin to see a box of Windsor Salt which had a picture of the mine adit on it and tried to find Warwick. (G)
P D Q "Robatoy" wrote in message ... On Aug 8, 3:52 pm, Tom Watson wrote: On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:22:13 -0700 (PDT), Robatoy wrote: Do you have a Tates compass? Maybe that explains why you're lost. After all, he who has a Tates, is lost. Mebbe he dint correct for declination wif his Tates an he's goin mag north instead a true north. Regards, Tom. Thos. J. Watson - Cabinetmakerhttp://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/ tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet You hafta stay away from True North... That's a scary place. Because if you go due South, from True North, and then go due West for a few hundred kms, then turn due North...you're back where you started...nu-uh..weird **** happens up there... Mag North, is closer to New Foundland.. in some ways even scarier. |
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After reading some of this convoluted geography debate, I can only conclude
that canadians are wandering around wondering where they are. No wonder they drink so much of that macho beer they brew up on those parts. I assume that they have no problem finding the beer. |
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Not a problem. We all know where the government dairy is.
P D Q "Lee Michaels" wrote in message . .. After reading some of this convoluted geography debate, I can only conclude that canadians are wandering around wondering where they are. No wonder they drink so much of that macho beer they brew up on those parts. I assume that they have no problem finding the beer. |
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On Aug 8, 8:44*pm, "Lee Michaels" wrote:
After reading some of this convoluted geography debate, I can only conclude that canadians are wandering around wondering where they are. No wonder they drink so much of that macho beer they brew up on those parts. I assume that they have no problem finding the beer. ...wait... I'm busy bouncing a globe off the wall... this is fun.... |
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Thunder bay is not on the west side. it's on lake superior. if you go
west to manitoba an head south you'll hit minnesota, lake of the woods. it's about 250 mi from thunder bay to the manitoba border with kenora in betwixed. watch out for moose. ross |
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FrozenNorth wrote:
Robatoy wrote: On Aug 8, 3:48 pm, Kevin wrote: Noooo, you big silly, put that Molson down..and pay attention: Oil Springs is in the Western part of Southern Ontario. Han knows how that kinda thing works, North Brabant, is in the Southern part of The Netherlands. South Dakota is in the Northern US? You may now continue drinking that Molson....stuff...'cuz beer it ain't. Ahhh, gotcha. It's in Westsouth Ontario. All is now clear. Muskokaly yours, Kevin Noooooooooooooooo, because if you go as far West as you can in Ontario, then you hit the Manitoba border. THEN, if you go South..you end up near Thunderinglardjesus Bay. However...if you go South first...and then West, you end up in Windsor, which is about an hour away from Oil Springs and a helluvalot closer than Thunderingfarking Bay! Now, Cornwall.. THAT is Eastern Ontario, boy is it ever... Hey Rob, good buddy, this is getting silly, as a fellow resident of Southern Ontario, and as Bob knows we all know each other, Oil Springs is definitely in the South Western part of Southern Ontario aka Southern Ontario, for the less anal. ;-) That's what I said. Western Niagara peninsula, which is in Eastern Ontario (actually South Central Ontario). Dave N |
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On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:41:30 -0700 (PDT), Robatoy
wrote: Where is Thunder Bay? Northern Ontario..on the West side. You do realize that was a rhetorical question? Thunderstinkin Bay is no more in Northern Ontario than Anchorage is Northern Alaska. There's a WHOLE lot more of both WAY north of both. Even Hearst isn't really Northern Ontario. By the way, someone mentioned Cornwall. Reminds me of an old story we used to tell about Jacksonville, FL, when I was living there. It goes: some guys in Tampa were talking around the water cooler at work one day. One of their co-workers, who hadn't been around for a few days walked up. "Bob, where the hell you been?" "Well, remember the attitude adjustment session at the tavern last week?" "Yeah, you looked like you were cutting one out of the herd, there." "Yup. Did real good, too. We left the bar, went dancing a little, had a late dinner, a little vino. Started a little neck nibbling. After a while, we got a little more intense in the back of a taxi and she started really getting excited." "So?" "She came up for air at one point and said, 'kiss me where it smells' so I took her to Jacksonville. I just got back." -- LRod Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999 http://www.woodbutcher.net http://www.normstools.com Proud participant of rec.woodworking since February, 1997 email addy de-spam-ified due to 1,000 spams per month. If you can't figure out how to use it, I probably wouldn't care to correspond with you anyway. |
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LRod wrote:
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:22:13 -0700 (PDT), Robatoy wrote: On Aug 8, 3:06 pm, Kevin wrote: THE CANADIAN PRESS A tiny pocket of southwestern Ontario will be bubbling with pride this weekend as residents celebrate a claim to fame that fuelled a civilization. Well, that's all very impressive, however, if this is a point of national pride, perhaps they should check a map because Oil Springs is in southEASTERN, Ontario. I'd hate for all of that celebratory Labatts and back bacon to go to waste because people were driving aimlessly around the wrong part of the Province! :-) Speaking of aimless.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...eography_stubs Now clicky on Lambton County.. there you will find Oil Springs... in SOUTH WESTERN ONTARIO. Where is Thunder Bay? Where is Canada? |
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On 09 Aug 2008 14:12:06 GMT, Han wrote:
Robatoy wrote in news:bb6618d0-34a4-44ca-982b- : On Aug 8, 3:48Â*pm, Kevin wrote: Noooo, you big silly, put that Molson down..and pay attention: Oil Springs is in the Western part of Southern Ontario. Han knows how that kinda thing works, North Brabant, is in the Southern part of The Netherlands. South Dakota is in the Northern US? You may now continue drinking that Molson....stuff...'cuz beer it ain't. Ahhh, gotcha. Â*It's in Westsouth Ontario. Â*All is now clear. Muskokaly yours, Kevin Noooooooooooooooo, because if you go as far West as you can in Ontario, then you hit the Manitoba border. THEN, if you go South..you end up near Thunderinglardjesus Bay. However...if you go South first...and then West, you end up in Windsor, which is about an hour away from Oil Springs and a helluvalot closer than Thunderingfarking Bay! Now, Cornwall.. THAT is Eastern Ontario, boy is it ever... Well, if I look at a map of Ontario on yahoo, it looks sort of like the "boot" of Italy, only a lot more sqat. Oil Springs is then near the Western tip of the most Southern part, which leans heavily Eastwards, like Calabria in Italy is the westernmost part of southern Italy, but it it is East of the center of Italy. I can only conclude that Canadians have some sort of trouble with geography, unless, like in Europe, boundaries/borders/regions have changed for infernal reasons of marriage and/or war. The 49th parallel is the main devider between Canada and the USA, except for the great lakes and St Lawrence Seaway. And a VERY siseable proportion of Canadians live "south of the 49th" Ontario is rouchly devided between eastern ontario(that part roughly east of Hogtown and south of Quebec), Central Ontario,(that part rougly south of Barrie and west of Toronto's eastern edge), sothwestern ontario (the area roughly south of toronto),the "near north", extending from the top of Georgean bay to the corner of Quebec,(or roughly the 49th) and the "north", which is about 75%+ of the province. All of the western part of canada is in the "NORTH" by that standard, as is most of Quebec and Newfoundland ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
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On 09 Aug 2008 14:12:06 GMT, Han wrote:
I can only conclude that Canadians have some sort of trouble with geography, unless, like in Europe, boundaries/borders/regions have changed for infernal reasons of marriage and/or war. You want to try to get around Waterloo County, Ontario. The "twin cities" of Kitchener and waterloo share 2 main streets - Weber and King, that run parallel to each other (more or less), North, South, East and west, and cross 3 times. (North and south in Waterloo, East and west in Kitchener, nominally) Virtually nothing runs true north or south or east or west, with no neatly laid out "grid". Then go to Guelph - and Goderich (both outside the region) - goderich , on the bay, is set out like a roundhouse, while Guelph is laid out like a horseshoe. Both cities were designed by John Galt - and the plans got mixed up - putting the "railroad city" on the bay, and the "harbour city" totally landlocked. Oh wel - makes life and travel interesting. ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
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How about calling it a suburb of Detroit? grin |
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OT Who knew? Oil Springs, ON, struck first oil.
clare at snyder dot ontario dot canada wrote in message
... On 09 Aug 2008 14:12:06 GMT, Han wrote: Robatoy wrote in news:bb6618d0-34a4-44ca-982b- : On Aug 8, 3:48 pm, Kevin wrote: Noooo, you big silly, put that Molson down..and pay attention: Oil Springs is in the Western part of Southern Ontario. Han knows how that kinda thing works, North Brabant, is in the Southern part of The Netherlands. South Dakota is in the Northern US? You may now continue drinking that Molson....stuff...'cuz beer it ain't. Ahhh, gotcha. It's in Westsouth Ontario. All is now clear. Muskokaly yours, Kevin Noooooooooooooooo, because if you go as far West as you can in Ontario, then you hit the Manitoba border. THEN, if you go South..you end up near Thunderinglardjesus Bay. However...if you go South first...and then West, you end up in Windsor, which is about an hour away from Oil Springs and a helluvalot closer than Thunderingfarking Bay! Now, Cornwall.. THAT is Eastern Ontario, boy is it ever... Well, if I look at a map of Ontario on yahoo, it looks sort of like the "boot" of Italy, only a lot more sqat. Oil Springs is then near the Western tip of the most Southern part, which leans heavily Eastwards, like Calabria in Italy is the westernmost part of southern Italy, but it it is East of the center of Italy. I can only conclude that Canadians have some sort of trouble with geography, unless, like in Europe, boundaries/borders/regions have changed for infernal reasons of marriage and/or war. The 49th parallel is the main devider between Canada and the USA, except for the great lakes and St Lawrence Seaway. And a VERY siseable proportion of Canadians live "south of the 49th" Ontario is rouchly devided between eastern ontario(that part roughly east of Hogtown and south of Quebec), Central Ontario,(that part rougly south of Barrie and west of Toronto's eastern edge), sothwestern ontario (the area roughly south of toronto),the "near north", extending from the top of Georgean bay to the corner of Quebec,(or roughly the 49th) and the "north", which is about 75%+ of the province. All of the western part of canada is in the "NORTH" by that standard, as is most of Quebec and Newfoundland ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** As a born and raised Saskatchewanian (try typing that after a alco-pop or two), let me offer my $.02. The way I see it is that most Ontarioans still think of Ontario as it was when it was known as "Upper Canada" . By that measure Oil Springs likley would be in south western Upper Canada, and the rest of Ontario doesn't exist in their minds. There used to be a fairly large contingent of people from western Ontario (Thunder Bay, Kenora, etc) who seriously thought of joining Manitoba - they have a whole lot more in common with the west than they do with the Centre of The Universe; |
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