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ddeubel
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cbclark4
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Location: Masan
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I vote for:
The Stanley Cup
Niagra Falls
Dawson City
Manacouagan Crater
Museum of Civilization
Porcupine Caribou
Drumheller
cbc |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Can I nominate myself or do I not count because I no longer reside in Canada? |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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Mount Thor is badass.
I have to admit I'm a little surprised West Edmonton Mall isn't on there, but not particularly offended. |
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khyber
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Compunction Junction
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| Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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Lake Louise...tourist trap...but a tourist trap for a reason; it's utterly gorgeous
niagra falls
clayquot sound (insert other old growth forest)
West Edmonton Mall!!!
good lord that is an evil place
1km outside kindersley saskatchewan.....stand in the middle of a table flat field of waving grain? You'll never feel as inconcequential again.
Wreck beach; where else man? wheeeeeerreee else |
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BS.Dos.
Joined: 29 Mar 2007
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[quote="RACETRAITOR"]Mount Thor is badass.
Jesus! Where is that? Looks amazing. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 3:52 am Post subject: |
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it's a wonder that people think Canada is as good as they do when the reality is actually far from the perception.
Canada = over-rated |
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funkywinkerbeans
Joined: 17 Feb 2006
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 4:17 am Post subject: |
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| Corner of Hastings and Main in front of the old Carnegie Library in Downtown Eastside Vancouver. Drugs galore getting dealt and the police station is only 2oo metres away. |
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ddeubel
Joined: 20 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 4:46 am Post subject: |
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I'm surprised nobody's mentioned anything about Winnipeg  [yet]
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it's a wonder that people think Canada is as good as they do when the reality is actually far from the perception.
Canada = over-rated |
Superhero, As someone who loves superheroes, you should be an expert on the differences between reality and perception. The perception is the reality -- and all you are talking about is your own peptoception. You should stalk up on some phenomenological treatesies Husserl would be a start www.husserlpage.com
Or was it the nuclear exposure that your mother underwent that turned you into such an "abnormale"?
Fact is, we aren't talking up Canada, just that within it. So your point is mute.
I find it a wonder that any local watering hole doesn't get a nomination......how'd Canada'd survive without them, eh? |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 5:01 am Post subject: |
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| SuperHero wrote: |
it's a wonder that people think Canada is as good as they do when the reality is actually far from the perception.
Canada = over-rated |
Wow, you just don't get it.
This is about the 7 best things in Canada. Any country can do this, it isn't comparing it to the rest of the world. Get a grip. We could be talking about the seven wonders of western San Marino. |
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 5:02 am Post subject: |
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| SuperHero wrote: |
it's a wonder that people think Canada is as good as they do when the reality is actually far from the perception.
Canada = over-rated |
Yeah, there's so much press about the glories of Canada I just can't turn on my TV without seeing Celine Dion |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 6:30 am Post subject: |
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| ddeubel wrote: |
I find it a wonder that any local watering hole doesn't get a nomination......how'd Canada'd survive without them, eh? |
How about the Strat in Edmonton? It's the main floor of a hundred-year-old seedy hotel. It attracts an interesting mix of students, hipsters, VLT addicts, and aging alcoholics. Plus, cheap popcorn and pickled eggs. When Chretien came through around 2001, he mentioned in a speech that he drove past the Strat, and remarked "My grandfather used to drink there when he first came to Canada."
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Tokki1
Joined: 14 May 2007
Location: The gap between the Korean superiority and inferiority complex
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 6:47 am Post subject: |
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1. B.C Weed
2. Clayoquot Sound (Vancouver Island, B.C)
3. Queen Charlotte Islands--Haida Gwaii (B.C)
4. Drumheller, Alta
5. Rockies (B.C Alta)
6. Nahanni National Park (NWT)
7. Pacific Rim National Park (Vancouver Island, B.C)
Nominees I consider personal insults from the CBC:
1. Cathedral Grove (strip of trees to hide massive clearcuts on Vancouver Island).
2. Wreck Beach (sausage-fest of a nude beach in Vancouver, B.C)
3. Vimy Memorial (wtf it's in France)
4. Mum's House in Scarborough (sigh)
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demaratus
Joined: 13 Apr 2005
Location: Searching for a heart of gold, and I'm gettin' old
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my top 7 in no real order:
1) niagra falls
2) the canadian north (in particular northern saskatchewan is fantastic, unlike the rest of the province)
3) the great lakes (um they would be more amazing if they weren't so polluted)
4) Drumheller and the southern alberta badlands
5) Quebec city- not as much nightlife as Montreal, but old Quebec is great
6) The maritimes, esp Newfoundland
7) lake athabasca |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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I KNOW what four of the seven MUST be:
- the Northern Lights
- the Rocky Mountains
- Niagara Falls
- the Cabot Trail
It'd be a joke to leave off any one of these four.
I can think of plenty of others to round off the list but I cannot imagine for the life of me how these four could be excluded from a list of Wonders of Canada.
But here's a list of the Seven URBAN Wonders of Canada by which I mean major symbolic highlight of those visiting a major Canadian city:
7 Urban Wonders:
1. Stanley Park
2. CN Tower
3. Mont Real
4. West Ed Mall
5. Rideau Canal
6. Le Chateau Frontenac
7. Butchart Gardens |
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