Article about: After Dave (sscrooge), a short trip to Ireland to see young Patrick, then Belgium and the world. 5 more stops and it will be in Russia mate, maybe for the second time
Hi Dave. It's a Canadian tradition it seems. The vehicle is called
a 'Bombardier' and they haven't changed - I remember them
as a kid, and believe they are from the 1940's. Most guys
use snowmobiles or quads.
With so many ice huts in one location, at times it can become
like a small village. Others simply drill a hole in the ice
and sit on an upturned bucket.........
Made a trip to the 'Toronto Military Show' today, and was
near enough to the city core for a few more pics:
First one is facing downtown Toronto from the west at
Sunnyside Beach near Lake Ontario's Humber Bay.
I was driving along Lake Shore Boulevard, looking
for a good random place to stop for photos.
This area was a very popular amusement
park from 1922 to 1955.
The colourized pic is what the park looked like in 1931.
( I found a broken hockey stick near the shore
to rest the helmet on. )
Hi all (steve) I have been following this thread for nearly a couple of years, I don't know how it works for sure but if you would like me to PM my address to you as you are the current holder of this well travelled lid I would be most happy to take a few images( after a bit of decoration) and then post it on! Leon.
Next, the helmet on a bust of Sir Casimir Gzowski, ( 1813-1898 )
an engineer who served as acting Lieutenant Governor of
Ontario in 1896-97. This memorial, with a railroad theme,
is in the lakeside park which is named after him.
His great-great grandson, Peter Gzowski, ( 1934-2002 )
was a famous Canadian writer, reporter and
CBC radio broadcaster.
Lastly, a pic of the western Toronto skyline - just south of the
Canadian National Exhibition grounds, beside Ontario Place.
Behind me is the old mooring of the Destroyer 'HMCS Haida'
- which I visited years ago as a grade school student - that
has since been moved across the lake to Hamilton, which
is on the southwestern shores of Lake Ontario.
Just yards away, a Spitfire and an Avro Lancaster were
displayed here too, but have also been taken away.
The Spit was sold off for $1.
It is early spring here, and no plants or buds have
blossomed yet, but it's good to see
open water.........
Looks great Steve! I particularly like the fact you managed to randomly find a discarded hockey stick to use as a stand. It doesn't get much more Canadian than that.
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