Where's Nifty?! #2

Lyssi wrote in post #15561688
They built the covered bridges for romantic encounters , like in the movie "The Bridges of Madison County".

I love these covered bridges, have yet to come across one in Canada. So this one is foot traffic only CameraMan? I had never considered that they wouldn't support the weight of a vehicle.

Visit New Brunswick, home of 68 covered bridges, plus the longest one in the world at Hartland, NB!
http://www.gnb.ca …dges/coveredbri​dges-e.asp
http://www.gnb.ca …Hartland%20Brid​ge%201.jpg

Oh Wow, looks like I'm not visiting the right places....

Lyssi wrote in post #15562040
Oh Wow, looks like I'm not visiting the right places....

That's because you don't have your own private jet. You should rectify that--post haste!

Small world.. I worked for RR Donnelley in the production/planning dept and we worked with Quad often!

CameraMan wrote in post #15561094
At it again today. I went out to the store and grabbed the camera and the Nifty Fifty.

1. The place I used to work. It's the only big plant in the area that is left. If this one were to ever leave we'd be in big trouble economically.

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/alanmars/843650​9752/
IMG_4020.jpg by CameraMan65, on Flickr

MOkoFOko wrote in post #15562252
That's because you don't have your own private jet.

Well, sure I do... it's just a little slow!

They own almost everything now. Funny thing is I got laid off because they were not making any money. 4 months later they bought World Color and a bunch of other small printing companies. They were #3 before I got laid off. World Color was #1 or #2 so I'm sure they're the #1 printer in the country now.

Lyssi wrote in post #15562402
Well, sure I do... it's just a little slow!

So then... any chance you can drop me off at the mall around noon? The DC mall I mean

Saturday, Feb 02 2013

A few more from my excursion out onto the frozen Pelican Lake last week.

Great stuff Lyssi. I'm not a big fan of the snow and cold anymore but 20 years ago that would have looked like fun.

I enjoyed seeing these images, Pat, and hearing the bit of history that surrounds the name of your town. Your shots do tend to convey that sense of cold better than some snow images manage to do. Nicely done.

I love the shots, but am curious why the Mountain was named after the losers of the battle?

Killjoy wrote in post #15567107
I love the shots, but am curious why the Mountain was named after the losers of the battle?

Aha, someone's paying attention. Good question!

Who knows... neither party even lived in this area. The Sioux were apparently chasing the Ojibway through the English River / Lake system, across a couple of Provinces. The Ojibway just chose this spot (the Mountain) to pull over and carry out the ambush.

All the naming seems to stem from the use of the Mountain as the lookout point - as in, they were able to see the Sioux when they were still miles away and had lots of time to prepare a successful ambush below.

From the Railway records, the Town was originally named "Graham" and somewhere along the line it was changed to Sioux Lookout. Probably by a Municipal Council who thought it would be a more romantic name/story for the tourist trade!

Wallace River wrote in post #15561955
Visit New Brunswick, home of 68 covered bridges, plus the longest one in the world at Hartland, NB!
http://www.gnb.ca …dges/coveredbri​dges-e.asp
http://www.gnb.ca …Hartland%20Brid​ge%201.jpg

I have been to New Brunswick once. We were on our way driving to Halifax. We ended up camping in Fundy National Park one night (After getting interrogated at the Canadian Border for a couple hours). Major wind storm that night and it sounded like our tent was going to pop and blow away. Some really nice people in an RV cooking dinner beside us (they had been there awhile and planned on staying even longer) were laughing at us trying to make PB sandwiches in the wind (stuff was going everywhere) that night and invited us over for some Lobster they were cooking (and shelter from the wind on the side of the RV). They were super nice people and we hung out with them that night. Beautiful area and I would love to go back sometime.

Lyssi wrote in post #15564953
Saturday, Feb 02 2013

Legend has it that Sioux Mountain was the site of a 1700s battle between the Ojibway and invading Sioux Indians. The Ojibway camped at the peak of
Sioux Mountain, so they could see the approaching Sioux canoes from a great distance and set up a successful ambush as the Sioux arrived. During the
ambush the entire invading party was killed or drowned except for one small boy, saved by a compassionate Ojibway woman. He was adopted into the
tribe and later became one of its most respected chiefs.

Still looks really cold there, but it would be fun to see. Never been far enough north to see that, but I have been to the Ojibway Hotel in Georgian Bay. That area is really a great place to get away from things. Thanks for braving the cold to get these pictures.

Some more (finally)

This is on Beale St, sort of a walk of fame type thing.