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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 2/17 1:43pm Subject: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. Kawaiahao Church - Date Edited: 11/21 10:31pm (185 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	They start in the Americas: Place: Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada Reason: Birthplace of the world-famous Klondike gold rush. Wiki's summary of the Klondike Gold Rush This was one of the most remote places on earth in 1896, when the rush began. It still is. The city itself is ye tacky tourist trap, but the scenery outside it is sublimely beautiful.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 2/17 6:38pm Subject: RE: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. Dawson City (Yukon)
	Next: Place: Banff Springs Hotel Location: Banff, Canada Architect: Bruce Price (USA) Reason: Hotel in the Scottish baronial style A typical 'chateau style' Canadian railway hotel--they built them along with the railways, for tourists. Still in operation, but bring C$900 (per night.) Banff is in the Rockies.
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Chancellor_Ewok Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 2/17 6:46pm Subject: RE: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. Banff Springs Hotel
	I've never stayed in it, but I've been there twice. Its very beautiful and definetly worth seeing. -----signature----- http://tlongpublications.wordpress.com/ http://tlongportfolio.wordpress.com/ http://thestarsailors.wordpress.com/
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 2/18 7:52pm Subject: RE: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. Banff Springs Hotel
	Next: Place: Fort Edmonton Park Location: Edmonton, Canada Architect: N/A Reason: Historic trading post First established in 1794 at the confluence of the Sturgeon and North Saskatchewan rivers as part of the western expansion of the Hudson's Bay Company (there is a similar recreation in Thunder Bay, Ontario, of the Norwestern Company...HBC's main competitor.)
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 2/18 11:03pm Subject: RE: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. Ft. Edmonton Park
	Next: Place: Wanuskewin Heritage Park Location: Saskatoon, Canada Architect: N/A Reason: Sacred site (First Nations) [image=http://pro.corbis.com/images/DH010478.jpg?size=67&uid={609282DE-5743-4270-A237-BD41E8BE535D}] Wanuskewin Heritage Park
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 2/19 11:11am Subject: RE: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. Wanuskewin Park
	Next: Place: Royal Canadian Mounted Police Academy Location: Regina, Canada Architect: N/A Reason: Training academy for the RCMP The RCMP--cross between a ceremonial cavalry, national police force and the FBI, according to the book--has a training centre here which all recruits must attend for six months. There is a 12 acre site, which includes a mess hall, chapel, drill hall, forensic lab, firearms complex, a 'town site' for policing enactments, gym, fitness centre, and a cemetery (where executed rebel leader Louis Riel is buried). Wiki Summary
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 2/19 3:54pm Subject: RE: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. Wanuskewin Park
	I've flipped through this book; been to maybe two places. Brother. -----signature----- Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 2/19 9:19pm Subject: RE: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. Wanuskewin Park
	Next: Place: Union Station Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Architect: Four architects Circa: 1914-20 Reason: Beaux-Arts style railway station Union Station
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Spiderfan Registered: Mar '04	Date Posted: 2/19 9:34pm Subject: RE: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. Union Station (Toronto)
	Union station?? Seriously?? The most interesting thing there are the crazy homeless people who wander around muttering to themselves. -----signature----- Brain and Brain! What is Brain?!
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 2/19 9:43pm Subject: RE: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. Union Station (Toronto)
	I absolutely don't know why the book included it. I once spent a thoroughly uncomfortable night on its benches, so I hate it.
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Boba_Fett_2001 Registered: Dec '00	Date Posted: 2/19 9:56pm Subject: RE: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. Union Station (Toronto)
	Ah, Union Station. If I'm not going to a sports game then I'm going through there to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre for exams. Good times. -----signature----- Everyone is entitled to my opinion. Go Toronto sports teams! All Hail Cliegg's Blue Leg!
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 2/20 9:39am Subject: RE: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. Union Station (Toronto)
	Next: Place: Casa Loma Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Architect: Edward Lennox Circa: 1914-20 Reason: "Majestic Kitsch Monument" (according to the book) Casa Loma Built in 1911, and costing a huge (for the time) $3.5 Million, this huge white elephant has been hulking in the Toronto scene ever since. I don't agree it's kitsch; it's in proper style, and worth seeing.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 2/20 1:31pm Subject: RE: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. Casa Loma
	Next: Place: Parliament Buildings Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Architect: Edward Lennox Circa: 1914-20 Reason: Canada's historic seat of government Ottawa was chosen as the capital of the country in 1858 (by Queen Victoria) because it was the farthest city from the American border (the Yanks had burned down Canada's previous capital), and it was on the border of Ontario and Quebec (then referred to as Upper and Lower Canada--as upper and lower on the St. Lawrence). Gothic revival in style. Generally known in Canada as Parliament Hill. It's a bit heavy in style, but having seen pictures of Brasilia, it could be much worse. The Gothic library is a real gem: [image=http://pro.corbis.com/images/42-19689377.jpg?size=67&uid={D548B5FD-595F-4ADB-8620-5978CB610F21}]
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 2/20 9:16pm Subject: RE: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. Parliament Hill, Ottawa
	Union Station in Toronto is one of the few places in the book I've been too; figures it would be the one everyone disagrees with. I was . . . well, busy trying not to get completely lost while I was there, so I didn't exactly get any historical ambience, but it is a beautiful facade. I was planning to get to Casa Loma while I was in Toronto, but I'm afraid I didn't. -----signature----- Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 2/21 7:38am Subject: RE: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. Parliament Hill, Ottawa
	Next: Place: Hotel-Dieu de Montreal Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Architect: Guillaume Bailly Circa: 1645 Reason: One of the oldest hospitals in North America, and the site of many important medical advances, including the first kidney removal and the first femur transplant.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 2/21 11:42pm Subject: RE: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. Hotel-Dieu de Montreal - Date Edited: 2/21 11:43pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	Next: Place: Chateau Ramezay Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Architect: Not Known Circa: 1705 Reason: Last standing home of a French governor Later also used as the residence of the British governors, then as a school, college, law courts, and a museum.
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