Posted in Travel on May 6, 2006 | 2 Comments »
IMG_3331, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
Maggie and I went to Niagara on the Lake today. Its a beautiful place and a great tourist draw. The town is incredibly well kept and by the looks of the pictures in the window of the real estate office, housing prices are double that of Guelph (Guelph is already pretty [...]
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Posted in Interesting on May 6, 2006 | No Comments »
IMG_3355, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
Travelling across Ontario you come across some pretty wierd stuff, this is another example of a mystery photo. Last week's ore pulverizer seemed quite popular (See post of "Mystery Machine" and so, without further delay, might I present, "the eyesore". Does anyone recognize this? What is it? Where is it?
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Posted in Interesting on May 6, 2006 | 4 Comments »
IMG_1925, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
Well here it is, This is the outside of the "mystery machine", it sits beside the railway track in Cobalt.
The picture in the earlier post was taken through one of the windows looking toward the nose of the drum. At one time the whole drum spun and big iron balls tumbled [...]
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Posted in Caves on May 6, 2006 | No Comments »
IMG_3241, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
It is not uncommon to find bones in a cave. I recall one dig where we were using suction nozzles to remove glacial silt from a deep sinkhole near Shelburne. It is an area known as "The roof of Ontario", for its height and initial appearance above a receeding glacial lake. [...]
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