Find the Place (Canada)
 

I thought it would be interesting to start a game of sorts. Post a Google Earth screenshot of a particular location in Canada. Everyone else then tries to identify the location and explain what is interesting or unique about that location (geology, history, vegetation, etc.). The person who successfully identifies the location than gets to post an image of another location and start things over again. In order to keep things moving, I suggest that the poster provide a hint, either with an smaller scale image, or with some other sort, after a week or so has passed.

I'll start things off with this location:
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/5738/ftpc001.png

Is that some place on the Niagara Escarpment?

X marks the spot. I only see an X.

I don't think it's the escarpment, it appears more remote. I'm trying to figure out what the grey area is. At first I thought is was some sort of above-ground oil sands, but perhaps it's a unique rock formation.

Well, we have a paved road moving in a NEE direction terminating in a round about and leading to a trail. The trailhead seems to have a number of stair cases and landings leading to a natural trail. The trail terminates at a large viewing platform overlooking what seems to be a steep gorge devoid of water.
The shadowing on the right hand side of the gorge? indicates a depression. Also south of the road I believe there is a major drop off. The road follows the edge of a ridge.
I have no clue where this is, or whether my analysis has merit.

For some reason, like MolsonEx I cannot see the image, but judging from the description above, I wonder if it might not be somewhere around Gatineau Park. Perhaps the Champlain Lookout on the Eardley Escarpment. Just a totally wild guess.

OK, now I can see it. It definitely isn't Champlain Lookout in Gatineau Park.

The gorge devoid of water gives a pretty good clue as to its origins. To keep things moving, I wouldn't be surprised if vid is familiar with this place.

Now I can see it. Somewhere dry? sagebrush? Okanagan?

Where's vid from? North Bay?

Name that place!


http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/16/namethatplace.jpg
By kw5150 at 2012-02-09

The comment about vid is a pretty broad hint, so I'll bite.

I've never been to T-Bay (except for a pit stop at the airport) so this is a wild guess:

How about a look-off on top of the Sleeping Giant? :)

First shot is Ouimet Canyon ON, second shot somewhere along the Milk River AB?

There shouldn't be a second shot since we haven't found out about the first one.

Edit: I just checked and rrskylar found it, it was Ouimet canyon, so he should post the next shot

It definitely is Ouimet canyon.

Quimet Canyon is my guess too.

The tip of the lake is Welburn Lake.

It is Ouimet Canyon. As for the interesting bit about the place: it likely formed along a fault line associated with the Mid-Continental Rift, but was scoured out by glacial melt water during the retreat of the Laurentian ice sheet. The vegetation on the canyon floor is primarily arctic species which became established at the end of the last ice age and remain there to this day. Have at it rskylar!

KW5150 posted Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta.

I suppose it's my turn then. This shouldn't take long
http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/z...2010/Rings.jpg
from Google earth

CFB Suffield.

I should have said no Albertans are allowed to guess that one. lol

I've got one ready if Freeweed doesn't want to go.

I believe by the 'rules of engagement in post one' that it is rrskylars' turn.

Yeah, someone butted in before Ouimet Canyon was figured out, so we kind of have two going at once at the moment. I was kind of leaning towards it being kind of educational as well - ie. why did you pick that location? What's interesting about it, etc.

I picked Suffield because it's one of the largest military training areas in the world, the largest in the Commonwealth, and NATO I believe. It's home to a few thousand British Soldiers every summer, Defense Research and Development Suffield (our version of Area 51) which has one of the highest security clearances in NATO. They test chemical and biological agents there, and used to test nasty shit on people. They had a bunch of monkeys they were testing something top secret on back in the 50s or 60's, when they escaped, so they had to hire people to help them round them up, but didn't tell them what they were testing on them. lol gotta love the cold war.

The large rings (gravel roads) are 10miles apart (IIRC), and were used to gauge the damage caused wen they detonated something like a kiloton of TNT back in the 50's.

It's also home to a large number of Tipi rings and Medicine Wheels dating back approx 6000 years.

So, it's loosey goosey - fair enough
I'm interesting in reading topopgraphy in google satellite. Sometimes the shadowing is near noon and sometimes it 7PM and one has to account for the time the photo is taken. So in my post below, I'd be interested in a critique addressing where I erred.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...42&postcount=5

Guess where this one is!

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/1...rylocation.jpg

Actually, my apologies. I didn't intend on posting an example (nor realize I had to at first). I'll try not to spoil the fun now :)

London, Ontario. Just to the west of Hyde Park. I live less than 2 kms away.

Okee dokee

http://bit.ly/AdcjpQ

That looks like the Okanagan in BC. Naramata?

Dang!

I don't have time to think of one to post, then upload and link it, someone else go.

I have a hard time interpreting some of the features on the photo - it's slightly easier to see the topography if you zoom out a little bit. The roadway doesn't exactly follow a ridge. There is an escarpment slightly south of the edge of this photo though. The major thing that throws me off in the interpretation is the two dark spots south of the trail head. If you look at the topo for the site, it is clear that the topography is not responsible for them, and there are no lakes or ponds at that location.

Toporama coverage

I interpreted the two oval dark spots being akin to avalanche runs. The road is interesting. About 1 inch in, on your posted image there is a small spur heading south which looks like what might be a path leading to a small clearing (lookout)?

Anyhow, this is fun - thanks!!

This one might be a bit trickier because the place isn't really distinctly recognizable from google earth:

http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/6725/islandy.png

The point of this one is that there is something cool and unique about the islands circled.

Manitoulin Island?

Sorry to butt in, because it isn't my photo but, but yes, it is.

Here's a tougher one:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...PMystery-1.jpg

MolsonExport is right, it's Lake Mindemoya and Lake Kagawong on Manitoulin Island. The island in the lake on the right (Mindemoya) may be the largest island in a lake on an island in a lake. I'm not sure of the significance of the other island. Have at it MolsonExport!

Is the last one Field, BC? It looks like it could be, but the river through Field always seems much wider than that to me.

Negative.

And to have it on the next page:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...PMystery-1.jpg

you nailed it

It does look quite similar though. Bizarro Field. http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ll=...52314&t=h&z=15

My picture does have north pointing up. Remember that. I think that should be a rule, every image shown should have north pointing up. Don't make it super confusing by rotating the image around.

I just circled both islands because they were both in the shot, but yes it is Manitoulin Island. The one on the right is as far as I know the only inhabited island in a lake on an island that is in a lake.

I have no idea where that one is, very tough.

That is Coalmont BC, just south of Tulameen.

OK, since I got the last one right, here is mine. I want to exact location here (not general)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7056/6...b1e1c18c_b.jpg

Not sure if this one is going to be tough or easy...

That's gotta be around Kamloops, hilly but very dry. Elephant Hill park maybe?