Islands of Canada - Page 2

Rico Rommheim · #21 Posted **Apr 30, 2013, 2:51 PM**

Anticosti Island has always fascinated me. An island bigger than PEI, and yet it's 99.9% absolute wilderness.

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/tag...i/interesting/

http://www.gngl.com/ImgProduits/Fiche/CANL19P01.jpg

But this one has to be my favorite:
Lake Manicouagan

SignalHillHiker · #22 Posted **Apr 30, 2013, 2:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

But this one has to be my favorite:
Lake Manicouagan
http://d1jqu7g1y74ds1.cloudfront.net.../05/crater.jpg

Oh wow... that is so cool!

davidivivid · #23 Posted **Apr 30, 2013, 3:21 PM**

I've never been to neither Anticostie nor Magdelene Island though I've been wanting to for a long time.

Here's a link to a photo collection of Orleans Island:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=324

SignalHillHiker · #24 Posted **Apr 30, 2013, 3:27 PM**

Idyllic.

I love French rural areas in North America.

There's just something about them that's exotic because, despite myself, I still instinctively expect rural areas to be English-speaking.

And, also, it's in rural areas that you can really see just how different the French people and lifestyles were from English-speaking settlers.

Granted, 99% of it is identical - it's not like we're a different species - but the tiny ways that they are different, I admire and prefer the French way more.

For example, a much greater emphasis on aesthetics.

I noticed flying over Quebec that the farmland is organized along rather densely-populated roads. Most people have neighbours who are almost as close as they would be in a suburban area.

In rural Manitoba, there are farm houses dotted, completely alone, throughout the countryside, surrounded by large, square farms (in Quebec, they tend to be longer and more rectangular).

There's just something really charming about the way they did things.

Great photo thread, by the way!

SignalHillHiker · #25 Posted **Apr 30, 2013, 3:46 PM**

Another of ours, Ramea.

Among Newfoundlanders, Ramea is known primarily for two things:

1. Being the least colourful community in the province.
2. Its windmills.

Like Fogo Island, the people are disproportionately fair with blond hair and blue eyes.

Ramea, NL by HCD*, on Flickr

Ramea, NL by HCD*, on Flickr

Ramea is also the gateway to a series of villages along the south coast of Newfoundland that have no roads or cars, including the most famous of all, Francois (pronounced France Way):

Francois 34 by dugspr — Home for Good, on Flickr

davidivivid · #26 Posted **Apr 30, 2013, 3:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

I noticed flying over Quebec that the farmland is organized along rather densely-populated roads. Most people have neighbours who are almost as close as they would be in a suburban area.

In rural Manitoba, there are farm houses dotted, completely alone, throughout the countryside, surrounded by large, square farms (in Quebec, they tend to be longer and more rectangular).

Great insights Signal! And Francois seems gorgeous by the way!!

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Ramea is also the gateway to a series of villages along the south coast of Newfoundland that have no roads or cars, including the most famous of all, Francois (pronounced France Way):

Francois 34 by dugspr — Home for Good, on Flickr

Ashok · #27 Posted **Apr 30, 2013, 4:32 PM**

The Island of....

Wait for it....

Montreal

SignalHillHiker · #28 Posted **Apr 30, 2013, 4:33 PM**

There's not really any other island in Canada that's so small but is home to so many people, is there?

Rico Rommheim · #29 Posted **Apr 30, 2013, 4:47 PM**

It is the most populated island in Canada but not by any means the biggest.

From wikipedia:
With a population of 1,861,900 inhabitants (25% of the population of Quebec), it is by far the most populous island in Canada. It is also the 6th most populous island of the Americas and the 37th most populated island on Earth, outranking Manhattan Island in New York City.

SignalHillHiker · #30 Posted **Apr 30, 2013, 4:50 PM**

Very cool - and impressive that it beats Manhattan! Manhattan must have far less residential development that I'd thought. Mostly commercial, I guess.

I checked the list of islands ranked by population. Newfoundland is 77th.

begratto · #31 Posted **Apr 30, 2013, 4:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Ramea is also the gateway to a series of villages along the south coast of Newfoundland that have no roads or cars, including the most famous of all, Francois (pronounced France Way):

Really? That's interesting. This is probably a legacy of the old French pronounciation: this is the way François would have been pronounced 500 years ago in French.

In "modern" French it would sound more like Franh-swhaw

SignalHillHiker · #32 Posted **Apr 30, 2013, 5:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by begratto

Really? That's interesting. This is probably a legacy of the old French pronounciation: this is the way François would have been pronounced 500 years ago in French.

In "modern" French it would sound more like Franh-swhaw

That's awesome. This is probably the 10th time this has happened to me in recent years, where someone with the appropriate linguistic knowledge has noted that something in our dialect is actually a holdover from the past, rather than something we created ourselves. I love it.

In Winnipeg last summer, I learned that our adding "tell" to certain phrases is just archaic English:

"I never heard tell of it." (I never heard a word about it).

And here on SSP I learned from an Irish forumer that our, "How's she cuttin'?" (How are you?) is a common phrase there.

And Francois is definitely French. I have a friend from there with the surname LeDrew. And, via him and his family, I've noticed that - like many Greek islands - residents of Francois have noticeably shorter limbs than people from less isolated parts of the Newfoundland mainland.

Jimby · #33 Posted **Apr 30, 2013, 5:10 PM**

Bowen Island is a Gulf Island and is located in the Salish Sea at the entrance to Howe Sound. It is a 20 minute ferry ride from Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver which is the continental end of the TCH.
BIM (Bowen Island Municipality) is part of Metro Vancouver and the island is a little less than 50 sq kms with a population around 4,000. It is known as the Happy Isle and has a history as Vancouver's playground.
There are no hotels but plenty of B&Bs.
There are 2 public schools (BICS - Bowen Island Community School is the main one) and high school students take the ferry to West Vancouver.
The main industries are alcohol and drug rehab and tourism.
Two years ago the residents rejected a proposal by Parks Canada to make Bowen Canada's newest National Park.

my world and welcome to it by LUMIN8, on Flickr

Seals on rocks by LUMIN8, on Flickr

distant city by LUMIN8, on Flickr

The Sea to Sky Highway to Whistler is visible behind the boat.

a big boat sails by by LUMIN8, on Flickr

I'm going back for Bowfest in August.

Bowfest Parade August 27 by LUMIN8, on Flickr

mandatory Bowen Island bumper stickers by LUMIN8, on Flickr

The house I rent is in Deep Bay which is suburban without street lights and sidewalks and it is a 7 minute walk into the village of Snug Cove where the ferry docks.

Deep Bay Bowen Island by LUMIN8, on Flickr

There is a causeway for pedestrians between the lagoon and the ocean for access to Snug Cove from Deep Bay.

lagoon by LUMIN8, on Flickr

Cypress Mt where some Olympic events were held is the peak to the right of the moon.

the view from Deep Bay Bowen Island by LUMIN8, on Flickr

Island life turns everyone into weirdos!

Black Sheep Morris Dancers by LUMIN8, on Flickr

Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft comes ashore for Bowfest by LUMIN8, on Flickr

Subaru Island by LUMIN8, on Flickr

Subaru by LUMIN8, on Flickr

boardwalk, Snug Cove by LUMIN8, on Flickr

SignalHillHiker · #34 Posted **Apr 30, 2013, 5:11 PM**

Our first B.C. one. Awesome photos!

Also - Snug Cove - seriously? I love that.

Jimby · #35 Posted **Apr 30, 2013, 5:23 PM**

Calgary isn't known for its islands, but it does have a few island parks near downtown in the Bow river. Prince's Island, St Patrick's (Centenary Park), and St George's (Zoo).
Peter Prince owned the Eau Claire Lumber Co and this once industrial area is now a jewel of an urban park. The ped bridge is named Jaipur after Calgary's twin city in India.

Prince's Island Lagoon Falls by LUMIN8, on Flickr

Chadillaccc · #36 Posted **Apr 30, 2013, 6:18 PM**

Calgary's Island Parks are beautiful. In fact I think they are actually redeveloping St. Patricks Island, it's going to be realllly nice!

suburbanite · #37 Posted **Apr 30, 2013, 6:23 PM**

This is one of my favourites.

It's named Treasure Island, and it's an island in a lake on Manitoulin island which is in Lake Huron. There's a few other examples of this in the Great Lakes, but as far as I know this occurs no where else in the world.

Acajack · #38 Posted **Apr 30, 2013, 6:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

It is the most populated island in Canada but not by any means the biggest.

From wikipedia:
With a population of 1,861,900 inhabitants (25% of the population of Quebec), it is by far the most populous island in Canada. It is also the 6th most populous island of the Americas and the 37th most populated island on Earth, outranking Manhattan Island in New York City.

Montreal is the most populated island surrounded by fresh water in the world.

Coldrsx · #39 Posted **Apr 30, 2013, 7:14 PM**

I grew up looking out at Chantry Island on Lake Huron NW or Port Elgin and Southampton.

(http://www.explorecanadalikealocal.c...ON_Chantry.jpg)

(http://www.brucecoastlighthouses.com...4607707327.jpg)

(http://image.shutterstock.com/displa...l-65004259.jpg)

http://www.chantryisland.com

SignalHillHiker · #40 Posted **Apr 30, 2013, 7:19 PM**

Looks so tropical!