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[lescand]

Where in Canada do you live?
I toured there a couple of years ago, I loved the Chilcotin Country :heart:

[TundraWolf]

I live on Bowen Island, a 3 mile, 20 minute ferry ride from Vancouver, BC. I grew up and lived most of my life in Montreal though, with a slight hiccup in Ottawa from 1973-78. Yes, the interior is quite interesting, I especially like the area of Western Canada through to Northern Ontario for its variety and open skies through the Prairies.

What did you like about the Chilcotin Country, lescand? My wife and I spent two weeks there last year from Vancouver up to Barkerville, great history and rugged scenery. The area from Yale through the Fraser River route has the highest reported number of sightings of Sasquatches/Bigfoot in the world. I started to prepare a pictorial essay on the region and its history but have not had the time to put it all together as yet. At present I have one my wife and I did last week on the Yuma, Arizona, territory on the Wolves board. Any feedback would be appreciated.

From last summer's trip just south of Quesnel in the Chilcotin area:

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[lescand]

We did the usual Rocky Mountains self drive tour stuff (Banff, Jasper etc)then drove through Chilcottin to Nimpo Lake and did a float plane trip over the Rainbow Mountains (Quite spectacular!)
At the B&B we stayed at Nimpo Lake we were treated like family eating with the owners sharing wine and anecdotes until the early hours.
Then headed over to Bella Coola for the long scenic ferry down to Vancouver Island and your neck of the woods.
So, in answer to your question "what did I like about Chilcottin" it was a mixture of a lot of things to make the whole.
Great Country!

[jiltedjohn]

Went to Montreal a few times when I was a nipper to visit relatives, it was the first big city I'd been to and pretty impressive to a kid, the tall buildings, Metro, double decker trains, drive in cinema, drive through McDonalds. I'm sure the local burger chain were A&W, always thought about going back but the elderly relatives are now dead and we never kept in touch with the younger ones. Hated thon root beer tho'.

[TundraWolf]

A very thorough tour, lescand, you went to a number of places I've never had the chance to visit but would like to one day.

JJ, I grew up in Montreal, yes, A+W hamburgers are great, but they are all across North America, not just a local chain.

Interesting you mention drive-in cinemas, are you referring to the underground parking or an outdoor movie theatre where you watched the movie from your car. I recall that the Catholic Church, which had a firm grip on the morals of the time and held great political influence in Montreal and the Province of Quebec, had Drive-in Theatres' banned from the province until the 1980s for fear of a break-down in ****age morals. XD

[jiltedjohn]

It was a drive in movie, may have been in Ottawa if not Montreal as I had relatives there as well, also relatives in St Bruno.
I remember we visited Cognawoga reservation, Frontier Town theme park (that may have been over the border in the US :? ), also in Montreal there was a big glass golfball with a mono-rail and a 360 degree cinema. Also saw the Alouettes playing in the old olympic stadium.
As a kid from a council estate, Montreal was awesome, air-conditioned stores and motors with car-phones, my relatives neighbours had a swimming pool in their back garden, boy I'm starting to wish I'd immigrated too.

[TundraWolf]

It was a drive in movie, may have been in Ottawa if not Montreal as I had relatives there as well, also relatives in St Bruno.
I remember we visited Cognawoga reservation, Frontier Town theme park (that may have been over the border in the US :? ), also in Montreal there was a big glass golfball with a mono-rail and a 360 degree cinema. Also saw the Alouettes playing in the old olympic stadium.
As a kid from a council estate, Montreal was awesome, air-conditioned stores and motors with car-phones, my relatives neighbours had a swimming pool in their back garden, boy I'm starting to wish I'd immigrated too.

The frontier town might have been Upper Canada Village, about a 90 minute drive west of Montreal along the St Lawrence Seaway, in the province of Ontario. The big golf ball and 360 degree screen would have been at the old "Man and His World" theme park that arose out of the 1967 World's Fair in Montreal (Expo 67).

The native

[jiltedjohn]

Would have been great for Canada if you had immigrated here, JJ!

XD What did that old advert say - Drink Canada Dry.

[lescand]

[quote="TundraWolf"]A very thorough tour, lescand, you went to a number of places I've never had the chance to visit but would like to one day.

One thing that wasn't quite so special was getting caught speeding through Anahim ( a first nation area)when pulled over and stopped I got out of the car (as we do in civilised UK)and headed back towards the policeman who drew a gun on me and using a loud hailer told me to get back in my car where he approached me with a loaded pistol pointed at me.
Great news he couldn't understand the two part GB driving licence so had to let me off with a caution B)

[TundraWolf]

So, you are going toe-to-toe with one of our Mounties (who is packing heat). XD

Yes, we stay in our cars, let the officer stretch his legs, a good chance for a break after eating all those Tim Horton's doughnuts!

Never heard of the volcanic zone around Anahim, BC, before...I am learning a lot about my home province from you, lescand!

Link below: - view external link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anahim_hotspot)

[lescand]

This Mounty DIDN'T get his man though!
To be fair, he did have a point pulling me over.
I was doing 80 in a 45 area, so quiet at night not another car on the road, but as was explained to me the reason why an open road is 45 zone is because it's a "First Nation" area and there is a large alcohol problem with these folk and they are often found staggering home on this road at night!
I've tried to put a couple of photos from the plane when we were over the Rainbow Mountains, but I'm obviously not clever enough! >:(

[TundraWolf]

"The Mountie, didn't get his man," probably heard your accent and took pity on a refugee from the "Mother-Country." A pity about the photos, if you could send them to me as an attachment I might be able to post a couple, but if you could do that then you could probably post them as well. I am, btw, not too savvy around computers myself.:blue:

Meanwhile, here are some of the area i pulled up from the net, I believe I've been past some of these but never went too far "in-country". Lovely area:

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