Hometown Canada

[Sprailenes 47]

Oooh! Ive been to the Wye Marsh and St Marie! the Boardwalks there are awesome We also went to this house close to there that had all kinds of kittens available for adoption. I would have taken all of them home if I could!

That was the OSPCA, unfortunately it burned down a few years ago and it lost quite a few of the kittens, if you go there now you will see a kitten memorial and graveyard on the site. Its quite sad.

[xtinab 0]

Snap! I went there back in 2004 I believe it was so it has been quite a while. Sad to hear

[k34 0]

I was born and raised in Owen Sound, ON... the Elephant's A$$hole: http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2008/12/1...tario-elephant/

Apparently it also used to be known as "the Chicago of the North" This was due to it being a major shipping port, historically.

I moved to Windsor to go to the U there, then to a small town outside Sarnia called Corunna (completely surrounded by chemical plants!). I left there to move back to Windsor about 5 years ago. I now enjoy the privilege of living in the city with the highest unemployment rate in the country, and get to see such fun things as crack pipes and puddles of puke and/or blood on my walk to work

[Autumnchik 6]

I'm the American, but I am the one who posts mostly, so I will answer for my hubby, the lovely Waterpupy.

He grew up in Kamloops BC. In his partying 20's, he spent some time living in Trail and Kelowna (as well as backpacking around other countries).

When I met him, he was living in Vancouver.

His oldest sister and her family live on Denman Island, one of the northern Gulf Islands. HIs parents moved there after they retired.

Cool info. about Denman: (stolen from wikipedia)

Denman and Hornby Islands are two outposts that have been described, with some justification, as the "undiscovered Gulf Islands." Big-name celebrities have recently bought property here, complementing a population made up of baby-boomers, artists, craftspeople and a laid-back (if wary) mishmash of alternative types.

[Holliday 4]

Heheh cool! There's a lot of appreciation for the Midland, ON area in this thread, so I suppose I'll add to that. It is a really cute little town, isn't it? I went to high school there at St. Theresa's for one semester right before I moved to Ottawa, and I enjoyed it. My Dad lives in Balm Beach and my brother lives in Lafontaine, so I've still got a fond connection with the area, even though I don't visit very often.

[Reba 2]

I haven't been to Midland in quite literally decades, has it been built up like the rest of the province? Or has it tried to stay pretty much a small town?

[Sprailenes 47]

Wow who would have known that Midland would be so popular?? Its so weird how on this board I have found someone that went to the same highschool as me in North Bay and a whole bunch of people who have been to or have lived in Midland.

Holliday what year did you go to St. T's?? Lafontaine is beautiful! And I love Balm Beach. I worked at the BW Highland Inn for a few years while living in Midland. Its such an easy going town. I think thats why I miss it so much.

Reba... it still has a small town feel even though they've just go their own pack of mini big box stores. They have a walmart and a home depot now, but you walk downtown and it is still very much Midland.

[trailmix 77]

I'm the American, but I am the one who posts mostly, so I will answer for my hubby, the lovely Waterpupy.

He grew up in Kamloops BC. In his partying 20's, he spent some time living in Trail and Kelowna (as well as backpacking around other countries).

When I met him, he was living in Vancouver.

His oldest sister and her family live on Denman Island, one of the northern Gulf Islands. HIs parents moved there after they retired.

Cool info. about Denman: (stolen from wikipedia)

Denman and Hornby Islands are two outposts that have been described, with some justification, as the "undiscovered Gulf Islands." Big-name celebrities have recently bought property here, complementing a population made up of baby-boomers, artists, craftspeople and a laid-back (if wary) mishmash of alternative types.

Well I had to go look up these islands - they do look absolutely beautiful!

[Holliday 4]

Wow who would have known that Midland would be so popular?? Its so weird how on this board I have found someone that went to the same highschool as me in North Bay and a whole bunch of people who have been to or have lived in Midland.

Holliday what year did you go to St. T's?? Lafontaine is beautiful! And I love Balm Beach. I worked at the BW Highland Inn for a few years while living in Midland. Its such an easy going town. I think thats why I miss it so much.

Reba... it still has a small town feel even though they've just go their own pack of mini big box stores. They have a walmart and a home depot now, but you walk downtown and it is still very much Midland.

I went there for the 2nd semester of the 98/99 year (I was in grade 11). I enjoyed my time there. The people I met were very nice, and my teachers were great. I moved to Ottawa right after that, because I didn't like living out in the middle of nowhere (Balm Beach) with no mode of transportation.

[SapphireDreams 71]

I have a friend with a cottage near Cawaja Beach near Midland... we used to hang out at Balm Beach in that arcade. Those were the days! Man, we used to tan all day at that beach.

[TayL 0]

Born: Calgary, Alberta

Raised: Shallow Lake, ON, a tiny village in the farmlands outside Owen Sound, ON.

Interesting facts about Shallow Lake: Our General Store has been there since forever, I swear. Seriously, I think it may be THE original General Store in this area. The village used to be all one farm, but the land was portioned off. I live in one of the first houses built here--it's suspected it may have been built as part of the farm. We used to be a HUGE brick manufacturing area because of the wetlands that drain the lake every summer.

And our most interesting fact: We used to have several mink ranches (I think they're all closed now). The ranches in the village are responsible for the development of several colours of mink including the "sable" coloured mink. (Which is not Sable, just kind of looks like it, I guess?)

[Levi_Heather 0]

Levi is from Steinbach Manitoba also. I think its known as the car capital of Manitoba and has a Mennonite hertitage museum lol. Wikipedia says its the 5th largest city in Manitoba.

[showjumper13 0]

Born: Ponoka, AB

Lived in: Calgary, AB; Nelson, BC; Sorrento, BC

Currently in: Blackfalds, AB

Eventually: Edgewood, NM (20 miles outside of Albuquerque)

Located just outside of Red Deer, AB... exactly half way between Calgary and Edmonton. Has been known to have the highest birth rate per capita in Canada. Population has doubled in 4 years.... Red Deer on the other hand is where Cam Ward played Jr. Hockey the year before he won the Stanley Cup with the Carolina Hurricanes.

[Allie 5]

I'm from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia's masterpiece

[Emancipation 2]

I'm from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia's masterpiece

Canada's masterpiece really.. WONDERFUL Island.. mmmm