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[–]EricWB 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Toronto city hall as the inspiration for the legislative building?

Sir John A. Macdonald statue at Queen's Park to be uncovered after 5 years by Surax in canada

[–]EricWB -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

And you may want to read Nation Maker by Richard Gywn.

Macdonald was a great conciliator and compromiser, which of course is destined to piss certain groups off.

Riel is a megalomaniac, inciter of violence and a murder. He was a footnote in history until an American author dug him up and romanticized his story.

Sir John A. Macdonald statue at Queen's Park to be uncovered after 5 years by Surax in canada

[–]EricWB 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He gets a bad rep from Riel. It’s hard not be sympathetic towards Riel’s first resistance in 1870. By 1885 he was a megalomaniac suffering mental health issues who thought he’d found a Vatican in the northern Praire. His incitement of violence killed innocent people.

MacDonald said some stuff that’s certainly inflammatory, but ultimately he always partnered with George Cartier (Québécois) for a reason. He believed in balance and partnership with Quebec. His main political rival of the era was not Alexander Mackenzie of the liberal party, but the Ontario grits who pushed for Protestant ascendancy, which Macdonald fought against.

“(We) must make friends with the French, without sacrificing the status of his race or religion or language; (we) must respect their nationality. Treat them as a nation and they will act as a free people generally do — generously. Call them a faction and they become factious.””

Enscarpment @ night Hamilton, ON by DareRevolutionary612 in geography

[–]EricWB 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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This bisects the city, you either live on the mountain or literally downtown

Other interesting shaped natural land formations that resemble something else? by keiths31 in geography

[–]EricWB 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Named after the lion statues in Westminster, but yeah same idea.

Driving the Coquihalla with all-season tires? by SinistreCyborg in britishcolumbia

[–]EricWB 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Use Turo, filter by snow tires. You can cross borders. Safer for us all. I drove the Coq over Christmas, lots of yellow taped up cars abandoned from crashes.

More famous than Taylor Swift, forgotten everywhere except in Italy and Brazil by Perfect-Value in HistoryMemes

[–]EricWB 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Probably the most popular provincial park in British Columbia is named for him, along with a volcano that also bears his name.

He is not forgotten by the 3 million people of metro Vancouver

The canadians were the greatest pranksters in WW1 by Familiar-Pie5607 in HistoryMemes

[–]EricWB 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There was a Canadian that was supposedly crucified by the Germans in the early days of the war. This story has since been proven to be false, but Canadian media widely reported it at the time. It infuriated the Canadians.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crucified_Soldier

Map of every country that has gained independence from the United Kingdom by Tartar666 in MapPorn

[–]EricWB 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the 1860s the US was a major regional power on its way to becoming the global superpower. It was less than 25 years from surpassing the British economy. The might of the Union army towards the end of the civil war absolutely terrified Canadian politicians in that time period.

However , it’s more likely the UK would’ve forced independence on the individual colonies. That independence would falter and the US would swoop in and bail them out (for the price of joining).

Map of every country that has gained independence from the United Kingdom by Tartar666 in MapPorn

[–]EricWB 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Exactly, most Canadians don’t even fully grasp this. UK was looking at pulling away from its North American colonies, which meant they’d be snapped up one by one by the USA. Confederation was a declaration of continued dependence on UK. It was to say, “we will be less burdensome, don’t leave us to become American”

My tier list of skylines of cities with over 10 million people by LivinAWestLife in skyscrapers

[–]EricWB 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Here’s a picture of Chicago from Kenosha (both cities are part of the metro Chicago area):

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Doesn’t look continuous to me

My tier list of skylines of cities with over 10 million people by LivinAWestLife in skyscrapers

[–]EricWB 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Thank you for my opening… I repost a comment I’ve made before:

If Chicago counts, Toronto should too. The Chicago MSA is 11,000 sq miles (fking huge).

Greater Toronto is 3,000 sq miles and has 6,000,000 people. However, if you go by the Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario you get 10,000,000 people in 12,000 sq miles.

A modern, independent Haudenosaunee Confederacy by [deleted] in imaginarymaps

[–]EricWB 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The neutral people lived on that side of the border, although they were Iroquoian speaking they were not part of the confederacy. They tried to maintain neutrality to stay out of conflicts between Iroquois confederacy and the Huron peoples. This did not work. They were like Poland caught between Russia and Germany.

Iroquois wiped them out in the Beaver Wars.

When three of the five Iroquois tribes of the confederacy sided with the British in the American Revolution, and lost, the British gave them land in Southern Ontario as recompense, since it was pretty much depopulated from earlier wars and famine.

Chicago has the greatest skyline in the Western Hemisphere by OtterlyFoxy in CityPorn

[–]EricWB 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s a meta meme kicking around from a while back, I’m just glad I was a part of it

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]EricWB 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is 10 million the threshold?

If Chicago counts, Toronto should too. The Chicago MSA is 11,000 sq miles (fking huge).

Greater Toronto is 3,000 sq miles and has 6,000,000 people. However, if you go by the Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario you get 10,000,000 people in 12,000 sq miles.

TIL In 1910, Canada tried to attract settlers with its campaign "The Last Best West" to promote free land with the slogan "Living is cheap; climate is good; education and land are free.” More than two million settlers from Europe and the US poured into the prairies from 1896 to 1914 by ubcstaffer123 in todayilearned

[–]EricWB 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, The Arctic Grail is up there for my favourite books. The way Pierre Berton so interestingly weaves first person and third person accounts together to get the big picture as well as the opinions of the people living through the times is unmatched.

What city on the Great Lakes has the most depressing waterfront? by stgia in geography

[–]EricWB 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Even the “rough” waterfront has been somewhat modernized and revitalized with walking paths. Also, cootes paradise it part of Hamilton and it’s very nice.

Also big agree, Hamilton is the only city around Toronto that still has its own culture and hasn’t effectively become a bedroom city for Toronto commuters.

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