Happy Canada Day!

[Mr Tony]

Since we have a fair amount of FTA'ers from "the Great White North"


HAPPY CANADA DAY to our Canadian friends

 

[phrantic]

..Thank You (from Calgary, Alberta)..!!

-tony-

 

[riffjim4069]

Happy Canada Day to all of our friends up north! My family is from the Detroit area, and parents had a vacation home in Ontario. As kids, we got to celebrate Dominion Day, Independence Day, and Bastille Day over a 2-week period...

 

[gremlin411]

yes happy Canada Day all......

 

[starman345]

Thanks guys, from a maritimer on the east coast.....eh!!!

 

[Larry1]

It's been a great day to be outside so far and fireworks tonight. With all the rain we have had in the past weeks its great to have a holiday with good weather.

 

[goaliebob99]

Happy Canada Day Eh!

 

[Anole]

I'm always ready to party. - :up

I'll come up for yours today, and you can come down for ours on Friday! - :

 

[qwert1515]

Happy Canada Day! @party

 

[Sadoun]

Happy Canada Day
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[Tron]

Happy Canada Day to our northern fellow FTA addicts

 

[DK_Sat]

Happy Canada Day to all up north.

 

[Jimmy 440]

Ditto ! I love Canada Day in Montreal.They have a great Jazz Festival there on July 1st.
This is the 1st year I've missed it in ages.

 

[iafirebuff]

OK, not to sound stupid, but is Canada Day like our 4th of July?

 

[Mr Tony]

yes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_day

Frequently referred to as "Canada's birthday," particularly in the popular press, the occasion marks the joining of the British colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Province of Canada into a federation of four provinces (the Province of Canada being divided, in the process, into Ontario and Quebec) on July 1, 1867. However, though Canada is regarded as having become a kingdom in its own right on that date, the British Parliament at first kept limited rights of political control over the new country, which were shed by stages over the years until the last vestiges were ended in 1982, when the Constitution Act patriated the Canadian constitution. Canada Day thus differs from Independence Day celebrations in other countries in that it does not commemorate a clear-cut date of complete independence.

 

[Inno]

"New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Canada (Ontario and Quebec) are united in a federal state, The Dominion of Canada by the British North America Act (July 1, 1867)"
Map: 1867 - Canadian Confederation for those who'd like to know more. Ya know, in looking at these maps now it's way more interesting than it was in high school geography/history classes. Go figure.
Happy Belated Canada Day from Northwestern Ontario....EH!

 

[schlever]

"New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Canada (Ontario and Quebec) are united in a federal state, The Dominion of Canada by the British North America Act (July 1, 1867)"
Map: 1867 - Canadian Confederation for those who'd like to know more. Ya know, in looking at these maps now it's way more interesting than it was in high school geography/history classes. Go figure.
Happy Belated Canada Day from Northwestern Ontario....EH!

Hey Inno, where abouts you located in NW Ontario?

 

[Inno]

In the Fort Frances area, right on the Minnesota/Ontario border.

 

[Mr Tony]

sweet. Been to Ft Frances a few times when I had to work in I Falls....went across the border to eat...thats when the CAD $$ was like 60 cents

 

[schlever]

Got a cabin a 8 min boat ride from Kenora around Rat Portage ..... great country in that area! Boated down to Minnesota once a year ago ..... The old Big Traverse