Lets try a new game. This is a very popular game and educational too on another site I'm on.
This time, places in the world, in alphabetical order.
We should name the place, then a short synopsis about that place and what it's known for--if anything.
If possible, let's supply a URL for the place.
First one...
Aberfoyle
A small village just south of Guelph, Ontario and it's surrounded by artesian wells and a water common in most supermarkets around North America is called "Aberfoyle Water" as it's from here.
(who's next? a place somewhere in the world that starts with "B")
I'll go next as well...
Beer
A small village in Devon on the south coast of England. Known for lace making and in years gone by was a great place for smuggling.
Down in Devon, down in Devon,
There's a village by the sea,
It's a little piece of heaven
And the angels call it Beer!
http://www.beer-devon.co.uk/
http://www.devon-calling.com/walks/branscombe.htm Jack and I did this walk a couple of times.
Canton , NC
(Home of the Shufords. Supposedly named after Canton, OH somehow. Home of Blue Ridge Paper, formerly Champion International Paper, in the southern Appalachian Mountains)
Denbigh, North Wales
HENRY MORTON STANLEY was born in Denbigh. Born in poverty and left Wales in 1858 and arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana. Journalist. Left NY to Africa to find the missing explorer David Livingstone. He was famous for saying "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" when he found him.
Denbigh Castle (http://www.wales.worldweb.com/Wales/Denbigh/Photos/CastlesPalacesStatelyHomes/10-4513.html)
Erie, Pa.
http://www.visiteriepa.com/
I've been to Erie a few times. ;D
FOSSMILL
Fossmill is now a Ghost Town. What an interesting little article at this URL...
http://www.ontarioghosttowns.com/yfossmill.html
(Not too far away from where JudyB lives)
Grand Canyon
http://www.nps.gov/grca/
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Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is where I took Jack every other day for his dialysis treatments for 3 1/2 years. It's a steel city so lots of pollution for me! ::)
But there are beautiful places in the city too.Â
http://www.city.hamilton.on.ca/
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ITALY ... Here is a picture of the LEANING TOWER of PIZA ( the people in the picture are that of my folks while they were there a couple of summer's ago ) Hope that the picture is ok to post !![/color]
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JERSEY -- where I was born.
Ok ; not Jersey in England but New Jersey in the states.l
But if you were born in New Jersey ; we just say Jersey --I'm
a "jersey girl"
Kentucky.
One of our favourite states.
Liberal, Kansas
Where Dorthy's House (the wizard of oz) is!
MINOT-- NORTH DAKOTA
Brrrr ... this is one place that I lived for 2 years & that was a VERY COLD PLACE to live & that is where I met my DH too. He was in the AIR FORCE as was my DAD so it was one place that I do not want to return too ... it's just way to cold to live there !!
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North Carolina
'nuf said. :-)
Ontario
A great province in Canada that many here on CP reside in!
Peterborough, Ontario
Peterborough is east of Toronto by about 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours. It's on the Trent Canal system.
There's a relatively newish University located in Peterborough
Trent University (http://www.trentu.ca/)
Quebec - is a beautiful place to visit ( my Grandparents lived there when they were alive )
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R... Rochester Hills, Michigan... where my son and daughter-in-LOVE live, with two of the sweetest grandchildren, this side of heaven!
(sorry - I do not know of a URL for this lovely town).....perhaps one of you can help out!
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Sydney, Australia - WOW ... this is some place that I think I would like to visit !!
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Toronto, Ontario
I grew up just north of Toronto in the village of Lansing and it became Willowdale. Later, Willowdale amalgamated with several other communities and became North York and not North York is part of the massive city of Toronto.
Toronto is the home of the CN Tower.
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Utah, the mormon state. ::) A great place to go white water kayaking. :)
VERMONT ... Where they have some wonderful MAPLE SYRUP !!
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Wiarton, Ontario
Wiarton is a town at the base of the Bruce Peninsula and the Bruce Trail goes through it.
Wiarton is also the home of Canada's famous "Wiarton Willie" who sees or does not see his shadown on Ground Hog Day in Feb.
WIARTON (http://www.southbrucepeninsula.com/index.cfm?pagecat=39&CFID=236017&CFTOKEN=63491919)
X
(Had to look this one up . . .)
XCAN Located on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico
http://www.travelyucatan.com/maya-ruins/yaxuna-xcan-ha.htm
Great job, Karma!
Zorra, Ontario
This town is in the general area of Guelph--South Western Ontario
http://www.zorra.on.ca/
Yosemite park --great place..
Sorry Pat I had to go back to Y (need to be organized!!! The business
side of me !!!)
Now I can read your Z posting
A
Asheville, NC
http://www.asheville.com/
Bow Vermont
C
Cataloochee, NC
A secluded section of the Smoky Mountains that the home of many until the government bought it and moved them to other places. My great grandmother grew up there.
www.gsmnp.com/pages/cataloochee.html (http://www.gsmnp.com/pages/cataloochee.html)
Dover
Backed by its famous White Cliffs, Dover is situated in Kent, on England's southeastern tip and is the UK's closest geographical point to Continental Europe. Every day of the year, regular cross Channel ferries travel between the port, Calais and Dunkirk in France, and Ostend in Belgium.
Dover (http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0001022.html)
Listen to Vera Lynn sing about the White Cliffs of Dover during World War 2... http://www.jilldaniels.com/whitecliffs.mp3
Egypt
http://www.egypt.com/
FERGUS, Ontario
Fergus is just north of Guelph, Ontario (where I live) and is the home of the Scottish Highland Games in the summer.
http://www.fergusscottishfestival.com/home.htm
GUELPH, Ontario
This is the city where I live.
We're about 60 miles from Toronto city centre and about 1 1/2 hours from Niagara Falls
http://guelph.ca/
Headsburg, California Website ~> Healdsburg, California (http://www.healdsburg.org/)
* this is were I was born in Northern California
Love n' Hugs, \o/
KristiAnn
MsGuidedAngel
Iowa, I hate to admit to it, but I lived in Iowa for 6 months of my life.
K4J
Jamaica: We had a winter vacation there many years ago. It was nice., but I wouldn't want to go back again...too much poverty.
Klamath Northern California also the name of an Indian tribe. up near the California/ Oregon Border
London, Ontario....about an hour's drive from where I live.
then there is London England - I've never been there, but sure would love to go.
Modesto California Where my mother was born.
Niagara Falls
About 1 1/2 hours from Guelph.
Honeymoon capital of the world.
OJai California
Pittsburgh, Pa
Quebec, Canada. Funny how I have a lot of friends from Canada.
RUGBY, NORTH DAKOTA
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Gateway to Northwestern Ontario.
Big locks at Sault Ste. Marie for the Seaway in the Great Lakes
http://www.city.sault-ste-marie.on.ca/
Turlock, cAlifornia
Uzbekistan, Central Asia
Visalia California
Walla Walla Washington
Xochimilco (sp Mexico
Zenon Videla Dorna, Argentina
http://www.sateliteferroviario.com.ar/horarios/
Who's going to do "A"?
Alberta, a province in Canada
Bankok Thailand
Caledon, Ontario, Canada
Dresden, germany
Ellsworth AFB, SOUTH DAKOTA -- one of the many AIR BASES that I lived at in my life
Fulton, Mississippi
Small town about 22 miles south of me. My husband goes there every Wed after church to the christian tv station and sings with his cousin.
www.w39cd.com
Channel 39
They come on at 9:30 pm CST if anyone wants to see them online!
Guelph, Ontario
My city!
http://guelph.ca/
Reno, Nevada
Stockton, California where I went to shcool
Tsitsikama, Western Cape....South Africa
This is one of the most beautiful places on earth.
http://www.platinumplanet.co.za/Tsitsikama/Tsi_Gallery/tsik_gallery.htm
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Adri
UTah a state in the USA that is mostly Mormon.
(Adri, that's a gorgeous website)
Vance in Luxembourg
Welkom Freestate, South Africa
http://www.places.co.za/html/welkom.html
Ypsilanti
Michigan
http://www.cityofypsilanti.com/
Zackville, West Virginia
Now, we can start over at "A" :)
Asheville, NC in Western NC
Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Coos Bay, Oregon
Detroit, Michigan
Everett, Washington
Formosa, Ontario (the village that my daughter lives in!)
Guelph, Ontario (I couldn't resist ;))
Gainesville, Georgia
:)
Hartford, Connecticut
Innisfil, Ontario
Juneau, Alaska
Kansas
Lloydminster, Saskatchewan
Madison, Wisconsin
I don't think Never Never Land counts. You know, Peter Pan.
:roflBig:
Neptune, New Jersey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune_City%2C_New_Jersey
O lympia, Washington
Peterborough, Ontario
Quartsite, Arizona
Richmond Hill, Ontario
We lived in Richmond Hill before we moved from there to Guelph, Ontario.
Spokane, Washington.
Trenton, New Jersey - state capital
Tupelo Mississippi
Union, New Jersey
VIRGINIA!!!
(All I can think of today!)
Quote from: Paul on October 15, 2009, 01:22:16 PM
(All I can think of today!)
I wonder why! :D
Wilmington, New York
Location of Whiteface Mountain.
Xenia, OH
Zzyzx, CA
Albany, New York
Beaverton Onterio
Corinth, New York
(Well, what else would I choose? ;D)
Dundas Ontario
Elmira, New York
Fergus Ontario
Glens Falls, New York
Montana Bulgaria
North Bay Ontario
Oneonta, New York
Porcupine Ontario.
Queens, New York
Restoule Ontario
Saratoga Springs, New York
Taylor, Pennsylvania (that's where the hospital was that my hubby was born in)
Upton-Upon-Severn, England
Vienna - the capital and largest city of Austria
Walkerton, Ontario (where my daughter lives nearby)
Xai Xai Mozambique South Africa
-I Goggled it - it survived a devastating flood in 2000
Yakushima Japan
Zurich, Switzerland
Zwolle, Netherlands
http://www.historyofholland.com/zwolle-netherlands.html
and
http://www.eupedia.com/netherlands/zwolle.shtml
My son visited Germany and the Netherlands recently...... so this was fun!!
I think we were supposed to start back at "A" and choose new places!!. Sorry, I'll come back in soon.
Anchorage, Alaska
Bala, Ontario, Canada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bala,_Ontario
http://www.bala.net/
http://www.bala.muskoka-ontario.com/
Chilliwack, BC, Canada
Dunfanaghy, County Donegal, Ireland
Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, N. Ireland
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