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Mr. Yungnfresh wrote:I've never been anywhere outside of Ontario

never been across the river?

Starting to think that a trip to lake emerald will be a great place for a honeymoon....what a beauty...wow...mashALLAH our land (as a canadian) is blessed...Wallahi Im so fond and glad to called myself canadian

Skippa wrote:

Mr. Yungnfresh wrote:I've never been anywhere outside of Ontario

never been across the river?

Sxb, I don't even know where across the river is

lali99 wrote:Starting to think that a trip to lake emerald will be a great place for a honeymoon....what a beauty...wow...mashALLAH our land (as a canadian) is blessed...Wallahi Im so fond and glad to called myself canadian

this topic made you hyper.

I was under the impression that you were in Ottawa. Isn't Gatineau on the opposite shore of the rivière des Outaouais?

Yeah I'm from Ottawa, I just haven't heard across the river before in that context...lakiin now that I think about it, you have to catch a bridge to get to Gatineau...and that bridge is over a river...so i guess it all makes sense

But yeah, from where I live, it's maybe 10-15 minute drive to Gatineau, Quebec. I just don't really consider that going anywhere outta Ontario, per se, because it's closer for me to go to Gatineau than it is to go to most places in Ottawa.

I sometimes see old archival snap-shots of North America from like 200 years ago or read about vivid descriptions of its picturesque scenery, and I'm left to wonder what this land must have looked like before the 'white eyes' came and devoured it? Anyone read Geronimo's last letter to the U.S. government? What a marvellous piece of literary skills. Dude was a gifted poet.

North America must have been too much for white people to take-in, most of them having come from over-populated and desolate parts of Europe. Then I hear about claims of Somalis that the U.S. marines who were in Somalia in the early '90s were "stealing Somalia's soil", just 'cause they saw them fill up their sand bags. I remember this dude arguing with my dad that buur hakaba, all of it was exploded and then shipped off to America, because supposedly that's how precious Somalia's soil was.

Didnt think there were so many of us on this site

^ Canada has the 2nd largest Somali diaspora community outside of Africa, so it shouldn't come as much surprise.

Canada and more spec. the Toronto region possibly has the largest Snet population...at least as far as the gen. section is concerned, with London a close second. No offense to 1man but I think New-Zealand/Australia has the highest proportion of deranged individuals (Dalmar from the old days and the more recent Cusmano come to mind), with England being the runner up in this dubious distinction.

Canada; an extension of America free of the southern rednecks.

I can't believe I have been to more parts of Canada then most Canadians on this site (cough, cough "skippa, Yung,etc" cough, cough).

lol you probably have, but I might have been to more places in the States than you (surprisingly, I've been to more places in the States than I have here). Where have you been in Canada, anyway?

Volt, I'll allow Western Canada since you're a stone's throw away from BC but I've been pretty much everywhere on the eastern seabord, except Newfoundland/Labrador. Incidently, Ottawa which is only a few hours away from me was the one city that I hadn't been to until 2 summers ago. As for rednecks, you've never heard of the Calgary Stampede? The province of Alberta is just another Texas.

Skippa then you don't know what Texas is cuz I was in Alberta (Edmonton) last month and no brother they might be conservative but they are no redneck Texans.

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To be honest though, Canada is Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Everything else is negligible.

Yung, I have been to atleast a quarter of the 50 states my man.

Canada is a really beautiful place with amazing people. I have been going there every summer since 2003 save 2008. Nothing beats the drive from Windsor to the GTA. Amazing landscape.