The Great Canadian Skyline Thread!

[FrAnKs]

Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

^ Did you post your picture thread from the summer yet?

Not yet !

Unfortunately I had some problems with my batteries, so I don't have any pictures of Halifax except a video of 20min between Upper-shackville ( I was in KOA campground) & downtown.

Hopefully, I have many videos & photos of Peggy's cove, Lunenburg and St-john NB.

Now it's just a matter of putting them together, but thanks for noticing !

[Chadillaccc]

Don't think I've posted either of these here yet...


Calgary from McHugh Bluff...


October Kayaking by Chadillaccc, on Flickr


Regina from Wascana Park...


Regina Skyline by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

[Martin Mtl]

Montreal - Dowtown by freeycap on Flickr

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[Razor]

Originally Posted by FrAnKs

Totally agree.

Now, for the 3rd place, it's hard to tell... Maybe a tie between many cities.

I had a real crush on Halifax when I last visited this summer, but Victoria, St-John's, Ottawa, are also stunners for sure.

Oh ya..+1 for St. John's as well..The bright colours and rocky terrain overlooking the Atlantic make it photogenic.

And yes Victoria, Halifax and Ottawa also have nice natural settings..

Second or third place goes to St. John's IMO...

Natural settings for major Canadian cities, and not necessarily in particular order.

Vancouver. QC, Halifax, St. John's, Victoria, Ottawa

[FrAnKs]

Can we consider a canadian city to be ''major'' over 100 000 (metro area) or the city itself only ?

It would be nice to make a poll just for fun.

[SkahHigh]

The Icône towers will pop up in the right part of the picture, in front of the Sheraton.

Downtown. by fission.xuiptz, on Flickr

[GreaterMontréal]

Originally Posted by SkahHigh

The Icône towers will pop up in the right part of the picture, in front of the Sheraton.

Downtown. by fission.xuiptz, on Flickr

900 de Maisonneuve will also be visible.

[Mrs Sauga]

Originally Posted by Razor

Oh ya..+1 for St. John's as well..The bright colours and rocky terrain overlooking the Atlantic make it photogenic.

And yes Victoria, Halifax and Ottawa also have nice natural settings..

Second or third place goes to St. John's IMO...

Natural settings for major Canadian cities, and not necessarily in particular order.

Vancouver. QC, Halifax, St. John's, Victoria, Ottawa

For me:

Vancouver
QC
Halifax
Ottawa
Victoria
St Johns
Hamilton
Montreal

[Chadillaccc]

In a very particular order...


Vancouver

http://vancouvergeographyandlandmarks.blogspot.ca/2013/06/vancouver-geography-pt2-city-heights.html


Calgary

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=162522&page=39


Quebec City

http://www.theodora.com/wfb/photos/canada/canada_photos_31.html


Victoria

https://www.flickr.com/photos/55063726@N00/3100372716/


Hamilton

https://www.facebook.com/McHattie2014/ph...769924806412928/?type=1&relevant_count=1

[Trans Canada]

IMO the mountains in Calgary are too far to be considered a "natural setting". And while the river and Prince's Island are nice, Calgary's natural setting is ugly shades of yellow/brown or white/grey most of the year. If you exclude the mountains then Calgary's I put natural setting is pretty low on the national list, definitely lower than Ottawa or even Toronto.



Ottawa


Full size and source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canada_Ottawa_Panorama.jpg. Photographer G. Baranski.


Full size and source: http://worldcometomyhome.blogspot.ca/2013/07/0746-canada-ontario-rideau-canal-unesco.html. Photo credit "Malak". (Yes this is not exactly "natural" setting)


Full size and source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carleton_University_south_view_2.jpg. Photographer Kristoferb.

[FrAnKs]

Here I go my top 3 :

#1 Vancouver, hands down !
#2 Québec city
#3 St-John's

Next would be Ottawa, Victoria and Halifax.

Special mentions for smaller Metro areas to : Kelowna, St-john and Sudbury.

[Rico Rommheim]

For large Canadian cities: Vancouver, Quebec, Victoria and St. john's with honourable mentions to Ottawa, Thunder Bay, Toronto and Halifax. (And I guess Kelowna too)

[Nouvellecosse]

In terms of notably-sized cities (metro area > 100k) I would say

(spectacular)

1. Vancouver
2. QC (tie)
2. St. John's (tie)

(above average)

4. Kelowna
5. Victoria
6. Halifax
7. Montreal (tie)
7. Ottawa (tie)

(average)

9. Hamilton
10. Toronto

Of course there may be other cities above 100k I'm simply forgetting.

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[MexiQuebecois]

Greetings from Vancouver!


(Pic taken by me)

[Razor]

Regarding the best natural settings list..Kudos to all 99.999999999999% of you.. Very objective. Glad to see you keeping your homer glasses at home...Sudbury was an odd choice IMO..NASA tested lunar equipment there...I can see how some would be intrigued by that landscape though..I've been there dozens of times, and it does have a different landscape for sure.

[1overcosc]

If there was a large city in the central/east Ontario interior, like if Bancroft grew to become a city, or if a major city existed around Algonquin Park or Bon Echo, it would have an amazing natural setting.

Foymount, Ontario--a small hamlet (I believe it's a ghost town) up in the hills in that area--would have made quite a setting as it sits at the very top of the area's elevation.

[MonkeyRonin]

Originally Posted by Delirium

that QC shot is gorgeous!


Photo by Tudor https://www.flickr.com/photos/toprea/15437851308/sizes/h/


Photo by Tudor https://www.flickr.com/photos/toprea/15437338349/sizes/h/

Amazing!




Since we're doing the best natural settings thing: Vancouver is of course far and away the best, though Quebec City & St. John's are quite stunning as well. Victoria, Sherbrooke, Montreal, Kelowna are also nice. I'm not sure why Halifax or Ottawa rank so highly on so many people's lists...they're okay, but nothing special. Toronto isn't anything special either but tends to get sold short on this front - the broad lakeshore, beaches, islands, and ravines aren't too bad of a substitute for a mountain backdrop.

[Beedok]

Toronto, Ottawa, and the Prairie cities are down near the bottom. Probably Windsor, London, and most of Ontario's towns too. They're flat and boring. Gatineau has nice hills, but Ottawa itself is depressingly flat.

Halifax looks nice though, hills and little lakes all over the place. I think Vancouver wins, not from the city itself but the suburbs (the city proper looks about as flat as Toronto).

Hamilton does good thanks to the escarpment and the lake, but I'm fairly certain Thunder Bay wins out. St. John's is probably near my top. Quebec city does okay.