The Great Canadian Skyline Thread!

[le calmar]

Originally Posted by Acajack

For a variety of reasons, I've personally known a number of people from abroad who lived in Toronto temporarily.

None of them knew each other, but at least a couple were fond of jokingly saying (about Lake Ontario) something like "that not a lake! that's the ocean!"

I remember a couple of years ago when some French reporters covering the F1 Grand Prix in Montreal mentionned that the track was on a island near the sea. They sure are not used to large bodies of water and wide rivers out there. Lake Leman is large, but also pretty narrow so the other side always appear close.

[Chadillaccc]

http://www.realworldwallart.com/collections/city-landscapes/products/calgary-city-view

[shappy]

Originally Posted by rousseau

Where's this?

That's the enchanting coast of Scarborough...

[caltrane74]

Originally Posted by shappy

That's the enchanting coast of Scarborough...

This is the best Scarborough will ever look..the rest of the city is a hell of strip malls, and big box stores.

[TownGuy]

Bluffers Park from Scarborough Bluffs by Istvan Kadar, on Flickr

[SkahHigh]

^that picture makes it look like Portugal

Ville-Marie - Centre-Ville by JeanLemieux91, sur Flickr

[giallo]

Originally Posted by ainvan

Zoomed in view from Burnaby Mountain Park, BC, Canada...HDR by Ann Badjura Photography, on Flickr

I love this vantage point.

[Nite]

Did someone say the Scarborough Bluffs.


http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2015/11/photo-day-scarborough-bluffs


http://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/albert-campbell/2014/05/scarborough-bluffs.html

[Chadillaccc]

https://www.facebook.com/NeilZellerPhotography/photos_stream

[Pinion]

Originally Posted by Nite

Did someone say the Scarborough Bluffs.


http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2015/11/photo-day-scarborough-bluffs


http://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/albert-campbell/2014/05/scarborough-bluffs.html

Is this solid rock or something less stable?

[Beedok]

Based off the slope angle and amount of debris I'd guess it to be a soft rock.

[Nite]

Originally Posted by Beedok

Based off the slope angle and amount of debris I'd guess it to be a soft rock.

It's good that the bluff have been eroding for centuries because it has lead to this,
The Toronto Islands
Ironically, the Toronto Island themselves are also eroding into lake Ontario.



http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/toronto-skyline-aerial.html

[Nite]

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[Acajack]

Originally Posted by le calmar

I remember a couple of years ago when some French reporters covering the F1 Grand Prix in Montreal mentionned that the track was on a island near the sea. They sure are not used to large bodies of water and wide rivers out there. Lake Leman is large, but also pretty narrow so the other side always appear close.

Well, if that was the case those cousins of ours probably needed to get out more and see the world! Or spend less time in the bars on Crescent St.!

[Pinion]

Besides the unmistakable smell and tide lines the great lakes look more like the ocean than the actual ocean near me. I'm a few blocks from this photo - there are basically no waves ever.

Originally Posted by mcminsen

Vancouver as seen from the North Shore, Jan.31 '16, my pic

[csbvan]

Originally Posted by Pinion

Besides the unmistakable smell and tide lines the great lakes look more like the ocean than the actual ocean near me. I'm a few blocks from this photo - there are basically no waves ever.

That's what is, in a way, unmistakably oceanic about Burrard Inlet. In most ocean cities, you build your ports on harbours to avoid the waves and the weather.

[someone123]

There's a new Halifax skyline webcam up: http://www.novascotiawebcams.com/en/webcams/halifax-waterfront/

It offers amazing views:


Sometimes with buildings:


They seem to have screwed up the aspect ratio of the image though.

[Pinion]

Bigbearcanada on reddit

[csbvan]

That looks like today?

[Pinion]

Originally Posted by csbvan

That looks like today?

Yep, it was.