Ottawa from above - Page 4

Acajack · #61 Posted **Jan 30, 2020, 2:30 PM**

There are online maps that still show it as Twin Pine Island.

A few other things:

The island is in Quebec, though I can't find it in the geographic place names directory (banque des toponymes).

But in that same "banque", Île de Hull is defined as the downtown Hull island, created by Brewery Creek (Ruisseau de la Brasserie).

Another thing that might be confusing is that some maps show the words Île de Hull or Hull Island next to the tiny island, when in fact it's probably meant to refer to the island formed by downtown Hull just above.

Kitchissippi · #62 Posted **Jan 31, 2020, 7:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by Harley613

I have always called that island 'that fucking island full of shitting and squawking seagulls'.

That would be Île-de-shit-des-birds

I paddle out there quite a bit, the view of Ottawa looks really cool from that vantage point.

TransitZilla · #63 Posted **Jan 31, 2020, 7:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by passwordisnt123

That's interesting. That's some real Back to the Future stuff right there.

The first link that rocketphish shared says that it was called "twin pines island" in the past and the maps show "lone pine island".

LOL. I always thought that was one of the best jokes in that movie. Subtle and clever.

rocketphish · #64 Posted **Apr 13, 2020, 8:54 PM**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRxpUGzbkCs

• Video Link

rocketphish · #65 Posted **Apr 14, 2020, 12:39 AM**

Can we no longer embed YouTube videos like we used to be able to?

J.OT13 · #66 Posted **Apr 14, 2020, 12:50 AM**

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Originally Posted by rocketphish

Can we no longer embed YouTube videos like we used to be able to?

Depending on the computer I use, sometimes I see the video, sometimes its just a blank box.

rocketphish · #67 Posted **Apr 14, 2020, 11:44 AM**

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

Depending on the computer I use, sometimes I see the video, sometimes its just a blank box.

Ya, I'm suddenly seeing blank boxes. I'm guessing that a recent browser upgrade is now blocking these for me.

rocketphish · #68 Posted **Apr 21, 2020, 12:11 AM**

Aha! I found the cause of the vanishing YouTube videos. Firefox is blocking them by default now.

When I clicked on the "Info" or Lock symbols next to the page address bar, I saw that the browser is reporting that "Parts of this page are not secure (such as images)". I clicked the right-arrow to view the connection details, and then clicked "Disable protection for now". The page automatically refreshed and the videos were displayed.

Are these images truly a security risk? Is something misconfigured on the skyscraperpage.com forum itself? I don't know.

905er · #69 Posted **Apr 21, 2020, 12:18 AM**

Ottawa's best angle has always been from above... what it lacks in height it makes up for in density especially from that vantage point.. very pretty!