LONDON: The Canadian Version [REMASTERED 2009]

flar · #1 Posted **Feb 17, 2007, 5:48 AM**

London, Ontario

Toronto>Montreal>Vancouver>Ottawa>Calgary>Edmonton>Quebec>Hamilton>Winnipeg>LONDON!

Photos originally taken February 16, 2007
Digitally remastered for your enjoyment January 17, 2009:

Sulley · #2 Posted **Feb 17, 2007, 5:50 AM**

London trips me out. It's all by itself in the middle of Southern Ontario... nice place though.

excel · #3 Posted **Feb 17, 2007, 9:26 AM**

Cool place never really knew what it looked like. Thanks.

James Bond Agent 007 · #4 Posted **Feb 17, 2007, 9:28 AM**

This must be Big Ben.

hauntedheadnc · #5 Posted **Feb 17, 2007, 11:25 AM**

Looks very nice. I can definitely see the appeal of the city for lycanthropic sheep ranchers.

(If you get the obscure reference, you win a cookie.)

pj3000 · #6 Posted **Feb 17, 2007, 2:18 PM**

Never been to London, even though I grew up across the lake from it in Erie... always just went to Toronto when we were looking for some Canadian urban action. Never quite understood why the city was not located about 30 miles to the south where Port Stanley is on Lake Erie, rather than on an unnavigable river?? Hopefully, the cargo and passenger ferries between Erie and Canada's southern shore like they had back in the day come to fruition. Anyway, seems like a pretty nice place. Anyplace that's the home of John Labatt's fine brew is okay in my book. I think Eric Lindros might hail from London, yes?

peacefu603 · #7 Posted **Feb 17, 2007, 2:39 PM**

how nice!

The-New-Tony-Detroit · #8 Posted **Feb 17, 2007, 2:53 PM**

And the great news is it's only an hour and a half to Detroit!

Love to London! Excellent tour!

PhilippeMtl · #9 Posted **Feb 17, 2007, 3:43 PM**

Looks impressive for a city of this size.

boden · #10 Posted **Feb 18, 2007, 2:03 AM**

Beautiful photos..as is your trademark flar! I'll have to visit this town sometime!

ColDayMan · #11 Posted **Feb 18, 2007, 2:10 AM**

They don't accept credit at their Tim Horton's out by that mall.

Bah.

But wonderful photos of a beautiful town.

James2390 · #12 Posted **Feb 18, 2007, 2:17 AM**

Wow, this place looks really nice!

It's almost like the real thing.

Arriviste · #13 Posted **Feb 18, 2007, 2:28 AM**

Huh, I never even gave London any attention during any of my trips to Souther Ontario. I guess I should take a second look next summer.
Thanks for the pics. Very nicely done.

Calgarian · #14 Posted **Feb 18, 2007, 2:37 AM**

Never knew london was so big, great pictures. How big is London again?

DetroitSky · #15 Posted **Feb 18, 2007, 2:54 AM**

Very impressive! I'd love to see more.

the dude · #16 Posted **Feb 18, 2007, 3:19 AM**

i've complained before that we don't see enough of london. there must not be many forumers from sw ontario. it really is a good city; if only it were a little bigger. it kinda has a small city feel to it. great photos. thanks for the tour.

cma: approximately 450,000

the dude · #17 Posted **Feb 18, 2007, 3:25 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by DhallassTecksanne

London trips me out. It's all by itself in the middle of Southern Ontario... nice place though.

as the name might suggest, london was founded with the intention of it being the national capital. there were several reasons why this didn't play out, not the least of which was its relative isolation.

vid · #18 Posted **Feb 18, 2007, 3:39 AM**

They even called the River "Thames River". They had such hopes for it.

..Isolated. Hehehe.

Wheelingman04 · #19 Posted **Feb 18, 2007, 4:07 AM**

That is one city I really would like to visit. I have been to Hamilton, Toronto and Windsor, but have never made it to London.

flar · #20 Posted **Feb 18, 2007, 3:10 PM**

London is a very nice city, it was my home from '94 to '02.

Quote:

Originally Posted by hauntedheadnc

Looks very nice. I can definitely see the appeal of the city for lycanthropic sheep ranchers.

They used to have a minor league baseball team named the Werewolves of London. Their stadium, Labatt Park, is the oldest continually used ballpark in the world (since 1877).

Quote:

Originally Posted by pj3000

I think Eric Lindros might hail from London, yes?

He is from London. He also briefly went to University of Western Ontario in London (at the same time as me, I met him once).

Quote:

Originally Posted by ColDayMan

They don't accept credit at their Tim Horton's out by that mall.

Bah.

They only accept loonies and toonies

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnnyc

Never knew london was so big, great pictures. How big is London again?

The city itself is about 350K.