Canadian skylines of the past - Page 8

Bluenote · #**141** Posted **Jul 23, 2012, 3:26 PM**

Picture credits are from MB Archives.

Upper Fort Garry. Not much left but the Gate and some Wall now, but it is suppose to be rebuilt soon. Picture would be mid 1800's

Main street very early 1900's , a lot of these buildings have survived to this day. Due to the fact Winnipeg went bust shortly after.

Guessing 1920's ?

Early 1900's

Did a lot of research on this one, this would be St vital eventually, and these would be the Selkirk Settlers, well some of them. They started Winnipeg in 1812, so this would be later as they had already settled. Not going to guess on the year but probably one of the first pictures taken of soon to be named Winnipeg.

davidivivid · #**142** Posted **Jul 23, 2012, 4:26 PM**

1890

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1923

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1951

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1958

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Rico Rommheim · #**143** Posted **Jul 23, 2012, 4:30 PM**

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1951

http://www.quebecurbain.qc.ca/catego...dans-le-temps/

Now, that's a skyline

davidivivid · #**144** Posted **Jul 23, 2012, 5:05 PM**

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Now, that's a skyline

1899

http://www.quebecurbain.qc.ca/

Sainte-Foy (now part fo Quebec City) in the early 70's. This photo is great because it shows the three reasons why this neighbourhood expanded so quickly since then: the hospital on the bottom right, two big shopping malls next to each other in the center (Place Laurier and Place Sainte-Foy) and Laval University's modern campus on the top center.

http://www.quebecurbain.qc.ca/

Surrealplaces · #**145** Posted **Jul 23, 2012, 5:06 PM**

Calgary in 1956

Calgary by Striderv, on Flickr

Government Telephones by Striderv, on Flickr

Surrealplaces · #**146** Posted **Jul 23, 2012, 5:08 PM**

Another Calgary shot from the 50's

Palliser Hotel & Bon Ton Market in Calgary, Alberta by Striderv, on Flickr

Darkoshvilli · #**147** Posted **Jul 23, 2012, 5:58 PM**

St Catherine st, early 20th. What a difference from a today.

http://www.oldstratforduponavon.com/montreal2.html

le calmar · #**148** Posted **Jul 23, 2012, 6:22 PM**

Impressive how the Quebec City skyline hasn't changed over the last 60 years

davidivivid · #**149** Posted **Jul 23, 2012, 7:30 PM**

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Impressive how the Quebec City skyline hasn't changed over at least 60 years

Well, the skyline inside the walls has indeed changed very little with the exception of the Hotel-Dieu hospital tower. It will change very little in the futur as well because most of the buildings intra-muros have heritage status.

However, the city changed quite a lot outside the walls next to the parlement buildings during the 70's, when large parts of the city were destroyed to make way for governement buldings, hotels and office buildings.

espalorius · #**150** Posted **Jul 23, 2012, 7:49 PM**

Quebec City is amazing!

Surrealplaces · #**151** Posted **Jul 23, 2012, 8:00 PM**

Calgary 1975

NorthHill1974a by OldDogNewTrick, on Flickr

SignalHillHiker · #**152** Posted **Jul 23, 2012, 8:08 PM**

St. John's, Newfoundland. All photos taken after the Great Fire of 1892 and before Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949.

Memorial University of Newfoundland's Geography Collection

FrAnKs · #**153** Posted **Jul 23, 2012, 8:30 PM**

I cant believe it was a part of Great Britain, it sounds odd for me.
But in fact, when you look at the architecture, it looks like an anglo north american city like any others except for the streets grid, when I look at in on google maps, it looks more european.

What is the reason NFL joined canada in 1949 ? , I lost my canadian history since I left school lol

SignalHillHiker · #**154** Posted **Jul 23, 2012, 8:49 PM**

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What is the reason NFL joined canada in 1949 ? , I lost my canadian history since I left school lol

Just be warned you probably won't get the same answer from any two Newfoundlanders, haha. ;-)

We joined Canada by a vote of 52% Yes to 48% No. Most of those who supported Confederation were rural or poor, most of those who didn't were urban or wealthy. For example, when the results were announced, merchants in downtown St. John's draped their businesses with black tarps as a symbol of mourning.

There are a lot of reasons why people voted to join. The two World Wars (especially the first) and the Great Depression devastated Newfoundland. Wealth inequality was extreme. The ruling, merchant classes basically held the rest of the population in indebted servitude.

Canada promised the moon to them. If you look at posters from that era, you'll see "Don't sell your country to Canada!" and slogans like that on one side, while the other has slogans such as, "Canada is offering more and better social services!", etc.

Then, politically, Newfoundland was a mess. We are one of the only democracies to have ever voted itself out of existence. A lot of people think this happened in 1949, when we joined Canada, but it actually happened in 1930s, when we voted to suspend our government and once again be governed directly by London.

We were still allowed to keep the title Dominion of Newfoundland (the same title Canada and other commonwealth countries used at the time), but we were basically a colony again. One London REALLY wanted to unload on someone else.

So those pressures were at work behind the scenes.

All of these things combined led to Confederation JUST scraping by at the polls. And even today, there's still a bit of a divide. For example, July 1 is also Memorial Day in Newfoundland. It's our version of Remembrance Day. We're doing parades, war memorials, poppies, etc... the whole works while the rest of country is just focussed on Canada Day.

All that said, I think it's safe to say, while most people feel very connected to Newfoundland and their identity as Newfoundlanders, a majority of them are also very proud of Canada and being Canadian. The best way I've heard it described is "For us, Newfoundlander is a noun, Canadian is an adjective."

FrAnKs · #**155** Posted **Jul 23, 2012, 9:02 PM**

Very interresting ,thanks for this !

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The best way I've heard it described is "For us, Newfoundlander is a noun, Canadian is an adjective."

I think I understand it dude. Could be the same for me, I'm very proud to live in canada, it's a nice place, and I'm for an unified country together, but I feel Quebecer first and I love my province because it's where I'm born.

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We joined Canada by a vote of 52% Yes to 48%

Remind me one of this Referendum in 1995 here, it was 49 % yes, 51% no. Those kinds of votes are always kinda close when you have two difficult choices in front of you.

someone123 · #**156** Posted **Jul 23, 2012, 9:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Canada promised the moon to them. If you look at posters from that era, you'll see "Don't sell your country to Canada!" and slogans like that on one side, while the other has slogans such as, "Canada is offering more and better social services!", etc.

This was an improvement over what happened in the 1860's. There was no referendum in Nova Scotia because it was fairly clear that the public would not vote in favour of joining Canada. The Quebec Resolutions were simply passed by the legislature. In the next provincial elections, the pro-Confederation party lost all but one of its seats.

SignalHillHiker · #**157** Posted **Jul 23, 2012, 9:40 PM**

Yuck, that's awful someone123. And something I've never heard a word about until now.

One more - a disaster skyline.

This is St. John's, Newfoundland, immediately after the Great Fire of 1892 (one of many great fires that razed the city):

From a witness: "When morning broke the thick clouds of smoke still ascended from the burning ruins, and it was hours before it had cleared sufficiently to admit a view of the track of the desolating scourge. A walk through the deserted streets demonstrated that the ruin was even more complete than seemed possible at first. Of the whole easterly section, scarcely a building remained… of the costly and imposing structures and public buildings which were the pride and glory of the people, scarcely a vestige remained; and St. John's lay in the morning as a city despoiled of her beauty, her choicest ornaments, presenting a picture of utter desolation and woe."

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