ABANDONED WOMENS PRISON IN ONTARIO
here we explore a former womens prison, very little vandalism, high traffic area and a very fun explore
Beausoleil Island to Awenda Provincial Park - Ontario Bike Tour #2 - Day 3 of 10
This video summarizes Day 3 of my 10 day solo bicycle trip along the shores of Lake Simcoe and Lake Huron in Southern Ontario, Canada. After exploring the Christian Trail from Cedar Spring Campground over to Christian Beach, I caught a water taxi from Beausoleil Island back to Honey Harbour where I then followed the shoreline of Georgian Bay on my bike over to Awenda Provincial Park. All of the clips in the video were filmed on Sunday July 22, 2018.
Starting from Honey Harbour I followed Honey Harbour Road until it changes names to Port Severn Road. I continued through Port Severn across the swing bridge and past Lock 45 of the Trent Severn waterway, then crossed over Highway 400 and briefly followed the West Service Road. I turned onto Forest Harbour Parkway which eventually changes names to Duck Bay Road and took me over a bridge spanning the inlet into Matchedash Bay. After that I had now entered the community of Waubaushene which is part of the Township of Tay and I joined the Tay Shoreline Trail. This is a paved rail trail that's continuous all the way to Midland. It also took me past a few smaller communities such as Victoria Harbour and Port McNicoll. The trail lets out along Midlands waterfront where I could see the historic ADM grain mill. I proceeded onto King St where I stopped for lunch at Uncle Roy's Restaurant within Midland's Historic Downtown. I also stopped and bought some groceries at Maurice's Valu-mart grocery store. From there I continued riding along the waterfront and joined the Mid-Pen trail which took me up a steep hill through the woods and into the town of Penetanguishene. I rode along Main St in Penetang and then rode along Poyntz St and Owen St before rejoining the waterfront trail. Rather than taking the most direct route from Penetanguishene to Awenda I instead followed Champlain Road all the way around to the North East entrance into Awenda Provincial Park. This allowed me to experience more of the Georgian Bay shoreline as well as took me past a spot where I could look out across and see Beausoleil Island where I had come from earlier in the day. When I arrived at Awenda Provincial Park I proceeded to to the gatehouse and purchased a camping permit for a campsite within the Snake Campground. Due to all the rain that I fallen on me during my ride on this day, I elected to not go for a swim in the lake after my arrival.
Strava for Day 3:
The bike I used for this trip is a New York made Linear Recumbent Bike which I believe is from around 2004. I carried my gear in 2 Giant Waterproof Panniers, and mounted my tent and sleeping pad on the top of the rack.
For more details about my gear check out this video:
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Kingston Ontario - City Council Meeting - December 6, 2016
City Council meeting from December 6, 2016. For the full meeting agenda visit
Fort Frederick Market Fair Part 3 Military Reenactors
I just got back from the 2017 edition of the Fort Frederick 18th Century Market Fair, held at Fort Frederick State Park in Big Pool, Maryland.
This event is essentially a rendezvous that combines 18th century living history with a huge colonial era shopping experience. Over 100 individual sutlers and small vendors make the Fort Frederick Market Fair one of the best places to pick up bits of kit for your 18th century impression.
This year I’ll be doing three videos on the Market Fair. This one will focus on the military reenactors at the Market Fair.
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Conrad Black | Nov 24, 2014 | Appel Salon
Biographer and historian Conrad Black discusses his new history of Canada, Rise to Greatness: The History of Canada from the Vikings to the Present. With the Munk School's Brian Stewart.
Technological and industrial history of Canada | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:24 1 The Stone Age: Fire (14,000 BC – AD 1600)
00:06:57 2 The Age of Sail (1600-1830)
00:07:41 2.1 Transportation: shipbuilding and the wheel
00:13:43 2.2 Communication, symbolic language
00:16:56 2.3 Energy
00:17:46 2.4 Industry
00:24:45 2.5 Materials
00:26:58 2.6 Medicine
00:29:30 2.7 Domestic technology
00:32:46 2.8 Waste disposal
00:34:06 2.9 Military technology
00:35:38 3 The Steam Age (1830–1880)
00:36:24 3.1 Steam power
00:41:01 3.2 Universal time
00:41:56 3.3 Communication
00:43:53 3.4 Energy and oil
00:46:48 3.5 Materials and products
00:49:50 3.6 Industrial techniques and processes
01:00:17 3.7 Medicine
01:02:15 3.8 Public works, water, civil engineering and architecture
01:07:41 3.9 Defence
01:08:21 4 The early Electric Age (1880–1900)
01:08:33 4.1 Energy and electricity
01:11:06 4.2 Transportation
01:13:40 4.3 Communication
01:16:55 4.4 Heavy manufacturing
01:19:54 4.5 Industrial processes and techniques
01:25:20 4.6 Materials
01:28:10 4.7 Light manufacturing
01:31:16 4.8 Public works and civil engineering
01:32:47 4.9 Waste disposal (sewers)
01:34:25 4.10 Skyscrapers and architecture
01:35:53 4.11 Central heating
01:37:25 4.12 Defence
01:38:16 5 The 20th century
01:38:26 6 The 21st century
01:38:36 7 End note
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- Socrates
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The technological and industrial history of Canada encompasses the country's development in the areas of transportation, communication, energy, materials, public works, public services (health care), domestic/consumer and defense technologies. Most technologies diffused in Canada came from other places; only a small number actually originated in Canada. For more about those with a Canadian origin, see Invention in Canada.
The terms chosen for the age described below are both literal and metaphorical. They describe the technology that dominated the period in question but are also representative of a large number of other technologies introduced during the same period. Also of note is the fact that the period of diffusion of a technology can begin modestly and can extend well beyond the age of its introduction. To maintain continuity, the treatment of its diffusion is dealt with in the context of its dominant age. For example, the Steam Age here is defined as being from 1840 to 1880. However, steam-powered boats were introduced in 1809, the CPR was completed in 1885 and railway construction in Canada continued well into the 20th century. To preserve continuity, the development of steam, in the early and later years, is therefore considered within the Steam Age.
Technology is a major cultural determinant, no less important in shaping human lives than philosophy, religion, social organization, or political systems. In the broadest sense, these forces are also aspects of technology. The French sociologist Jacques Ellul defined la technique as the totality of all rational methods in every field of human activity so that, for example, education, law, sports, propaganda, and the social sciences are all technologies in that sense. At the other end of the scale, common parlance limits the term's meaning to specific industrial arts.