The Province of Ontario has a total area of 9,984,670 km2 of which 9,000,000 km2 is either farmland, forest or impenetrable igneous rock which geologists have affectionately named The Canadian (Precambrian) Shield; Not to be confused with the post-Cambrian, menopausal-Cambrian or bi-Cambrian Shields. In the 1960s, NASA sent astronauts to Sudbury’s nickel mine slag heaps to do practice runs on its hostile terrain because it made for a close approximation of the surface of the Moon. When they actually got to the Moon, much to NASA’s surprise, there were no nickel miners to be found.
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GRAN’S CANADA HIGHWAY – EPISODE 4: ONTARI-ARI-ARI-O by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in Family, life, Opinion, Review, Serialized Book with tags Big Nickel, Bob Segarini, Canadian Shield, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Gasoline Alley, Gordon Lightfoot, Hwy 17, Hwy 400, Jaimie Vernon, James Worthington, Kenora, NASA, Newmarket, Orillia, pre-Cambrian, Saulta Ste. Marie, Skylark, Sudbury, Temagami, the moon, Thunder Bay, Trans-Canada Highway on July 20, 2020 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – MY SUMMER HOLIDAY 1975: PART 2
Posted in Opinion with tags Atikokan, Bob Segarini, Cree, DBAWIS. Canadian Music Thunder Bay, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dryden, Fort William, goose, Holiday Inn, Husky the Muskie, Hwy 17, Ignace, Jaimie Vernon, Kakabeka Falls, Kenora, Marathon, Moose, Ojibwe, Ontario, Port Arthur, railroad, Sioux, Terry Fox, Trans-Canada Highway, Wawa on June 13, 2015 by segarini
We continue this week with the second part to my vacation with my Grandma Vernon to celebrate the 40th anniversary of my awakening as a world traveler. We begin with a western push out of Sault Ste. Marie toward Thunder Bay, Ontario and BEYOND!
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 