Canada

[Construct'O]

Decided to get the map out and do a geographical study of Canada,with the all the guys posting up that way.

Espeically since mini man was from Ontario.Really didn't do my best studying when i was in class years ago.As you can probably tell by my spelling at times,will add old age:)

I found where Ron(almost a U.S. citizen) lived,which looks to be about 50 miles or so from U.S. border.Couldn't remember GR town or find it,altho thought he did post it once,and fishtown wasn't listed at least i didn't find it:confused:

It was more interesting then when i was in school.Imagine that.

I did notice the farther north you go the fewer roads,i'm sure there more now(map 1997) along with the ice roads and trails that is or will be starting up again.

Looks like a lot of wild country still up there and not to far north! Where is most of the wheat country and where's the most drainage tile work.

Hi Jacked!!!!!!!

By the way Junior are you spending enough time with your studys????? Your posting a lot during the day now,when do you have classes?

I'm concerned about your school grades.Please show report card grades here for the first half of this year? I know KSSS and others on here are concerned in your studying habits!

I know your getting a good education here by the response time of your post.Please respond ! Thanks:usflag:

[all ferris]

As for junior, I seem to remember a thing called Christmas break back when I went to school. I hardly remember school though.

I have always been interested in that strange place called Canada. I have never been there but would like to see what all the fuss is about. I know them Canadians tend to talk weird (like Ron in his youtube videos) and I also know that when it is cold here it is even colder there. I think the cold thing is what I'm most interested in. How do you manage when it's 40 below outside. Heres what I think: I keep my house at 70 degrees F and when it's 40 below outside I can't imagine the heating bills. I use geo thermal to heat my house so even when it's cold here my heating bills are next to nothing. But if it was 40 below there is now way my geo thermal would keep up.

Just my thought on Canada:canadaflag:

[bobcat_ron]

I'm a little closer than 50 miles from the border, say roughly about 5.15 miles due North/South (whichever way you are heading) according to Google earth.

[Gravel Rat]

I'am atleast 300 kms (186 miles) North of the US boarder.

[jason u]

I dont think that its cold up here, at least thats not how we refer to it...there's usually a few curse words scattered about when we talk bout the weather!!!!:canadaflag:

[Junior M]

Yeah, I am on christmas break now, but we dont do much in school, and I post during class because I am bored or we just arent doing anything, or we are I am not paying attention because I usually already know it or its just some bs that I can float by..

I'll post my report card when I get it next year, yeah, next year, the first semester doesnt end until next year, thats freakn Genius!

Ron, if you crossed the US border, which state would you be in?

[Construct'O]

I dont think that its cold up here, at least thats not how we refer to it...there's usually a few curse words scattered about when we talk bout the weather!!!!:canadaflag:

Are you in wheat country there,what about field drainage???:usflag:

[cantoo]

Sarnia border is about 1 1/2 hrs from here. Most of Michigan is North of me. I live about straight across from Brown City Michigan. I've been to Michigan 100's of times, I worked there for several years. I couldn't believe some of the questions people asked me when I told them I was from Canada, in August they would ask if we still have snow. Did I like McDonald's and is the first time I've ever been to one? I had a lady in Grand Rapids ask me how many days did it take to get there, she couldn't believe it was only a few hours away. I go to Florida fairly often, my Dad owns a place south of Tampa in Riverview, we'll be heading down the end of Feb. No time to ride bikes here so we load up and head south.

[Construct'O]

Checking the map out again.I found:usflag: where Yellownife,Northwest Territory is.That was on iceroads.Are they using iceroads up there yet this year? Gr,Ron you know or anyone else up north ???? or is it to far on up there. Intersted in hearing from some of you other up north guys:canadaflag:.

[bobcat_ron]

Ron, if you crossed the US border, which state would you be in?

If I went directly North of my position, I would be 3.7 miles East of the Sumas Border crossing in Washington State.
There is Sumas Prairie, Abbotsford and Sumas town, Washington, we share the same name, we just have the old flood plain.

[Construct'O]

Sarnia border is about 1 1/2 hrs from here. Most of Michigan is North of me. I live about straight across from Brown City Michigan. I've been to Michigan 100's of times, I worked there for several years. I couldn't believe some of the questions people asked me when I told them I was from Canada, in August they would ask if we still have snow. Did I like McDonald's and is the first time I've ever been to one? I had a lady in Grand Rapids ask me how many days did it take to get there, she couldn't believe it was only a few hours away. I go to Florida fairly often, my Dad owns a place south of Tampa in Riverview, we'll be heading down the end of Feb. No time to ride bikes here so we load up and head south.

Do you go for bikeweek, isn't that the first or middle of Feb> or later:usflag:

[Mini man]

It was so cold here today I had to keep getting out of my machine to break off frozen exhaust gas!:laugh::canadaflag:

[cantoo]

Constructo, yup we go to Bike Week. Taking the women this year, yup I know it's a mistake but got sick of the whining. My kids are in Mexico this week with my sister and her family. Wife and I are freezing our azzes off and they are teasing us and of course my Dad is calling from Florida bragging about being too hot. We got blasted the last few days with snow. Spent 3 hours doing my driveway this morning.
Last year we went to Key West and took our pics at the 0 mile marker, just the guys last year the women all went to Cuba. I was planning on an 1000 mile Iron Butt while I was there but just couldn't get the time to do it. Maybe this year. This year a buddy is going with us that hasn't been there since we were 16 and in High School. Got playing with fireworks and ended up having State troopers chase us across a pasture field, I told him no State boys this year.

[westcoh]

Majority of the wheat is grown on the prairies (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba). Here in Alberta though, oil is where everyone makes their money. One interesting thing about Canada, I think about 75% of the entire population lives within 90 miles of the USA border.

[jason u]

WestCoh, what part of Alberta are you from???

[Gravel Rat]

Too all the Americans from the southern states there is no Igloos in Canada and we don't have dog teams with sleighs :canadaflag:

I have had Americans from Georgia say to me we expected to see igloos and lots of snow :laugh:

Probably one of the coldest places to work in Canada is Fort McMurray. A friend of mine works up there and he says it gets so cold you can have frostbite in seconds. TOOOO cold for me. He says ever inch of exposed skin has to be covered.

The coldest state in America has to be the farthest tip of Alaska.

[Junior M]

No igloo's? Darn :cry:

Whats snow? Is that that white stuff? :rolleyes: :laugh:

[cantoo]

gravel rat, maybe not in BC but we have both here. Schools build igloos every year and I have a buddy who races sled dogs, he has around 30 dogs. I built an igloo a few years ago.

ps I just came home from London, some roads had almost 2' of snow on them.

[Gravel Rat]

I was just just giving our neighbours of the south the razz because some people in the deep south of the USA do actually think there is nothing but Igloos in Canada :laugh:

[treadlite]

Someone was asking about drainage from the wheatfields.... here in Canada for the most part there is little irrigation for wheat crops. Irrigation is mostly used for corn, sugar beets and the like.
Extreme cold is something that you get used to and you have to develop practices and procedures for equipment that prevents freeze up. In all the areas away from sea level(often but not always) and particularly in the northern areas you never shut down a diesel engine for anything but quick maintenance checks. Repairs have to be conducted either indoors or under insulated tarps with heaters if a machine breaks down in the field. Block heaters will help with starting, but do little for other drivetrain components.

The farther north you go, the fewer the roads.... it's not uncommon when installing pipelines or other oilfield installations to drag material and trucks in behind dozers for miles to get to the work. I've been in areas in northern alberta where I had to be pulled in behind a cat in my pickup for hours..... pulled up a big hill then winched down the other side..... easier to travel in the winter as the mud is frozen, but much harder to dig..... the climate is what builds character in us canadians..... those of us that venture outside, that is....

[westcoh]

WestCoh, what part of Alberta are you from???

Right by you, just outside of Edmonton. Most of my work is around Sherwood Park and Edmonton. What kinda work do you do?

[all ferris]

Someone was asking about drainage from the wheatfields.... here in Canada for the most part there is little irrigation for wheat crops. Irrigation is mostly used for corn, sugar beets and the like.
Extreme cold is something that you get used to and you have to develop practices and procedures for equipment that prevents freeze up. In all the areas away from sea level(often but not always) and particularly in the northern areas you never shut down a diesel engine for anything but quick maintenance checks. Repairs have to be conducted either indoors or under insulated tarps with heaters if a machine breaks down in the field. Block heaters will help with starting, but do little for other drivetrain components.

The farther north you go, the fewer the roads.... it's not uncommon when installing pipelines or other oilfield installations to drag material and trucks in behind dozers for miles to get to the work. I've been in areas in northern alberta where I had to be pulled in behind a cat in my pickup for hours..... pulled up a big hill then winched down the other side..... easier to travel in the winter as the mud is frozen, but much harder to dig..... the climate is what builds character in us canadians..... those of us that venture outside, that is....

good post. All that cold still baffles me. Why would anyone want to live where it's that cold?

[cantoo]

all ferris, it's not that we like the cold. It's just that it seems to be the only thing to keep the Americans away.
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[Ducke]

Right by you, just outside of Edmonton. Most of my work is around Sherwood Park and Edmonton. What kinda work do you do?
Hey I spent a summer in Sherwood Park back in 1978 fun place back then.
Been a long time can't remember most of the people I hung out with.
Mostly only first name stand out Kerry,Roxanne,Grant,Bernie and I think their was a Tom kind of hard the summer was just one big Party.:drinkup:
For all you Americans I am located approx 314 Miles due east from Bar Harbor
Maine as the bird flys. It was a nice day here today 37 F and light rain.

Merry Christmas to all our friends from all corners of this great world.

*newcanadaflag**newusflag**aussieflag*:germanflag::franceflag::irishflag::ukflag::swedishflag:

[jason u]

Right by you, just outside of Edmonton. Most of my work is around Sherwood Park and Edmonton. What kinda work do you do?

Nice.....I do just some landscaping, fertilizer/weed control, clean-ups, not big into the mowing though....

[east sooke man]

I suppose someone should speak up from the warm part of BC, here in Victoria but looking outside the snow is blowing and there is still snow on the ground from two weeks of sub freezing weather. Apparently on Christmas morning Victoria had more snow on the ground than anywhere else in Canada including the North Pole, maybe Santa will retire here like everyone else
Normally we can boast of little to no snow but lots of rain especially in the winter, when we can get up to 75 % of our precip so we drown from nov to april and by aug there is drought conditions. Being near the ocean means we don't get really extreme temperatures, hot for us is 80+ F
So normally we landscape year around, but this yaer until the ground thaws and the snow melts I just drive by my projects and test the ground.

[Brian Hay]

Hey finally someone from my neighborhood! I'm in Nanaimo, not far from Sooke :waving:

[CrystalCreek]

Too all the Americans from the southern states there is no Igloos in Canada and we don't have dog teams with sleighs :canadaflag:

I have had Americans from Georgia say to me we expected to see igloos and lots of snow :laugh:

Probably one of the coldest places to work in Canada is Fort McMurray. A friend of mine works up there and he says it gets so cold you can have frostbite in seconds. TOOOO cold for me. He says ever inch of exposed skin has to be covered.

The coldest state in America has to be the farthest tip of Alaska.


You guys may not have Igloos, but if you built one it would probably last forever. The last time I tried building an igloo it caved in and I had to wait till the melt to get out:cry:. My hat is off to you guys up there. I whine when its 20 here. You guys probably go swimming in that weather:laugh::laugh: I have always wanted to take that train ride that starts in Ontario and goes to the west coast. Maybe someday I'll get the chance.