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Harrison Lake - Nature Uninterrupted
Posted May 13, 2007 at 11:49 PM by vidya
Where?Harrison Lake is (as the name suggests) located in the small village of Harrison Hot Springs, B.C. Last weekend, I visited the beautiful lake with a bunch of friends.How to get there?Harrison is about a 45 minute drive from Abbotsford. Abbotsford is about [...]
place-name etymology
Posted June 08, 2006 at 10:13 PM by brankin
Two kinds of colonial naming: erasure and appropriation. But when it's always the colonists doing the naming, is one really preferable to the other? The recently created Nunavut (Inuktitut for "our land") is perhaps the only exception in the hemisphere.
Colored regions show names from the same language family (as categorized by the [...]
I so envy UVic students.
Posted May 21, 2007 at 11:59 PM by vidya
The University of Victoria (UVic for short) is one of the more prestigious universities of Western Canada. Like most North American universities, it is large and has lots of open space, as universities are always situated a little away from the main city. However, since Victoria is on an island, UVic students are blessed with not just a [...]
north american rail
Posted June 03, 2006 at 11:05 PM by brankin
The rail network of North America continues to consolidate, but it is beginning to become transnational as well. Since NAFTA, Canadian National has acquired several US regional railways, and Kansas City Southern has purchased Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana -- both part of a drive towards a "NAFTA Rail" alliance. Together the eight Class I [...]
north american mass transit
Posted June 03, 2006 at 11:55 PM by brankin
At a glance, many metros seem to be comparable in scale, but what separates New York from Baltimore is density: station-to-station distance, line overlap, and linkages.
Most systems are ogranized as a hub with spokes; the two notable exceptions are New York and Mexicop City, both of which are more like nets.
