TORONTO
Part 4
Sorry about the hold up, busy, busy, busy.
Last episode.
Ontario Place
Lots of fun!
And just plain neat to visit!
The golfball is an Imax theatre.
"Ontario Place was built as a showcase for the Province of Ontario that would replace the Government of Ontario building at the CNE (see below) and take advantage of what was then an under-developed waterfront area
Construction started on March 17, 1969.
The original park was consisted of three man-made islands connected by picturesque bridges and walkways with the Pods or Pavilion, complex and the geodesic dome of the Cinesphere as the focal points
The park initially encompassed 96 acres of which 51 acres were land fill
The gate first opened to the public on May 22, 1971"
http://www.ontarioplace.com/en/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Place
Ontario Science Centre
The Science Centre is a "hands on" museum.
There is just soooo much here I cant begin to explain.
One of my favourite places.
Definately a must see when in Toronto.
"Planning for the centre started in 1961 during Toronto's massive expansion of the late 1950s and 1960s. In 1964 the famous Toronto architect Raymond Moriyama was hired to design the site. The innovative design, consisting of three main buildings connected by a series of bridges and escalators, follows the natural contours of the Don River ravine, into which the Centre descends. Construction started in 1966 with plans to make it a part of the city's 1967 Canadian Centennial celebrations. It was officially named the Centennial Centre of Science and Technology. However construction was not complete in 1967, and the OSC did not open to the public until two years later, in September of 1969.
At the time the OSC was famous around the world for its hands on approach to science, which was later duplicated in San Francisco's Exploratorium and Detroit's Museum of Science and Technology. Unlike the traditional museum where the exhibits are there to be looked at, the majority of the exhibits at the OSC were interactive, while many others were live demonstrations (metalworking for instance). Its Communications room was particularly well-loved, containing a number of computerized displays, including a very popular tic-tac-toe game run on a PDP-11."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOtv4fggHLU&feature=related
http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Science_Centre
http://boldts.net/TorSd.shtml
Roland Emmett Kinetic sculptures
I remember these way back as a kid.
They are brought out in December and put on display for the holiday season.
You may recognize some of them from the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvOiNZqope8&feature=related
Canadas Wonderland
Our answer to a theme park.
Not Disney but lots of fun.
A new rollercoaster opening this year, the Behemoth, Canadas biggest, fastest, and tallest!!!
I actually drove by today coming from the airport, as DW went to Nova Scotia for a few days, (and Im Mr Mom), and it looks HUGE!!
15 mins from our house!!
"Canada's Wonderland is Canada's premier amusement park and features over 200 attractions, more than 65 thrilling rides, North America's greatest variety of roller coasters, and Splash Works, a 20-acre water park."
"Canada's Wonderland (often referred to locally as Wonderland) is a 330-acre (1.3 km²) theme park located in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, 30 kilometres north of downtown Toronto, Ontario. It is considered one of North America's premier amusement parks, with more than 200 attractions. The park is open seasonally from May to October. While under Paramount Pictures (later bought by Viacom) ownership from 1994 until 2006, the park was known as Paramount Canada's Wonderland until it was sold to Cedar Fair and reverted to its original name. The park has also been the most attended seasonal theme park in North America for two years running (2005 and 2006). Park attendance in 2005 was 3.7 million people. In 2006, attendance was just over 3.2 million."
"In 1972, the Taft Broadcasting Company first proposed building a 1.50 km² (330 acre) theme park in the small village of Maple, now part of Vaughan, Ontario. Several other possible locations were considered, including Niagara Falls, Ontario, Cambridge, Ontario and Milton, Ontario, but the site in Maple was finally selected because of its proximity to the City of Toronto and the 400-series of highways.
"Other companies had seriously considered the Greater Toronto Area as a spot to build a theme park, including the Conklin family (whose Conklin Shows ran various midways around North America, including Toronto's C.N.E. midway) and Walt Disney who considered the area prior to his expansion plans in Florida. He eventually decided that the area would not make a suitable park site, the main reason being that the climate was too cold, thus the operating season would be too short to be sustainable."
http://www.canadaswonderland.com/attractions/index.cfm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada's_Wonderland
Canadian National Exhibition (CNE or the EX)
"Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), aka The Ex, is an annual event held at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The CNE grew out of an annual late summer fair at a time when Toronto was the centre of a farming community. It is Canada's largest fair and the fifth largest in North America, with an average annual attendance of 1.3 million."
"On August 22, 1952 at 2:30 PM local time, The CBC tested television broadcasting by airing the opening of the 73rd Canadian National Exhibition. This was the first ever (unofficial) broadcast in Canadian television history."
http://www.theex.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_National_Exhibition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhibition_Place
Thats it for me, I just dont have the time do do any better on this last one due to personal matters.
The bus will now be heading back across the border to visit Marshay before she leaves.
I hope everyone enjoyed my little tour (little, HA!) and if you are ever coming up this way let me know and I can get a little more in depth.
Marshay, here we come!!!
So, I'll just vote for both....how about that? 
. I can't do anything like that and I am so jealous. Keep up the good work guys.
(Overachiever! 
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