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[Image: 44209496935_50184fac21_c.jpg]MSP 20180718-IMG_5698 by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 27576698517_4b81b8406b_c.jpg]ION Testing - Central 7 by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 41434367475_546094a4bc_c.jpg]Steeple Skyline by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 42896333982_8803064d68_c.jpg]Recognize Everyone by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 40240014350_d3719a8c78_c.jpg]MSP 20171208-IMG_0909 by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 40852206654_6c944a08bd_c.jpg]MSP 20170520-IMG_8772 by Matt, on Flickr
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[Image: 29328290818_de534b2bb6_c.jpg]MSP 20180703-IMG_5364 by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 42432134060_1d4c984f4e_c.jpg]Kitchener Public Library by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 44400375404_2c729b4a6c_c.jpg]MSP 20180718-IMG_5564 by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 43810689125_9afb886e12_c.jpg]Framed by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 42890506911_151dd5f31f_c.jpg]City Slicker by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 42085339154_c07df8d36a_c.jpg]Galt by Matt, on Flickr
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[Image: 40606193465_3c3521aeac_c.jpg]MSP 20170413-IMG_6356 by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 44477375515_3333a52db8_c.jpg]MSP 20180711-IMG_5505 by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 44387856221_ca797a16c2_c.jpg]Bright Breithaupt Block by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 29902058608_4c6853c86b_c.jpg]Civic Square Summer by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 29421621828_9dcbb04a86_c.jpg]MSP 20180703-IMG_5347 by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 40852014554_ebbaec7a90_c.jpg]MSP 20170520-IMG_8760 by Matt, on Flickr
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[Image: 28462939358_55ac3e6bfd_c.jpg]MSP 20180523-IMG_4492 by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 43522360034_31c477ec0d_c.jpg]Future by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 41809694822_5ac7fca259_c.jpg]MSP 20170815-IMG_4797 by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 42442736835_b84e1f9f9d_c.jpg]Google By Night by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 43596217581_ac34581077_c.jpg]MSP 20180709-IMG_5404 by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 41563481031_5a4163201a_c.jpg]MSP 20170520-IMG_8736 by Matt, on Flickr
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I vote for Matt as the official City of Kitchener recorder visa vie photography. Wow. You make us look great. Thanks for what you do and your keen eye Matt!!?
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Victoria Park
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Lakeside Park this morning.

   
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Wow that's incredible highlander! Nice shot. I am not familiar with this location - where is it exactly?
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Wow! That's amazing! Great shot.
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(11-13-2018, 10:42 AM)KingandWeber Wrote: Wow that's incredible highlander! Nice shot. I am not familiar with this location - where is it exactly?

Just south of St. Mary's hospital, or alternatively at the north end of Homer Watson Blvd. Definitely a highlight of my commute. Smile

https://goo.gl/maps/8rYBs3LU8yr
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Very nice indeed! I'll need to add Lakeside Park to my walking destinations, it's not that far for me!
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As a kid, before Lakeside Park was developed, that "lake" was strictly forbidden territory for us. Surprisingly, I think we took my Mother's warnings seriously, as I have no memory of ever going there to "explore".
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(11-13-2018, 04:07 PM)panamaniac Wrote: As a kid, before Lakeside Park was developed, that "lake" was strictly forbidden territory for us.   Surprisingly, I think we took my Mother's warnings seriously, as I have no memory of ever going there to "explore".

I wonder if there was concern about the water being polluted from Mt Trashmore with all the challenges they had capping it off.

I've ridden and jogged near that area dozens of times (my commute literally took me on the trail through the park between Greenbrook and Queen's Blvd last summer as I routed around roundabout construction) and never went far enough to actually look at the lake itself. I'll definitely be remedying that oversight in the future!
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(11-13-2018, 05:39 PM)robdrimmie Wrote:
(11-13-2018, 04:07 PM)panamaniac Wrote: As a kid, before Lakeside Park was developed, that "lake" was strictly forbidden territory for us.   Surprisingly, I think we took my Mother's warnings seriously, as I have no memory of ever going there to "explore".

I wonder if there was concern about the water being polluted from Mt Trashmore with all the challenges they had capping it off.

I've ridden and jogged near that area dozens of times (my commute literally took me on the trail through the park between Greenbrook and Queen's Blvd last summer as I routed around roundabout construction) and never went far enough to actually look at the lake itself. I'll definitely be remedying that oversight in the future!

Well, there was no Mount Trashmore back then and it's a considerable distance away.  I suspect that the concerns related to the risk of drowning and the fear of running into the "stranger" that we were occasionally warned about.
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(11-13-2018, 09:12 PM)panamaniac Wrote:
(11-13-2018, 05:39 PM)robdrimmie Wrote: I wonder if there was concern about the water being polluted from Mt Trashmore with all the challenges they had capping it off.

I've ridden and jogged near that area dozens of times (my commute literally took me on the trail through the park between Greenbrook and Queen's Blvd last summer as I routed around roundabout construction) and never went far enough to actually look at the lake itself. I'll definitely be remedying that oversight in the future!

Well, there was no Mount Trashmore back then and it's a considerable distance away.  I suspect that the concerns related to the risk of drowning and the fear of running into the "stranger" that we were occasionally warned about.

We were told to not use the pond or go through the property as it was known to not be safe around the edges and the lake was said to be very deep or bottomless. Back in the 60's a young lad at our elementary school drowned in that pond taking a shortcut home rather than going down Stirling and around the pond to the Hospital and Queen Street. It was undeveloped and a bog pond and did't look at all like it does today. The locals spoke about the water being a bottomless lake (alleged quicksand like bottom). They never found his body after searching for a long time and the body was never recovered.
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