Top Hat Ceremony
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Clay Morehead
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The captain of the first ship to traverse the Welland Canal after the spring ice breakup on the great lakes receives a top hat, cane and plaque. The first ship northbound at Port Colborne was the Algoeast in 2011
When the St. Lawrence Seaway opens in the spring, the captain of the first ship downbound in the Well...
This photo is a panoramic photo of Lock 8 park in Port Colborne. It is one of the nicest parks in Por...
The Clarence Street Bridge in Port Colborne, crosses the Welland Canal at its southern end at Lake Erie.
On West Street in Port Colborne, some of the original brick buildings remain from the earlier canal c...
The garage of this abandoned house near Port Colborne is falling down. The roof has gone in spots, so...
On this abandoned homestead, the barn has been burned down already by vandals. Abandoned properties o...
The last in a series of Panoramas shot at an abandoned homestead near Port Colborne, Ontario. One com...
Rod stands proudly next to his Model-T truck outside the Guild Hall in Port Colborne, Ontario. Port C...
The town of Port Colborne Lies at the southern end of the Welland Ship Canal on Lake Erie, Canada. Th...
Each year at the beginning of August, the town of Port Colborne, Ontario holds a Marine Heritage Fest...
The capital of Canada is Ottawa, in the province of Ontario. There are offically ten provinces and three territories in Canada, which is the second largest country in the world in terms of land area.
While politically and legally an independant nation, the titular head of state for Canada is still Queen Elizabeth.
On the east end of Canada, you have Montreal as the bastion of activity. Montreal is famous for two things, VICE magazine and the Montreal Jazz Festival. One is the bible of hipster life (disposable, of course) and the other is a world-famous event that draws more than two million people every summer. Quebec is a French speaking province that has almost seceded from Canada on several occasions, by the way..
When you think of Canada, you think of . . . snow, right?
But not on the West Coast. In Vancouver, it rains. And you'll find more of the population speaking Mandarin than French (but also Punjabi, Tagalog, Korean, Farsi, German, and much more).
Like the other big cities in Canada, Vancouver is vividly multicultural and Vancouverites are very, very serious about their coffee.
Your standard Vancouverite can be found attired head-to-toe in Lululemon gear, mainlining Cafe Artigiano Americanos (spot the irony for ten points).
But here's a Vancouver secret only the coolest kids know: the best sandwiches in the city aren't found downtown. Actually, they're hidden in Edgemont Village at the foot of Grouse Mountain on the North Shore.
"It's actually worth coming to Canada for these sandwiches alone." -- Michelle Superle, Vancouver
Text by Steve Smith.
