Ontario True or False

[TQM]

1. There's a canyon (not a gorge) in Ontario.

2. Ball's Falls has upper and lower balls, er,,,, I mean falls.

3. The government installed a "marine railway."

4. A large meteorite hit Ontario and the indent from its impact is still quite evident.

5. The rattlesnake population is growing.

6. There is a museum dedicated to the history of Mississauga.

7. The Ontario provincial government owns a bunch of parks, designated as Provincial Parks, but has decided to keep them non-operational.

8. Leaside used to have both a race track and an airport.

9. Taddle Creek runs through the city of Toronto (and has a street in Toronto named after it), but is only visible in one small spot.

10. The oldest living tree in Ontario is over 1300 years old.

Just testing..... no googling now.

 

[a 1 player]

Good quiz, I only know one answer for sure.

 

[tboy]

I know 6 for sure....the others I can safely say that they sound true.....

9) I know there's a creek/river that runs under toronto, don't know if it's called taddle creek though.

 

[Bill the Pirate]

i'll have ago...........

O.K I will have a go at this, nothing has been ggolged or researched.

1. There's a canyon (not a gorge) in Ontario.
yes

2. Ball's Falls has upper and lower balls, er,,,, I mean falls.
no

3. The government installed a "marine railway." yes
(big shute)

4. A large meteorite hit Ontario and the indent from its impact is still quite evident.
yes

5. The rattlesnake population is growing.
yes

6. There is a museum dedicated to the history of Mississauga.
no

7. The Ontario provincial government owns a bunch of parks, designated as Provincial Parks, but has decided to keep them non-operational.

8. Leaside used to have both a race track and an airport.
yes

9. Taddle Creek runs through the city of Toronto (and has a street in Toronto named after it), but is only visible in one small spot.
yes

10. The oldest living tree in Ontario is over 1300 years old.
yes

Just testing..... no googling now.

 

[TQM]

ski guy, ignoring the mispelling of 'Chute'

you score 8/10.

 

[registrar1]

Hmmmm

Let's see how close I got.

1. There's a canyon (not a gorge) in Ontario.
- no

2. Ball's Falls has upper and lower balls, er,,,, I mean falls.
- yes

3. The government installed a "marine railway."
- yes

4. A large meteorite hit Ontario and the indent from its impact is still quite evident.
- yes

5. The rattlesnake population is growing.
- no

6. There is a museum dedicated to the history of Mississauga.
- no

7. The Ontario provincial government owns a bunch of parks, designated as Provincial Parks, but has decided to keep them non-operational.
- yes

8. Leaside used to have both a race track and an airport.
- yes

9. Taddle Creek runs through the city of Toronto (and has a street in Toronto named after it), but is only visible in one small spot.
- yes (several such creeks)

10. The oldest living tree in Ontario is over 1300 years old.
- yes

Just testing..... no googling now.

 

[TQM]

reg

7/10.

Impressed that people are scoring highly.

 

[s_licker]

They are all true.

Its that kind of quiz, folks.

 

[TQM]

insofar as you can accurately

estimate the rattlesnake population and trust sources on the ages of trees, and yes, they are all true.

1. Barren Canyon in Algonquin Park.

2. Ball's Falls - located near Jordan, Ontario, has an upper and lower falls.

3. The Big Chute Marine Railway, near Bala, is a great spot for a picnic - if you like looking at strange but true engineering feats.

4. The Brent Crater in Algonquin Park is only accessible from north of the Park.

5. Allegedly, the rattlesnake population (the Massassauga) is apparently spreading south along the Niagara Escarpment, an is now fairly regularly seen in the Hamilton part of the escarpment.

6. Benares Historic House is dedicated to things Mississaugan.

7. Hard to believe - but there are a bunch of provincial parks - including Oxtongue-Ragged Falls ( a glorious spot for a picnic), near Algonquin Park.

8. Canada's first "postal" airport was located in Leaside, just east of Laird Avenue. One or two buildings remain - the tinny looking things that are kind of igloo shaped. But they are coming down fast. An historic plaque in honour of the airport remains on Brentclilffe Avenue, just north of Eglinton.

The race track is only remembered by the originals in the community. Not to many of them left.

9. Taddle Creek is only visible in the Bathurst St. Clair area, around Wychwood Avenue. Wychwood Park passes by a little surprising pond - the only place Taddle Creek can be seen, except in old paintings of U of T. The creek used to cut through the football field of University College.

10. Allegedly, around the Niagara Escarpment there is a White Cedar more than 1300 years old.

 

[Viewer]

Damn, I was too late. My initial thought on seeing the quiz was 'they are all true'.

Of course, none of you will believe me now.

 

[TQM]

I believe you.

Really.

 

[Anderson]

Damn, I was too late. My initial thought on seeing the quiz was 'they are all true'.

Of course, none of you will believe me now.

yeah, can you tell me who won the Argo game last night ????