Jill Browne, from home and away

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Chinatown in Calgary, corner of 4th Avenue and Centre Street South. Photo by Jill Browne, February 22, 2011.

Calgary’s Chinatown has a long, well-established history, though not without its dark moments. Stories for another day, perhaps.

This Dragon City Mall, in the picture, is popular. I haven’t been in for a long time but I think I had Dim Sum at the Regency Palace there. I thought we sat in the part you can see, upstairs in the round part. Maybe I’m wrong or maybe I’m right and the restaurants have moved around a bit. Upstairs the sign is for the Kingfisher, Regency Palace is in there but you can’t see their sign, and on that prominent corner featured in the picture is, ta da: Sushi Tokyo.

The Answer is:

Owen Sound, Ontario

Clue #1: Billy Bishop, Canadian World War One Flying Ace, was born and raised here. The Billy Bishop Regional Airport is named after him, and the family home is now the Billy Bishop Home and Museum.

Clue #2 said you can jump in the lake. Owen Sound is the town’s name, but also the name of the Sound itself, a long, narrow inlet bringing the water of Lake Huron (Georgian Bay) right into town. Owen Sound is half on the east side of the Sound, and half on the west, roughly.

Clue #3: The Big Canoe, or Chi-Cheemaun, is the ferry that runs from Tobermory to Manitoulin Island. In the winter, you can see the Chi-Chee tied up in Owen Sound.

Clue #4: Prohibition until 1961. Owen Sound didn’t get a liquor store until 1961, long after Prohibition ended everywhere else. Signs of such temperance are no longer evident. The town has the same ration of beer stores and bars as its peers.

Clue #5: This was a pun! Everyone likes the sound of this place so much they want to own it.

Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada.  A beautiful place all year-round.

From yesterday’s Where Am I quiz, the fifth and final question was:

Where am I?

Your final clue (should be pretty obvious by now): Everyone likes the sound of this place so much they want to own it.

That is a giveaway! Answer and explanation of the clues in the next post. Have you figured it out?

Yesterday’s Where Am I clue number four was:

Where am I?

Used to be pretty hard to get a drink around here.

This town was dry from 1917 until 1961.

Have you figured it out yet? One more clue and then the answer in the next two posts.

Clue Number Three from yesterday:

Have you figured out where I am yet?

The third clue: This is where you can see the Big Canoe in winter.

The name of the Big Canoe in Ojibwa is Chi-Cheemaun.

Yesterday’s Clue Number 2 post said:

Where am I?

Clue number two: Once you get here, you can jump in the lake.

And the answer:

This place is so close to the water you have to cross a piece of Lake Huron to get from one side of downtown to the other.

Yesterday’s post for Clue Number 1 said:

Away on a whirlwind trip.

Clue: Famous First World War flying ace is a big name in aviation around here.

Here’s the answer:

Billy Bishop Regional Airport

And on to Clue Number 2 in the next post.

Where am I?

Your final clue (should be pretty obvious by now): Everyone likes the sound of this place so much they want to own it.

Where am I?

Used to be pretty hard to get a drink around here.

Have you figured out where I am yet?

The third clue: This is where you can see the Big Canoe in winter.