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Lets try a new game.  This is a very popular game and educational too on another site I'm on. 

This time, places in the world, in alphabetical order. 

We should name the place, then a short synopsis about that place and what it's known for--if anything. 

If possible, let's supply a URL for the place. 



First one...

Aberfoyle

A small village just south of Guelph, Ontario and it's surrounded by artesian wells and a water common in most supermarkets around North America is called "Aberfoyle Water" as it's from here.


(who's next?  a place somewhere in the world that starts with "B")

I'll go next as well...

Beer

A small village in Devon on the south coast of England.  Known for lace making and in years gone by was a great place for smuggling.



http://www.beer-devon.co.uk/

http://www.devon-calling.com/walks/branscombe.htm   Jack and I did this walk a couple of times.

Canton , NC

(Home of the Shufords.  Supposedly named after Canton, OH somehow.  Home of Blue Ridge Paper, formerly Champion International Paper, in the southern Appalachian Mountains)

Denbigh, North Wales



HENRY MORTON STANLEY was born in Denbigh.  Born in poverty and left Wales in 1858 and arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana.  Journalist.  Left NY to Africa to find the missing explorer David Livingstone.  He was famous for saying "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" when he found him.


Denbigh Castle

Erie, Pa.
http://www.visiteriepa.com/

I've been to Erie a few times.  

FOSSMILL

Fossmill is now a Ghost Town.  What an interesting little article at this URL...

http://www.ontarioghosttowns.com/yfossmill.html

(Not too far away from where JudyB lives)

Grand Canyon

http://www.nps.gov/grca/

Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton is where I took Jack every other day for his dialysis treatments for 3 1/2 years.  It's a steel city so lots of pollution for me! 

But there are beautiful places in the city too. 

http://www.city.hamilton.on.ca/

ITALY ... Here is a picture of the LEANING TOWER of PIZA ( the people in the picture are that of my folks while they were there a couple of summer's ago ) Hope that the picture is ok to post !![/color]

JERSEY  -- where I was born.

Ok ; not Jersey in England but New Jersey in the states.l

But if you were born in New Jersey ; we just say Jersey --I'm
a "jersey girl"

Kentucky.

One of our favourite states.

Liberal, Kansas
Where Dorthy's House (the wizard of oz) is!

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North Carolina

'nuf said. :-)

Ontario

A great province in Canada that many here on CP reside in!

Peterborough, Ontario


Peterborough is east of Toronto by about 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours.  It's on the Trent Canal system.

There's a relatively newish University located in Peterborough

Trent University

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R... Rochester Hills, Michigan... where my son and daughter-in-LOVE live, with two of the sweetest grandchildren, this side of heaven!

(sorry - I do not know of a URL for this lovely town).....perhaps one of you can help out!

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Toronto, Ontario

I grew up just north of Toronto in the village of Lansing and it became Willowdale.  Later, Willowdale amalgamated with several other communities and became North York and not North York is part of the massive city of Toronto.

Toronto is the home of the CN Tower.

Utah, the mormon state.   A great place to go white water kayaking.

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Wiarton, Ontario


Wiarton is a town at the base of the Bruce Peninsula and the Bruce Trail goes through it.

Wiarton is also the home of Canada's famous "Wiarton Willie" who sees or does not see his shadown on Ground Hog Day in Feb.

WIARTON

X

(Had to look this one up . . .)

XCAN Located on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico

http://www.travelyucatan.com/maya-ruins/yaxuna-xcan-ha.htm

Great job, Karma!

Zorra, Ontario

This town is in the general area of Guelph--South Western Ontario


http://www.zorra.on.ca/

Yosemite park --great place..

Sorry Pat I had to go back to Y  (need to be organized!!! The business
side of me !!!)

Now I can read your Z posting

A

Asheville, NC


http://www.asheville.com/

Bow Vermont