Before Bill 101 (the law that made French the official language of Quebec), street type indicators such as “street”, “avenue”, “road”, etc. were generally written in English in predominantly English areas and French in predominantly French areas. After the law was passed, it was required that all street signs in the province be in French and French only. Because replacing every offending sign in Quebec would have been a very costly affair, municipal workers were given rolls of white tape and ladders. Echoes of the past can still be seen around...
111 Year Old Erection and Other Frozen Images from a Sunday Afternoon
(close up of a cannon, using my canon)
Kitchener called Berlin until 1916.
Ah yes, it is I, the elusive Zagg. Back from a weekend trip to Kitchener, Ontario. Took these snapshots while walking around in Victoria Park. Oh how...