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Thread for the ages:

Non-Canadians: Have you ever heard of the Calgary Stampede?

yes, ladies and gentlemen. There was such a thread: http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show....php?p=5997389

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The Canadian Stampede is world famous. Anyone who hasn't heard of it is pretty ignorant.
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There's Peachland but I guess it's not really a city.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peachl...itish_Columbia
And a peach is not really a Canadian-specific type of fruit.
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To my knowledge, there are only two cities in Canada that have a fruit associated with their name. One is obviously Saskatoon and Saskatoon berries.

And the other one is... you guessed it!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_melon
There are tons more than that! For example, a quick search produced an "Appleton" in Newfoundland. Population 582.
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There are tons more than that! For example, a quick search produced an "Appleton" in Newfoundland. Population 582.
But there is no specific Appleton Nlfd. variety of apple is there?
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Waiting for 150 pictures of Appleton (NFLD &LB) and environs, with some tricolor flags, and references to good awl Ireland.
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To my knowledge, there are only two cities in Canada that have a fruit associated with their name. One is obviously Saskatoon and Saskatoon berries.

And the other one is... you guessed it!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_melon
I think you're doing this wrong - I just learned something
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There is also a tiny hamlet called Apple Hill in eastern Ontario near Cornwall.
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I think you're doing this wrong - I just learned something
Unless I actually made up that Wikipedia page about the Montreal melon?

Got you thinking now?
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There is also a tiny hamlet called Apple Hill in eastern Ontario near Cornwall.
But is it a Canadian-specific type hill?
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But is it a Canadian-specific type hill?
Good question. Someone other than me needs to look that up!
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But there is no specific Appleton Nlfd. variety of apple is there?
I prefer to think apples were invented in that Newfoundland hamlet and then thus named.
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I prefer to think apples were invented in that Newfoundland hamlet and then thus named.
This means that Adam and Eve were... Newfs?

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A couple of Canadian specific hills:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Hill

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Hill

I've never heard of them.
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Unless I actually made up that Wikipedia page about the Montreal melon?

Got you thinking now?
The article's only available in English and French, which is suspect, but the sources check out.
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A couple of Canadian specific hills:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Hill

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Hill

I've never heard of them.
Impressive CVs (or should I say "resumés"?).

Ms. Hill's bio allowed me to find out that Global TV actually aired a Canadian-made game show on American sports trivia as a lead-in to its NFL broadcasts. I did not now this.
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The article's only available in English and French, which is suspect, but the sources check out.
Confirmed as true!
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Kind of a niche-market, obsolete, inward-focused melon though.

Maybe if it had looked to other melons for inspiration it would have thrived a bit better. If it were more suitable for exporting it could still be one of the most important melons in North America! ...but as it stands it's kind of a thing in Montreal while no one else (except for us, now) has ever heard of it.
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This means that Adam and Eve were... Newfs?

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It's JEEEZUZ, come on.
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