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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 13:40:47 -0400
From: Stephen Baig <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: More geotrivia (fwd)

Hey, Hey,

Don't make fun of Shediac!!!   I've personally eaten as much lobster there as
could fill that giant concrete lobster at the tourist bureau.

And, as for Hub cities, how could you fail to mention Moncton, *the* Hub of the
Marimtides, as Rawhide used to say (and my home town).  Oh, I see why---you're
writing from Halifax. Well, I used to live there too.  In any case, we're
sending you Floyd as a reminder of Monctonian magic.  It's not just Magnetic
Hill any more.





At 01:11 PM 16-09-99 , you wrote:
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>Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 11:51:46 -0500
>From: Iain Taylor <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: More geotrivia
>
>The 'Queen Cities' list reminds me of a listing my wife and I started some
time
>back of 'World/ National capitals'.  I'm sure you've seen them along the
>highway.
>
>World capital of lobsters (Shediac, NB)
>World's largest apple...
>Canada's capital of lilacs...
>The World's smallest...
>The home of the US biggest...
>
>They can get very bizarre.  What slowed the collection is the difficulty of
>finding out about these without actually visiting every settlement in N.
>America in person!  Even State/ Provincial tourist literature does not always
>list them, as one suspects they are the products mostly of local chambers of
>commerce fevered imagination.  Never-the-less there may often some slight
claim
>to fame.
>
>Care to contribute?
>
>To the Queen city list may I add Regina, Sask. ( a real Queen city) and
suggest
>that there are as many 'Hub cities' (Winnipeg, Man. for instance) around too,
>especially from the days of railroad promotion.
>
>iain taylor
>Halifax NS
>
>
>
>Johnnie Sutherland wrote:
>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 23:09:04 -0400
>> From: Nat Case <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: maps-l <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Queen cities (geotrivia)
>>
>> I just had an editing question come up in regards to "queen cities", which
>> in US usage are cities which are the largest in their state, but are not the
>> state capital. Is there an equivalent usage in other countries or languages?
>>
>> Just for fun, I compiled a list of US queen cities. There were several
>> surprises, including some pretty recent population shifts (Just 20 years
>> ago, Bismarck (N Dakota) beat Grand Rapids, and Cleveland (Ohio) beat
>> Columbus).
>>
>> Here's the list of current queen cities:
>>
>> Alaska-Anchorage
>> California-Los Angeles
>> Connecticut-Bridgeport
>> Florida-Miami
>> Illinois-Chicago
>> Kansas-Wichita
>> Kentucky-Louisville
>> Louisiana-New Orleans
>> Maine-Portland
>> Maryland-Baltimore
>> Michigan-Detroit
>> Minnesota-Minneapolis
>> Missouri-Kansas City
>> Montana-Billings
>> Nebraska-Omaha
>> Nevada-Las Vegas
>> New Hampshire-Manchester
>> New Jersey-Newark
>> New Mexico-Albuquerque
>> New York-New York
>> North Carolina-Charlotte
>> North Dakota-Grand Forks
>> Oregon-Portland
>> Pennsylvania-Philadelphia
>> South Dakota-Sioux Falls
>> Tennessee-Memphis
>> Texas-Houston
>> Vermont-Burlington
>> Virginia-Virginia Beach
>> Washington-Seattle
>> Wisconsin-Milwaukee
>>
>> Nat Case
>> Hedberg Maps, Inc.

Dr. Stephen Baig

Oceanographer,
National Hurricane Center
Miami, FL

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