quote:Originally posted by Erin:
My mother grew up in orillia and actually met Gordon Lightfoot several times. I myself love orillia and visit my grandparents who live there frequently. Has anyone here ever been to or lived in Orillia? tell me about it.
its a fun place i grew up there,hung out at lake couchiching a lot,went to david h church school,and later to o.d c. v. i.
hung out at stephen leacock home at that time was run down and quite delapadated,think its a tourist trap now lol!

quote:Originally posted by searam:
Was the "home of GL" really taken by that woman?
Sean

I don't think this was answered; forgive me if I missed it. No, Shirley did not take the sign. It's all just our joking around with each other.

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quote:Originally posted by vlmagee:
I don't think this was answered; forgive me if I missed it. No, Shirley did not take the sign. It's all just our joking around with each other.




Shirley thought about it, but couldn't fit it in her suitcase.

John, isn't that Lynn Oatman standing between Donnie and Ericka?

Cathy http://www.cathycowette.com

A Conversation between a Gordon Lightfoot fan and his friend.

Fan: "I've been to Gordon Lightfoot's hometown"

Friend: "Oh, really?"

Fan: "No, Orillia"

How many thousands of times have you guys and gals heard that one?

quote:Originally posted by searam:
John, very cool!!! Did you get to see all the GL sites around there? Pardon my lack of geography, but, exactly where in Canada is Orillia? And what and why is this casino so interesting? Was the "home of GL" really taken by that woman?
Sean

Orillia is a couple hours north of Toronto on Lake Simcoe, The Casino is so interesting because many popular recording acts have performed there. Orillia also hosts an annual perch derby which is well known among local anglers in South-Central Ontario.

I rediscovered this old topic and thought it worth airing again

John Fowles

There's a town they call Orillia, it is there of which I sing
It is just above Lake Simcoe, by Lake Couchiching
http://www.cottagesincanada.com/tore...tail_small.jpg

The March issue of Reader's Digest has an article about Neil Young's life. It said he grew up in Omemee, Ontario. I looked it up and found it at 50 miles E-SE of Orillia. Also, Gordon & Neil are both Scorpios. Their birthdates are 7 years apart.Have these two musicians ever collaberated or seen each other, after all these years?

Gord and he saw each other at the Live 8 concert last year. Hey Rick, good to "see" you again!

Re: Orillia
 

I had refound this old thread by pasting in the URL of the famous "missing"
Orillia siognboard as it appears om my website into the image search box of Google images
Just in case anybody else wants to try it out you simply click the camera icon on the main image search box
then paste the relevant URL intoi the new search box as shown in the two screenshots that I wiill attach forthwith:clap::clap: