Comments on: Great Canadian Wall of China http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/08/09/great-canadian-wall-of-china/ LiveScience Blogs | Science, Technology, Health & Environmental News Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:45:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Heather Whipps http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/08/09/great-canadian-wall-of-china/#comment-1796 Heather Whipps Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:14:18 +0000 http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/08/09/great-canadian-wall-of-china/#comment-1796 stanflouride - Just saw your posting. Better late than never I suppose! Thanks for your comments and the link - I did miss that one. You'll have to keep me updated on the bulb. Here's to another 100 years! stanflouride - Just saw your posting. Better late than never I suppose! Thanks for your comments and the link - I did miss that one. You’ll have to keep me updated on the bulb. Here’s to another 100 years!

]]> By: larryk12308 http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/08/09/great-canadian-wall-of-china/#comment-1467 larryk12308 Sun, 27 Aug 2006 19:53:11 +0000 http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/08/09/great-canadian-wall-of-china/#comment-1467 I recently watched a special on the Discovery Channel that claimed these settlements were in fact a Viking colony. That certainly makes more sense since they were far closer. Besides in Menzie's book he claims that while the Chinese explorers were away there was a revolt in China and their discoveries were forgotten. Therefore the colony in NS can't be from China. I recently watched a special on the Discovery Channel that claimed
these settlements were in fact a Viking colony.

That certainly makes more sense since they were far closer.

Besides in Menzie’s book he claims that while the Chinese
explorers were away there was a revolt in China and their
discoveries were forgotten.

Therefore the colony in NS can’t be from China.

]]> By: stanflouride http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/08/09/great-canadian-wall-of-china/#comment-1424 stanflouride Fri, 25 Aug 2006 04:11:11 +0000 http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/08/09/great-canadian-wall-of-china/#comment-1424 Heather- (couldn't find a direct link so I'll post this here in hopes it reaches you) I always find your articles delightful and fascinating and often send links to them out to my like-curious friends. I just finished reading about the longest running experiments (I knew about the pitch- drop but the rest were news) and it reminded me of a local phenomenon- the oldest working lightbulb at the Livermore (CA) Fire Station- 102 years and glowing strong. http://www.centennialbulb.org/facts.htm Heather- (couldn’t find a direct link so I’ll post this here in hopes it reaches you)
I always find your articles delightful and fascinating and often send links to them out to my like-curious friends.
I just finished reading about the longest running experiments (I knew about the pitch- drop but the rest were news) and it reminded me of a local phenomenon- the oldest working lightbulb at the Livermore (CA) Fire Station- 102 years and glowing strong.
http://www.centennialbulb.org/facts.htm

]]> By: dougweller http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/08/09/great-canadian-wall-of-china/#comment-1257 dougweller Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:11:08 +0000 http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/08/09/great-canadian-wall-of-china/#comment-1257 An article in the Cape Breton Post says ""Lynn Baechler said the road dates back to the early 1950s when a large forest fire burned on the mountain for several days. “The bulldozer that they took up there built roads and built barriers around to contain the fire, and for many years that showed up in aerial photographs and it still does,” Baechler said." Now Chiasson has an aerial photo in his book showing his 'ruins', which he dates to 1929. But the Natural Resources Canada National Air Photo Library dates it to 1953. 1947 photos don't show these 'ruins'. Seems a fatal mistake by Chiasson. Thanks to Paul Heinrich for this information An article in the Cape Breton Post says “”Lynn Baechler said the road dates back to the early 1950s when a large forest fire burned on the mountain for several days.
“The bulldozer that they took up there built roads and built barriers around to contain the fire, and for many years that showed up in aerial photographs and it still does,” Baechler said.” Now Chiasson has an aerial photo in his book showing his ‘ruins’, which he dates to 1929. But the Natural Resources Canada National Air Photo Library dates it to 1953. 1947 photos don’t show these ‘ruins’. Seems a fatal mistake by Chiasson. Thanks to Paul Heinrich for this information

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