(International) Guess the Location 2 a.k.a. Part Deux (see rules post 1)

martyos121

First hint: the correct country hasn’t been guessed yet.

martyos121

Another hint: the continent hasn’t been guessed correctly yet either. Not in Australasia or anywhere close.

feargale

Halifax, Nova Scotia.

martyos121

No, but much closer.

feargale

martyos121 wrote: »

No, but much closer.

St. John's Newfoundland

martyos121

Not St. John’s either.

feargale

martyos121 wrote: »

Not St. John’s either.

Is it time for a hint re the country? Canada or USA?

martyos121

feargale wrote: »

Is it time for a hint re the country? Canada or USA?

Canada.

lawred2

New Brunswick

martyos121

No, but I’ll give another picture from a different angle with an additional landmark thrown in:

Andrea B.

Niagara?

martyos121

Not Niagara I’m afraid.

Big hint that’ll hopefully wrap this one up soon: the house in the centre of the second photo might be the key to solving it. Just be literal in your research, and it won’t get lost in translation.

Three More Big Sleeps

martyos121 wrote: »

lost in translation

Québec?

martyos121

Not Quebec City, but you’re getting closer.

Three More Big Sleeps

martyos121 wrote: »

Not Quebec City, but you’re getting closer.

Thanks, Marty

For reference purposes, googling, "Canada une maison avec porte rouge bill murray" mostly returns pictures of, uh, Bill Murray.

Has ce maison been in a movie and/or is particularly notable? (Stretching the rules, I know, forgive me.)

martyos121

Three More Big Sleeps wrote: »

Thanks, Marty

For reference purposes, googling, "Canada une maison avec porte rouge bill murray" mostly returns pictures of, uh, Bill Murray.

Has ce maison been in a movie and/or is particularly notable? (Stretching the rules, I know, forgive me.)

Well that Bill Murray thing is certainly odd. :pac: Not sure where you’ve found a reference to him from, but I’d like to know because I missed it myself.

Might as well nearly give it away at this stage because I fear the fun might’ve gone out of this one, my own fault though for choosing such a place.

Just focus on the little white house and nothing else, not what’s around it. You’ll know it when you get it. It’s not related to TV, film of pop culture in any way, but it’s a resilient little white house.

Be right back

martyos121 wrote: »

Well that Bill Murray thing is certainly odd. :pac: Not sure where you’ve found a reference to him from, but I’d like to know because I missed it myself.

Might as well nearly give it away at this stage because I fear the fun might’ve gone out of this one, my own fault though for choosing such a place.

Just focus on the little white house and nothing else, not what’s around it. You’ll know it when you get it. It’s not related to TV, film of pop culture in any way, but it’s a resilient little white house.

Haven't a clue where the picture is from. Bill Murray reference is from Lost in Translation!

Three More Big Sleeps

martyos121 wrote: »

I fear the fun might’ve gone out of this one

Hell, no! It's been a challenge, Marty

martyos121 wrote: »

Just focus on the little white house and nothing else

Ha! Once I finally noticed that la porte rouge is inaccessible à pied, it focussed my mind. So, it's a very resilient house (now museum) in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, site of the biggest overland flood in 20th-century Canadian history. An excellent picture here. How it's still standing is a (divine?) miracle.

Someone else can have my go.

M.T. Cranium

I remember the (July 1996) flood but I was thinking the house must be associated with some Quebec literary figure and so this location never entered my mind. Also, had not realized that the old name of the city (Chicoutimi) had been changed since then to Saguenay which is the name of the river that drains nearby Lac St-Jean into the Saint Lawrence. Nearby is one of the largest aluminum smelters in the world using the power of the river. This is also close to the scene of another notable disaster, a landslide that killed dozens of people. Offhand I don't recall where but seems that it was further west near the lake, the name St Jean Vianney may give a link to it.

Three More Big Sleeps

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

The name St Jean Vianney may give a link to it.

Fascinating stuff, MT: Saint-Jean-Vianney Landslide (1971)

Incidentally, the church in Marty's photo, Place Du Presbytère, has commemorative exhibits for both the Saint-Jean-Vianney and Saguenay flood events.

josip

Thanks Marty, I found that one intriguing but enough in it to be worth looking around for.
And the floods and landslide history at the end was very interesting.
Lots of fun in it.

K.Flyer

josip

Bath?

lawred2

Kirkcaldy?

Somewhere in Yorkshire I think......

K.Flyer

josip wrote: »

Bath?

lawred2 wrote: »

Kirkcaldy?

bubblypop wrote: »

Somewhere in Yorkshire I think......

No, neither of those.

Be right back

Scotland?

josip

Pro Patria, Hadfield?

K.Flyer

josip wrote: »

Pro Patria, Hadfield?

Yes it is Hadfield, a local place for local people...

josip