SpiritOnAMissionI Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I always loved that song, and somehow I found out that it is a real place where the boys of Rush used to hang out. Since I have always gone up to Canada, I went there on one of my trips up there. It's just as described in the song. Of course, this was about 8 years ago or so. I'm not sure if it's still there. Any memories of being there or comments to add? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-D-RocK- Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 It's been plowed over and replaced by a Walmart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritOnAMissionI Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 I'm glad that that is NOT true, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony R Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 QUOTE (SpiritOnAMissionI @ Aug 2 2011, 11:33 PM) I'm glad that that is NOT true, lol. Me too. It's actually a Costco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. JD Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 My wife and I went there in 96 or 97. I think it was in St. Catharines. I got pictures someplace. Got a small bottle of sand and rode the carousel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonictheplumber Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 WILLOWS IN THE BREEZE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Was there on a very hot day back in 2006. Rode the carousel, hung out by the lighthouse and on the pier. I thought it was a great place to hang out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YYZ Working Man Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Been there a few times: It is in St.Catherines,Ontario There used to be a good May 24 fireworks there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya_Big_Tree Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Last time I was there was back in the summer of 2009 and there was a petition we all signed to have a development company not come and destroy the park. I haven't been by since then so I dunno what's going on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMCXII Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I'm pretty sure it's called something else now too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 So many memories... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetersvt Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Aug 2 2011, 07:52 PM) Was there on a very hot day back in 2006. Rode the carousel, hung out by the lighthouse and on the pier. I thought it was a great place to hang out. Did you have a drink by the lighthouse and a smoke on the pier?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielmclark Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 There was a Lakeside Park near where I went to college, but it was in Texas... so... yeah. Um... doesn't count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 (edited) Lakeside Park is still there in Port Dalhousie, Ontario, on the south shore of Lake Ontario, which is a small village close to the inland larger town of St. Catharines. It's famous for its 5 cent/ride carosel and also PD is the home of the Henley Regatta and the town itself was once a thriving port town with ferries running to/from Toronto. http://www.niagaraattractions.ca/Port%20Dalhousie.html I've been there a bunch of times since my parents live in Niagara Falls. Hell, the home that serial killer Paul Bernardo and his wife Karla Homolka rented was walking distance to Lakeside Park. Thankfully, that house was bulldozed and made into a small park. Edited August 3, 2011 by Atomic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 QUOTE (apetersvt @ Aug 3 2011, 12:33 AM) QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Aug 2 2011, 07:52 PM) Was there on a very hot day back in 2006. Rode the carousel, hung out by the lighthouse and on the pier. I thought it was a great place to hang out. Did you have a drink by the lighthouse and a smoke on the pier?? I don't smoke or drink, but some of the folks I was with did. The only bad part was that I bought some orange flavored drink that was way too sweet for beating the heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YYZ Working Man Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 The carosel is the one from Crystal Beach and they moved here in 1989 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-D-RocK- Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg203/redscaledpirhana/IMG_0170.jpg Lakeside Park 2009. If you look hard enough you can make out the distant skylines of Toronto and Mississauga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer.2112 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Hey, a pocket full of silver is worth a lot of bucks now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaldad Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Yes, I helped Neil write the lyrics on the bench while we Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenken Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I think Lakeside Park is one of the better songs on Caress of Steel if just for the fact that many of us are old enough to have memories of places in our youth that have since fallen into disrepair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go2wrk@95974 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 (edited) I don't think the song is all that band. I dug it back in the 70's...course that was the 70's. I've never been to that part of Canada. In 69, I went accross the river from Detroit, into Windsor..I liked the city alot,and the view of the Detroit skyline was bitchin' from the other side there. Thats been my only experience of actually being in Canada. Edited August 4, 2011 by go2wrk@95974 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritOnAMissionI Posted August 4, 2011 Author Share Posted August 4, 2011 (edited) love learning the history of things.. Edited August 4, 2011 by SpiritOnAMissionI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritOnAMissionI Posted August 4, 2011 Author Share Posted August 4, 2011 QUOTE (-D-RocK- @ Aug 3 2011, 10:43 AM) http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg203/redscaledpirhana/IMG_0170.jpg Lakeside Park 2009. If you look hard enough you can make out the distant skylines of Toronto and Mississauga. awesome, thanks for shareing the pic. When I go back up there I will bring my camera this time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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