Tuesday, 22 February 2011

Navy Island

Navy Island is a small island in the Niagara River in the province of Ontario, Canada, owned by Parks Canada. It is located about upstream from Horseshoe Falls, and has an area of roughly .

Navy Island was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1921.

History

Navy Island was settled by the Lamoka people in approximately 2000 BC and Meadowood culture peoples in 1000 BC.

During the French colonization of New France, Navy Island was known as Île de la Marina. Here the French built four ships that they used to service the Great Lakes. When New France was ceded to the British in 1763, they set up a shipyard here. In the War of 1812, they would also station a detachment on the island.

In 1837, William Lyon Mackenzie and about 200 of his supporters captured the island and proclaimed the Republic of Canada there. On January 11, 1838, the rebels were forced from the island and retreated across the river into the United States.

In 1875, the Queens Hotel was established as a popular summer resort on the island's south side. It was destroyed by fire in 1910.

Farms and orchards were located on the northeast, south, central, northwest and southwest ends of the island. Since abandoned, most of the farmed lands have been re-forested. There are some reminders of habitation on the south side. A pier still exists for boaters to the island. NOTE: Camping is no longer permitted.

Navy Island was proposed to be the new World Peace Capital and headquarters of the United Nations by an international committee in 1945 and 1946. The island was considered to be an ideal location as it lay on the boundary between two peaceful countries. An artist's rendering of the World Peace Capital (as seen in the George Seibel Niagara River Collection at the Niagara Falls Public Library in Niagara Falls, Ontario) showed the property with bridges spanning both countries (at Grand Island in the US and the Canadian mainland on the other side). It was proposed that Navy Island would be ceded to the United Nations as long as the headquarters remained, and to revert to the Canadian government should the U.N. move. The proposal was ultimately turned down in favour of the current U.N. headquarters in New York City.

References

External links

, Parks Canada

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Factory Tour of Navy Island Plywood

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Duration: 7:24
Published: 2009-04-21
Uploaded: 2010-12-30
Author: NavyIsland

This is a continuous take of our hardwood plywood mfg. plant. Hardwood plywood consists of 2 sheets of decorative veneer, pressed onto a particleboard or MDF core. It is distinctly different than softwood plywood, which is what most people think of when they hear "plywood". Our customers are primarily architectural, furniture and store fixture manufactures, and the odds are good that you've seen our plywood in a department store, hotel or piece of furniture (especially if you live in North America).

Foxes Playing on Navy Island, Canada

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Duration: 2:04
Published: 2009-07-10
Uploaded: 2010-03-15
Author: jhoop1

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Duration: 5:51
Published: 2009-08-29
Uploaded: 2011-02-18
Author: SundayRadioBBC

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Duration: 3:41
Published: 2010-06-17
Uploaded: 2011-02-21
Author: TimV010

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Duration: 3:41
Published: 2010-09-06
Uploaded: 2011-01-25
Author: USNavySEALSWCC

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Nation's Second Highest Award Presented to Marine

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Duration: 4:25
Published: 2006-10-23
Uploaded: 2011-02-20
Author: LeatherneckRON

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James Island Helo Crash

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Duration: 1:42
Published: 2010-07-09
Uploaded: 2010-08-27
Author: SBARTSTV

James Island Helo Crash Coast Guard, Navy and local emergency responders searching the water near James Island, Wash., for crew members and wreckage from a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, which crashed July 7, 2010. The crew of the helicopter was returning to Sitka, Alaska, when the Coast Guard lost contact with them. Coast Guard courtesy video

Commie Chinese fishing trawler attack South Korean Navy

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Duration: 4:59
Published: 2010-12-20
Uploaded: 2011-02-18
Author: PropagandaBuster

Video link showing the confrontation: www.youtube.com China once again sent a fishing boat into another nation's territory. This time it was South Korean waters, near Eocheong Island, North Jeolla. The fishing vessels were met by the South Korean Navy. All but one of the commie fishing vessels scattered. The one lone commie fishing vessel refused to leave and the South Korean Navy attempted to board the vessel. The commies fought the South Korean Navy men with metal pipes and poles. During the confrontation the fishing vessel (62 ton) purposely rammed the South Korean Navy ship (3000 ton), causing the fishing vessel to capsize. Resulting in the fishing crew being thrown into the waters. The fishing vessel captain was injured and taken Gunsan Medical Center at Wonkwang University Hospital, where the captain died. Also one of the fishermen was lost I the waters. Recently a Chinese fishing vessel purposely rammed a Japanese patrol boat off Japan's Senkaku Island. The fishing vessel captain was taken into Japanese custody only to be released later due to lunatic behavior by the commies in Beijing, China (The Middle Kingdom). The release of the captain validated commie behavior causing them to once again ram another nation's naval boat with a fishing vessel. Japan had a video of the incident, however refused to release it as not to infuriate the lunatics further. However a Japanese Coast Guard Chief Mate, Masaharu Isshiki (SKG38 / Sengoku38) posted the video on YouTube. The ...

ALIEN AGENDA: What the US Navy is hiding on the California coast???

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Duration: 4:07
Published: 2010-01-04
Uploaded: 2011-01-11
Author: undercoveralien

Following a hint posted in a thread of ATS forum, about possible UFO activity on the San Clemente Island, southern California, I got in the website of Tim Kano, a WWII veteran and expert and military dioramas. Kano built a stunning scale-model of San Clemente and supposedly made up a story jamming real historic facts and sci-fiction elements, to promote his work. According to him, during the north-american civil war, local people of Californian coast started to report weird activities on that island, mainly after the supposed mysterious vanishing of some troops of Federation, that had a outpost settled there. The elder Californian indians have been claiming that San Clemente is an "evil place" and totally avoided the island, since old times. In the '30s the US navy owned the island and during the WWII, supposedly occurred an incident involving navy vessels and a mysterious force that fired up against them. In the exact words of Tim Kano - "Some strange damaged vehicles and the remains of an encampment were discovered so a contingent of Army personnel were assigned to the island. Something else was discovered that day, but all written records were sealed and the area was put under heavy guard. From that day forth a base was established on Capistrano Island and the mystery covered up. " The richness of details in this report make me think about the possibility of Kano to be using his diorama propaganda to say something real. Unfortunately I didn't find any doc that could ...

Aztec Navy Seals.m4v

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Duration: 9:59
Published: 2009-11-25
Uploaded: 2010-12-14
Author: aztecrugby1

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The Jolly Boys cover Amy Winehouse "Rehab" Sky New Interview

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Duration: 2:17
Published: 2010-08-04
Uploaded: 2011-02-18
Author: worldwonevideos

Named by Errol Flynn in the 1950s, the Jolly Boys were once the toast of Jamaica. Now, after nearly five decades playing second fiddle to reggae, the band are enjoying a remarkable revival. Will the Jolly Boys finally have the last laugh? A barbarously sticky afternoon in Jamaica and I'm in Kingston inside a windowless room with a low ceiling and brown carpet on the walls watching five old men. They are all in their 70s -- except the ones in their 80s. And they are all wearing hats. The 84-year-old Egbert Watson hunches over a banjo; Joseph "Powda" Bennett, 73, clasps a pair of maracas; Derrick "Johnny" Henry, 71, rests on a rumba box; while Allan Swymmer, 82, hits the bongo. They all watch the last man, 72-year-old Albert Minott, who is seated in front of them, dressed in pale slacks, a bright orange shirt and a tweed fedora and cradling an acoustic guitar. He has a thin face and when he sings we hear a dark, gravelly rumble of a voice and see more gaps than teeth -- a reminder of his years as a fire-eater. Minott is the lead singer of the Jolly Boys, a band that has, with a changing cast of members, been in existence for more than 60 years, leading some to dub them the Jamaican Buena Vista Social Club. The music they play is known as mento and it is a sound that pre-dated and influenced everything from ska to reggae to dance hall. To these musical forms, they are what bluesmen like Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf were to the development of rock 'n' roll, yet the Jolly ...

US Navy SEAL BUD/S Training Third Phase

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Duration: 2:03
Published: 2010-03-05
Uploaded: 2011-02-08
Author: NavySEALandSWCC

The US Navy SEAL & SWCC Scout Team is the Official Recruiting Directorate for Naval Special Warfare. These videos are intended to provide a small glimpse into the training pipeline, preparing potential candidates for training. Please visit www.sealswcc.com for more information. Third Phase, the land warfare phase, is seven weeks long and teaches the class basic weapons, demolitions, land navigation, patrolling, rappelling, marksmanship, and small-unit tactics. For the final three and a half weeks of training, the class goes to San Clemente Island, about 60 miles from Coronado, CA. On the Island, the class practices the skills they learned in Third Phase. Men who make it to Third Phase have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to becoming SEALs. Few leave BUD/S during this phase.

Coast Guard honors fallen WWII British and Canadian sailors on Ocracoke Island, NC

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Duration: 5:28
Published: 2010-05-12
Uploaded: 2011-02-02
Author: USCGImagery

OCRACOKE, NC - Coast Guard Sector North Carolina, the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, and the Friends of the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum conducted the annual British Cemetery Memorial Services in Buxton Thursday and in Ocracoke Friday. The graveside ceremonies included a 21-gun salute to commemorate the loss of British and Canadian sailors from the HMS Bedfordshire and the British merchant vessel San Delfino. The crewmen's bodies were recovered from the waters off Ocracoke Island and Hatteras Island after the ships were torpedoed by German U-Boats in 1942. The Bedfordshire and the Sandelfino were working with the Coast Guard and the US Navy to protect American shipping lanes, where U-boats had been sinking oil tankers important to the war effort. Representatives from the Coast Guard, the British Royal Navy, the Canadian Navy, the Friends of the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, and local high school students participated in the event. ### This video is available for download on the Coast Guard Visual Imagery website at cgvi.uscg.mil

Parris Island JRTOC Field Trip

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Duration: 3:43
Published: 2009-01-29
Uploaded: 2011-02-11
Author: YoMamaProduction

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Navy helo provides Medevac services around Basra, Iraq

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Duration: 2:37
Published: 2010-11-06
Uploaded: 2010-11-09
Author: USNavyVisualNews

BASRA, Iraq (Oct, 20, 2010) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Island Knights of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 with Sailors and Airmen of the 2515th Naval Air Ambulance Detachment practice Medical Evacuations (Medevac) near Basra, Iraq. Includes interviews with Navy Lt. Chris Robinson from Denver, Colo., and Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Steven Kelly from Salcha, Ark. (US Army video by Sgt. Thomas Kappus/Released) DM

Thai Navy Launches Sea Turtle Conservation Program

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Duration: 2:39
Published: 2009-06-20
Uploaded: 2010-12-18
Author: NTDTV

In Thailand...The navy is protecting thousands of baby sea turtles from being killed by humans before they can swim out to sea. When the sun sets at Khram Island, dozens of mature green sea turtles come ashore to lay their eggs. The isolated island, 30 kilometers from the busy tourist beach town of Pattaya, is the largest nesting site of sea turtles in the Gulf of Thailand. A green turtle has to mate with at least five partners before nesting. But once that happens a turtle can carry up to 170 eggs throughout the year, always returning to the island of its original birthplace to hatch. After the first nesting, the sea turtles take up to three years before the next round of nesting. But sea turtles in Thailand are often killed by humans for their meat, their eggs which are a delicacy, and their shells which are considered precious. Many sea turtles also drown when they get caught in fishing nets during migration. Although protected by the Fisheries Act of Thailand, the sea turtle population continues to decrease. Now the Thai navy has launched a nurturing program to protect the turtles. A sharp metal stick is used to find nesting eggs. [Tosporn Osathanond, Sea Turtle Conservation Center]: "We observe the sand. If the sand is softer, we will dig it. If we find turtle eggs, we will move all the eggs to the front beach for further nurturing." Sixty-centimeter-deep sand holes are encircled by man-made pens designed to protect dozens of eggs about to hatch next to the sea. The ...

Fashion Haul: Topshop, River Island, H&M;, Newlook and more!

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Duration: 10:34
Published: 2010-09-16
Uploaded: 2011-02-22
Author: hannahemm

FORMSPRING ME www.formspring.me ADD ME ON FACEBOOK www.facebook.com FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER twitter.com Ok , soo i went some serious shopping :)!! 1. Floral dress- from Newlook 2.Stripy jumper- From, Newlook. 3.Skull crop top-From Newlook. 4.Navy and white crop top- From Newlook. 5.Grey British flag Tshirt-From Newlook. 6.Grey& White vest tops also from Newlook!! 7. Navy blue and white vest top-From RiverIsland. 8.Pink and grey vest tops- From International. 9. Self portrait guitar photograpy crop top-From Topshop 10.Coral top and Floral high waisted skirt- From Zara 11.Belts-From Zara. 12.Chained Dolly shoes/pumps -From Newlook. 13.Convers -From Scuh 14.Geek glasses, Bracellets,silly bands and vintage necklace -From claire's accessories Gold earings From -Topshop I got alot of this stuff in the sales!! Great bargian....I also got a scarf but forgot to mention ill show you in my next haul !! :) FORMSPRING ME ? www.formspring.me Thanks for watching guys, Comment like and please subscribe ?! xxxx

GI Jane - SERE Traning Facility Captiva Island Florida

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Duration: 6:28
Published: 2009-10-09
Uploaded: 2011-02-15
Author: LucyMcClane1

Awesome interrogation and fight between ONeill and Urgayle... Here is a link to an video from my friend: We drive my fathers ML63 in Norway. www.youtube.com

mario brothers yoshi's island bosses

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Duration: 8:00
Published: 2007-02-10
Uploaded: 2011-02-21
Author: aussie114

these are all the bosses bout yoshis island sorry bout the secret for the giant navy plant I will upload the plant boss in 1 hour after this video has come up.

Navy celebrates Centennial of Naval Aviation with open house and parade of flight

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Duration: 2:08
Published: 2011-02-13
Uploaded: 2011-02-16
Author: USNavyVisualNews

SAN DIEGO (Feb. 12, 2011) Aircraft fly over San Diego Bay and the Coronado Bridge during the Centennial of Naval Aviation Open House and Parade of Flight at Naval Air Station North Island. The Navy is observing the Centennial of Naval Aviation with a series of nationwide events celebrating 100 years of heritage, progress and achievement in naval aviation. (US Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Lowell Whitman/Released)

Puerto Ricans complain of US 'deadly legacy' 06 Jun 2008

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Published: 2008-06-07
Uploaded: 2010-12-31
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish

From most of the last century, the Puerto Rican Island of Vieques was used by the US navy as a practice bombing range. Five years after the navy left the island, there is evidence that decades of bombings have caused serious health problems for the residents of the island. Mariana Sanchez reports.

Skaggs Island Wetlands Restoration

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Duration: 4:28
Published: 2010-02-10
Uploaded: 2010-09-03
Author: bayorg

Skaggs Island was the location of a secret US Navy communications base that was operated from 1942 to 1993, when it was abandoned. It was built in the middle of the 30000-acre Napa-Sonoma Marsh, just south of the wine country town of Sonoma. The Navy is transferring the 3300-acre site to the US Fish and Wildlife Service so that it may be restored to tidal marsh. On January 28, 2010, a dedication ceremony featured the demolition of a 130-foot water tower to signify the beginning of the restoration.

US Navy Laser Weapon Shoots Down Drones in Test

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Published: 2010-07-22
Uploaded: 2010-08-27
Author: ardenthash

During the test, the Navy's Laser Weapon System (LaWS), guided by Raytheon's Phalanx Close-In Weapon System sensors, engaged and destroyed four UAV targets flying over water near the Navy's weapons and training facility on San Nicolas Island in California's Santa Barbara Channel, about 120 kilometers west of Los Angeles. The Phalanx—a rapid-fire, computer-controlled, radar-guided gun system—used electro-optical tracking and radio frequency sensors to provide range data to the LaWS, which is made up of six solid-state lasers with an output of 32 kilowatts that simultaneously focus on a target.

SIEV 36 refugee boat 'explosion at sea' inquest - what was RAN Aus navy boarding party doing???

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Published: 2010-01-25
Uploaded: 2010-12-16
Author: ddchalmers

Video + pics of the explosion on board a refugee boat off Ashmore Reef (in the Indian Ocean between Australia and Indonesia) has been played at an inquest in Darwin into the deaths of five asylum seekers..... THE Northern Territory coroner is today expected to release secret footage of the fatal explosion on an asylum-seeker boat off the northwest coast of Australia. More than 30 witnesses, including Australian Defence Force personnel and Afghan passengers, will give evidence during the inquest investigating the deaths of five asylum-seekers aboard the boat, opening in Darwin today. The boat, known as SIEV 36 was being towed by the navy near Ashmore Island when it caught fire and exploded last April. Five asylum-seekers were killed and most of the 42 others on board were injured, along with naval officers. The event sparked controversy following claims that ADF personnel kicked passengers and prevented them from clinging to an inflatable rescue boat after they were thrown into the ocean by the blast. Territory Coroner Greg Cavanagh will oversee the inquest into the deaths of Mohammad Ayubi, 45, Muzafar Safarali, 45, Mohammed Zamen, 38, Baquer Husani, 26, and Awaz Nader, 50..... www.theaustralian.com.au The five were aged between 26 and 50, four of them were known to be married. Among them they left behind 19 children. They were among 47 passengers on board the boat known as SIEV 36 (Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel). Most were Afghan nationals trying to get to Australia ...

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