Mountie Moose - Tacky enough for you?!
I'm setting myself up for a big fall here. Some preliminary research into Canadian tack has revealed that, a few years ago, Toronto had a charity event called 'Moose in the City'.The statistics for Moose in the City were extremely impressive… from April to October 2000, Toronto's streets were filled with 326 magnificent moose sculptures, created by 500 local artists and sponsored by more than 250 patrons. The exhibition resulted in a season of spectacular moose events and generated well over $5 million in world-wide media coverage for the City of Toronto! Moose in the City also influenced visitation by close to 2 million tourists, injected $400 million into Toronto's economy and raised $1.4 million for Canada's Olympic Athletes and local Toronto charities.
You can find pictures of all the mooses at http://www.toronto.ca/moose/home.htm
Now here is the interesting bit. Although the mooses were auctioned off early in 2001 for charity, they make festive reappearances in downtown Toronto during the Christmas season. This has got to be the ultimate challenge. To find one of these mooses, and get a photo with it. Sara. Lorraine. I hope I dont disappoint you!
posted by CBC at 10:31 pm
7 Comments:
The moose is a proud, strong, beautiful representative of Canada.
And you are calling it tacky?
For shame Matt, for shame.
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Ok, I just went to the website, and perhaps Baby Moose qualifies as tacky. And Loose Moose. And a few of the others.
I may stand corrected, but I still love the moose.
The moose IS strong and proud. And i have a handful of quarters that remind me of it every minute! On the other hand, this isnt the moose! Its art. Tacky IS somewhat harsh, and the culprits for the use of the word know who they are!! But in their defense, how many real life moose have you seen dressed in RCMP uniform?! Ha. On the other hand, if you know where this guy is hiding out so i can get a photo with him... :)
I have seen many real, live moose (mooses? meese?) in the wilds of this great land, and each and every one of them has been wearing an RCMP uniform. It is standard issue to every moose in Canada.
Seriously.
Either that, or I am up waaay past my bedtime and am getting punchy. Which is it? Yooooou don't know!! (please say the last 3 words in the obligatory Russian accent).
BTW CBC, just thought I would clarify something for you - that animal on the quarter is not a moose - it is a caribou (also known as a reindeer). Although you may be able to catch a glimpse of a moose in Algonquin Park, you would have to travel quite a bit further north to find one of those animals that appear on the quarter. Also, not to be confused with an elk.
I could research the topic and tell you what makes them different, but I don't think people really care. I just wanted to make sure you are not confusing Bullwinkle with Rudolph!
I like the stories I read about mooses eating rotten apples on trees, getting drunk on them, and ending up in people's swimming pools.
It's just turned the 9th here in Blighty - isn't it your birfday?
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The Great Stone Face has fallen off New Hampshire's Cannon Mountain. So, we use the majestic Alces Alces -- the moose -- as the face of our blog.
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