Saint Joseph’s Oratory - B&W

Saint Joseph’s Oratory - B&W
Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal is a Roman Catholic basilica
on the west slope of Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Camera: Canon EOS 5D; Lens: Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM; f/8.0 @ 1/125 sec; ISO 400; Focal length: 40mm

   In 1904, Saint André Bessette, CSC, began the construction of a small chapel on the side of the mountain near Notre Dame College. Soon the growing number of visitors made it too small. Even though it was enlarged, a larger church was needed and in 1917 one was completed – it is called the Crypt, and has a seating capacity of 1,000. In 1924, the construction of the basilica was inaugurated; it was finally completed in 1967. The Oratory’s dome is the third-largest of its kind in the world after the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro in the Ivory Coast and Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, and the church is the largest in Canada.
   The basilica is dedicated to Saint Joseph, to whom Brother André credited all his reported miracles. These were mostly related to some kind of healing power, and many pilgrims (handicapped, blind, ill, etc.) poured into his Basilica, including numerous Protestants. On display in the basilica is a wall covered with thousands of crutches from those who came to the basilica and were allegedly healed. (Source:Wikipedia)

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Babcock Mill

Babcock Mill
Babcock Mill, Odessa, Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada.
Camera: Canon EOS 5D; Lens: Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM; f/9.5 @ 1/180 sec; ISO 400; Focal length: 24mm

   The Babcock Mill is built on land deeded by the British Government to Joshua Booth in 1803 as part of his eight Crown Deeds. The stone structure was built in 1856, by the Saul Brothers, for John K. and Philip D. Booth, sons of Benjamin Booth, of Odessa. The Mill was originally intended to be a Flour Mill but the grain grinding equipment was never installed. The opening of the Grand Trunk Railway, in 1856, allowed cheap flour to be shipped from mills in Toronto and Montreal causing small local mills to be unprofitable. The Mill was used for box making, an office and sales room, and for wool storage, as part of the Booth Woolen Mills on this site.
   In 1907 this mill, and the Sawmill next to it was purchased by John Herbert “Cap” Babcock from the Booth family. Cap installed the present equipment and operated the mill, planing lumber, doing custom mill work, and manufacturing his patented “Babcock” baskets. Following Cap’s death in 1946, his son Roy Babcock continued to operate the mill, entering into a partnership with his brother Oscar. They manufactured truck bodies until the late 1960s when the partnership dissolved and J. H. Babcock & Sons Limited moved to Toronto.
   In 1977, Roy Babcock sold the mill and 13 acres of land to the Township of Ernestown, now Loyalist Township, the current owner of the mill. In 1986, the Township contracted Don Babcock (grandson of J. H. Babcock) to reconstruct and repair the original basket making machinery. Since then The Mill has undergone extensive renovations and is now fully restored to its original working condition.

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The Little White Church on the Hill

The Little White Church on the Hill
The Russeltown Protestant Church is located at Russeltown Flats, municipality of
St-Chrysostome in the southwest corner of Quebec, Canada.
Camera: Canon EOS 5D; Lens: Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM; f/11.0 @ 1/250 sec; ISO 400; Focal Length: 40mm

The Russeltown Protestant Church, located at Russeltown Flats, municipality of St-Chrysostome in the southwest corner of Quebec, Canada, dates back to 1826 and was first used as a Methodist/Congregationalist meeting place. In 1853, it became a Presbyterian Church property and remained so until Church Union in 1925 whereupon it joined the newly formed United Church of Canada. It is now part of the Hemmingford United Church congregation. The church is normally used for one regular service a year – a celebration in the summer and occasional special events. The Russeltown Protestant Church is considered the oldest original church structure in the Chateauguay Valley. In 2001, a provincial heritage grant permitted extensive renovations to be carried out to preserve the structure for the future.

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Nubble Light

Nubble Light
Nubble Light located at Cape Neddick, Maine, USA. Camera: Canon EOS 5D;Lens: Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM; f/13.0 @ 1/750 sec; ISO 800; Focal Length: 80mm

Located on a small rocky island (the nubble) off the eastern point of Cape Neddick, the lighthouse was authorized by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877 and first lit in July 1879. Although initially painted chocolate brown, the 41-foot cast-iron tower has been white since 1902. The walkway between the keeper’s house and the tower was added in 1911. Today, the lighthouse is owned by the town of York. (Source: Discovering Maine’s Lighthouses and Harbors – Summer 2011 edition)

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Babcock Mill, Odessa, Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada

The Babcock Mill is built on land deeded by the British Government to Joshua Booth in 1803 as part of his eight Crown Deeds. The stone structure was built in 1856, by the Saul Brothers, for John K. and Philip D. Booth, sons of Benjamin Booth, of Odessa. The Mill was originally intended to be a Flour Mill but the grain grinding equipment was never installed. The opening of the Grand Trunk Railway, in 1856, allowed cheap flour to be shipped from mills in Toronto and Montreal causing small local mills to be unprofitable. The Mill was used for box making, an office and sales room, and for wool storage, as part of the Booth Woolen Mills on this site. In 1907 this mill, and the Sawmill next to it was purchased by John Herbert “Cap” Babcock from the Booth family. Cap installed the present equipment and operated the mill, planing lumber, doing custom mill work, and manufacturing his patented “Babcock” baskets. Following Cap’s death in 1946, his son Roy Babcock continued to operate the mill, entering into a partnership with his brother Oscar. They manufactured truck bodies until the late 1960s when the partnership dissolved and J. H. Babcock & Sons Limited moved to Toronto. In 1977, Roy Babcock sold the mill and 13 acres of land to the Township of Ernestown, now Loyalist Township, the current owner of the mill. In 1986, the Township contracted Don Babcock (grandson of J. H. Babcock) to reconstruct and repair the original basket making machinery. Since then The Mill has undergone extensive renovations and is now fully restored to its original working condition.

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Sunset in Old Montreal

Sunset in Old Montreal

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Notre Dame de Bonsecours Chapel silhouetted against the golden sky in Montreal's Old Port, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ30; f/6.3 @ 1/400 sec; ISO 80; Focal length: 156mm (35mm equivalent)

The above photo was taken back in July 2007 using a Panasonic DMC-FZ30 ultra-zoom point and shot camera. It was one of those "being in the right place at the right time" moments. The sun had already set behind Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel and turned the sky to oranges and golds.

Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours means 'Our Lady of Good Help') is a church in the district of Old Montreal in Montreal, Quebec. One of the oldest churches in Montreal, it was built in 1771 over the ruins of an earlier chapel.

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Yet another Licensing update

Licensing (con't)
Three weeks ago, I posted a second blog post talking about my entry into the world of image licensing. (See post dated 13 March 2015.) I mentioned in that post how I noticed a flurry of activity on one particular image very recently.

Abbey Lane
This was one of the first images I uploaded to the site. While the images I uploaded at the same time had on average eight views, the number of views this image had received had jumped to 46 in under two days! I had no idea why?
So it was a very pleasant surprise when I learned that an anonymous buyer licensed this image on 31 March 2015.

I wish to thank the buyer for licensing the image. As well as everyone who took the time to look at the image making it my most viewed image on PicFair.

Before I close, I'd like to show three more of my images that recently received that wonderful Star. (See 14 February 2015 post on Licensing)

Numbered
Old Shed
Hochelaga Inn
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Shoal Tower

Shoal Tower is a Martello tower located in the harbour (Confederation Basin) of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, directly opposite Kingston City Hall. It is one of four such towers built in the 1840s to protect Kingston’s harbour and the entrance to the Rideau Canal

Built in 1847, this limestone tower is 11 m high and 16.5 m in diameter. The guns of Shoal Tower defended the approaches of Kingston Harbour. A dispute between Great Britain and the United States over the boundary between British Columbia and Oregon that threatened to lead to war and to the invasion of Canada (see Oregon crisis) prompted their construction. Eventually Shoal Tower was abandoned.

It was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1930, and is part of the Kingston Fortifications National Historic Site

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