Gatineau Parkway as seen by Google Maps Street View
One day last summer I was cycling in Gatineau Park when I saw a car go by with a strange dohicky up on top of it.
“That’s the Google Street View camera” I said to another cyclist nearby.
Today Google released Street View in Google Maps in Canada and there, along with many many other drive-by filmings, are little pieces of Gatineau Park.
I can see by cruising their images of the parkway that the Google crew only filmed as far as the near the Hickory Trail. I see also that they’ve cherry-picked the images—some from their drive up, some from their drive down—and in so doing have edited me out of their records.
But 17 cyclists and one rollerblader were captured.
Who are they?
I’ve sifted through the various views and pulled out images.
If you see yourself or a friend and you care to let me know drop me a line. I’ll even offer up prizes.
How about two copies of my book History of Wine Words in which I explore the etymology of such things as Merlot and Chardonnay.
I’ll give one copy to someone who identifies themselves in the Google Street View photos, and another copy to a friend who tags someone in the photos.
Contact me at [email protected]
Image 1,2 & 3 are the same fellow who has just ascended Asticou hill.
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Image 4 is someone (male) just about to descend Asticou hill.
Image 5 &6 are someone (female I think) also just ascended Asticou hill.
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Image 7 & 8 are someone (male) just about to ascend Asticou hill
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Image 9 & 10 are someone (male) just above the bridge over Saint Raimond.
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Image 11 & 12 are someone (female) between the Gamelin parking lot and the bridge over Saint Raimond. This is the same person I think, they have a shirt on that is blue in front and black in back but their water bottle is green in both shots.
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Image 13 is someone (male) about to descend the hill below the Gamelin parking lot.
Image 14 is a roller-blader (male) at the bottom of the hill below Gamelin and Lac des Fees.
Image 15 is a pair of cyclists (male) heading north descending the hill after des Allumettieres
Image 16 is another cyclist (male) heading north descending the hill after des Allumettieres
Image 17 is yet another cyclist (female) heading north descending the hill after des Allumettieres
Images 18 & 19 are taken at the northern junction of the Gatineau Parkway and des Allumettieres and show 3 people but in pretty small images.
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Image 20 is again small and again taken between the northern junction of the Gatineau Parkway and des Allumettieres and the des Allumettieres bridge.
Image 21 taken right at the des Allumettieres bridge
Image 22 is a cyclist just starting up the Gatineau Parkway
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