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“The Wall” Housing Structure In Fermont, Quebec

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Re: “The Wall” Housing Structure In Fermont, Quebec

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Post by maxerickson »

rand85632 wrote: post #11
emrex wrote: post #6

Correct me if I am wrong but the number of floors does not meet the 50m height at all !!!

Looks like it may have been a mistranslation of sorts with a 5-0 ft wall

Wikipedia has the 50 meters and cites an article from 2006 for it:

https://web.archive.org/web/20060421035031/http://www.caniap...

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Post by maxerickson »

emrex wrote: post #16
rand85632 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Looks like it may have been a mistranslation of sorts with a 5-0 ft wall

Wanted to say maybe 50 feet but since I never measured with feet I was not confident enough.

The building stories are a good reference, they will be close enough to 10-11 feet most of the time.

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Post by jka »

francislavoie wrote: post #4

Music video filmed there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI9R2H_KkQk Such a great song and video, awesome cinematography, and includes some clips of residents shortly talking about it.

Nice, thanks :)

Enjoyed the sci-fi / Moon[1] vibes at t=189[2] (those neons might be to improve visibility of the trucks in the dark and/or during storms?).

[1] - https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/17431-moon

[2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI9R2H_KkQk&t=189

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Post by mig39 »

I was in Fermont a long time ago. I was driving from Goose Bay all the way south. in the 90s, the Labrador highway wasn't paved, it was just rough gravel.

I got a flat tire somewhere near the border, then pulled into Fermont and tried my best high school-level French to find somewhere to fix my flat tire.

I asked the guy at the gas station: "Excusez-moi, savez-vous où je peux trouver un garage pour réparer mon pneu crevé ?"

He looked at me and said "Fixer le flat, huh?"

No amount of formal French prepares you for Northern Quebecois "French" :-)

Re: “The Wall” Housing Structure In Fermont, Quebec

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Post by francislavoie »

SECProto wrote: post #28
mrgriscom wrote: post #2

I've actually been here: http://mrgris.com/travel/blog/labrador/2/ Quite a weird place, though definitely not 50m tall.

Yup, 15m ("quinzaine mètres") tall. https://caniapiscau.ca/attraits/mur-ecran/

Interesting, I think the English version of that page was mistranslated as per https://web.archive.org/web/20060421035031/http://www.caniap... which seems like an old version of that same website. Fifteen and Fifty are easy to mix up.
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