canada on top of mf??

can you really see canada when your on top of mf?

If you look to the right then yes.

I see the Edison Bridge when I look left on MF.

I see the green train in the bay, or what's left of it, after it derailed and flew into the water.

614legend said:

can you really see canada when your on top of mf?

no

The closest thing to Canada would be Pelee Island but Kelley's is in the way and even if it was not I doubt you'd be able to see that far.

According to the park (Courtesy Corps guide given to sweeps and group utility), you can see Pelee Island, a random island in the middle of Lake Erie that belongs to Canada. Mainland Canada, however, you will never see from the top of any ride at the park.

I've heard on a clear day you can see Pelee Island from Magnum, never heard that you could see it from Millennium though it would make sense because it's taller. I've never seen it while riding though. And yes, Pelee Island is a pretty boring island. Theres a winery and vineyards and some cottages.

When I first read this thread title, I thought it said, "Canada on top of milf".

Needless to say, it's a lot less interesting discussion than I thought it was going to be. ;)

Yes, on MF and Magnum. I've seen Pelee Island. If you look beyond Kellys Island, you may see some trees on the horizon. That's Pelee Island, which is in Canadian waters. As for the mainland, as BlueStreak64 pointed out, you'll never see it.

Two weeks ago, it was so clear I could see Cleveland's skyline from Raptor. That was impressive.

Considering Cleveland is roughly the same distance across the lake from CP as is the Mainland Canadian coast, it is theoretically possible to see mainland, however only at night. I have only been able too Cleveland from atop Space Spiral on very very very clear nights and it only appeared as small blips of light at night. Basically count the bright coastal cities across, Huron, Vermilion, Lorain, Avon point blocks everything between avonlake and Lakewood and allows Cleveland to be the next set of lights.

I personally don't think you can see Cleveland in the daytime, so I have doubts about mainland Canada. Pelee island is visible, but for mainland I would expect very clear skies and maybe a bright coastal city. I don't know of any in that portion of Ontario.

It was during the day, and my friends and I could see the skyline. It was really impressive. We saw the skyscrapers. One of them is 1,000 feet tall. That's probably why we were able to see it and not Canada's mainland. And Cleveland is slightly higher in elevation than Sandusky, but that probably doesn't really affect much.

I'll keep my eyes open if I'm at the park at night. Do you see lights in Canada on the horizon, or is there just a glow in the sky?

Wow I have never seen cleveland or canada from any rides, day or night. I always thought cleveland was too far away. I knew about the stories about Pelee island but never saw it.

Once I saw my car from the top of Gemini

I think I saw your car too! Was it the 2nd tuesday of last week?

Scientists say it's a mirage, but others swear that when the weather is right, Clevelanders can see across Lake Erie and spot Canadian trees and buildings 50 miles away.
"The whole sweep of the Canadian shore stood out as if less than three miles away," a story in The Plain Dealer proclaimed in 1906. "The distant points across the lake stood out for nearly an hour and then faded away."

"I can see how this could be possible," said Lawrence Krauss, chairman of the Physics Department at Case Western Reserve University.

Krauss and Joe Prahl, chairman of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at Case, said mirages can occur during an atmospheric inversion, in which a layer of cold air blankets the lake, topped by layers of increasingly warm air. When this happens, it can cause the light that filters through these layers from across the lake to bend, forming a lens that can create the illusion of distant objects.

The scientists said the air has to be extremely calm for the mirage to appear. If the wind blows, it distorts or dissolves the image.

Prahl and Krauss said such a mirage is rare. But Tom Schmidlin, a meteorologist in the Geography Department at Kent State University, said it's hardly unheard-of.

"It's not terribly unusual. Sailors are always exposed to this kind of thing," he said.

Prahl, who regularly sails his 30-foot sloop Seabird from Cleveland to Canada, has never seen it.

But Bob Boughner, a reporter for the Chatham Daily News in Ontario, said he's seen Cleveland from across Lake Erie twice, the first time four summers ago while driving along a road near the lake. He saw it again two summer ago while driving along the same road.

All of a sudden, there was Cleveland, just off the Canadian shore, as if it were just across a river, he said.

"I happened to look across the lake and, geez, I couldn't believe the sight," he said. "I could see the cars and the stoplights. I could even make out the different colors of the vehicles. It lasted a good two or three minutes."

Boughner said he remembers his aunt Melba Bates, who lived all her life on Lake Erie and recently died in her late 90s, talking about being able to see Cleveland, but he didn't believe her.

"I thought she was making up stories," he said. "But sure enough, I could see the same damned thing. When it shows up, it looks like you can touch it."

Wow, that's crazy. I did enjoy picking out individual buildings in Cleveland one night in May while I was relaxing on the beach. It is definitely possible to see Cleveland from the Point. Maybe not in much detail, but you can make it out.

As for seeing the glow of Canada at night from a tall ride, you won't. Leamington is the town furthest south near Point Pelee and it's a very small town that wouldn't give off a big city glow. Windsor is the only big city in Southwestern Ontario and that would be way too far away to see. The spot lights in the sky coming from Caesars would be the only major lights coming from the city.

614legend said:

can you really see canada when your on top of mf?

Only if you're sitting next to Vince.

Haux said:I'll keep my eyes open if I'm at the park at night. Do you see lights in Canada on the horizon, or is there just a glow in the sky?

I have never seen the Canadian mainland coast from CP. I just theorized the possibility assuming any large enough towns or cities that would give off a glow. I do not know of any and Vince 982 confirmed this. I never thought of Windsor though. Would be a large bright area to the west considering it's American Neighbor.