Foreign Soil Depicted On Canadian Stamps

You cannot miss the iconic New York City landmark in the following example #2153 (2006)



Though titled "Canadians in Hollywood" none are pictured there and but two are pictured on foreign soil.



On the left, Fay Wray (1907–2004), with the Empire State Building to remind us of her best known film, King Kong (1933). She made over 100 films between 1923 and 2003.

On the right, Lorne Greene (1915-87), the "Voice of Doom" on CBC radio during WWII and beloved Ben Cartwright in the TV series Bonanza for 14 years. The pines on the Ponderosa Ranch (USA) are just over his shoulder.

SAK:

Thanks for creating such an entertaining thread. I'm enjoying it.

Kirk

Just flippin' the pages of the trusty ol' Unitrade when I noticed that one of the Millennium Collection (1999-2000) shows some foreign soil. Although it may violate one of the topic rules a little, it may be fun for you to spy it before I post it tomorrow.

There could be many: 1826b (Boston marathon runner Tom longboat
1824b (Lucille Teasdale) wearing a stethoscope so since her practice has been mostly in Africa, likely an Africa background
1825d banning land mines: man on crutches likely from a forein country

Well I was thinking the Bell HD-4 Hydrofoil shown on #1832c but I believe all the development of this took place in Nova Scotia, so I am stumped.

What about space stamps that show space stations? Not globes or orbs but space stations or spacing ships hooked up? Is the ISS on any stamp?

edit: typo

Nice thread, good reading, thank you.

The Canadian Millennial Collection is a mine of interesting people, places and things, from spies to Joe Louis.
Strange that, without its selvedge, the subject of the stamp is an enigma.
Being all things best in Canada, it is surprising to see Boston, Massachusetts, so prominently displayed (albeit on a map (breaking rule 3) but only just.)
#1826b (2000) in Canada's First People - spotted by Gilles le T.



Tom Longboat won the 1907 Boston Marathon in a record time of 2:24:24, five minutes faster than any of the previous ten winners of the event. [Wikipedia]
For this achievement, plus winning the 1909 title of "Professional Champion of the World", he takes his place in the pantheon of Canadian sports persons.
In his youth he was forced to attend a residential school for aboriginal children and of that experience said, "I wouldn't even send my dog to that place."
In 1908 he married Lauretta Maracle. After he was mistakenly declared dead during WWI, Lauretta remarried in 1918. He later married Martha Silversmith, with whom he had four children.
Can you imagine?! I will never look at that stamp quite the same again.

Steve

(The next will be 4 out of 5 places des arts.)

To commemorate the two hundred twenty third anniversary of the first Canadian opera production, on February 13, 1783, Canada Post issued the following 5 stamp set: #2178-82 (2006)



Well... actually it was to attract attention to the opening of the Canada Opera Company's new house, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, but none of the five stamps depict the Toronto building.
Montreal's Place des Arts is the only native opera house represented.
For $279 you can get the best seats in the Toronto house to watch Mozart's Don Giovanni starting January 24th.

Is it just me or does Raoul Jobin on stamp #2179 look just like John Cleese in drag?

Back to the movies... #2279 (2008)



Four more actors and there is a deliberate attempt to place something symbolic behind each.
Alas, the backgrounds are all in the United States because we are celebrating Canadians who made it big elsewhere.
Behind Norma Shearer is a typical 1930's Hollywood movie set.
Behind Chief Dan George are plains Indian tepees (from "Little Big Man").
Behind Marie Dressler is the tugboat Narcissus (from "Tugboat Annie").
Behind Raymond Burr is a judge presiding over a courtroom in Los Angeles.

(and more stars next time.)
Steve

Interesting tidbit on the Raymond Burr stamp is that Wiki makes brief mention of his hobbies:




I guess that's another name that can be added to the list of "celebrity" stamp collectors.

"Oh, the [examples] dwindle down to a precious few..."

When Puzzler asked about space stamps, I expected him to post this example:
#2323 (2009) International Year of Astronomy



You can't get much further away from Canadian soil than the Eagle Nebula (right stamp), which is approximately 7000 light years from Earth. That stamp depicts the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope located on Mauna Kea, USA (a bit closer to home). The other (left) is located in Saanich, BC. (our home and native land.)
The Caterpillar Nebula, featured top-centre, cannot be seen from Canada, being in the southern constellation of Carina.
An unidentified alien stellar system appears on the right side.

Strangely, there was an overprinted version (in the tagging) to celebrate the International Year of Volleyball.

We return to the Boundary Waters, this time to celebrate the 1909 treaty: #2332 (2009) [and another American flag]



Both falls are depicted, the American Falls at the top.
The treaty was to clear up a growing number of problems that were "bubbling up" along the USA/Canada border.
Canada diverts a lot of the Niagara into its hydro-generation plant, especially at night.
Alberta farmers were syphoning off the waters of the St. Mary and Milk Rivers to the chagrin of the Montanans.
The Rainy River runs between International Falls, MN, and Fort Frances, ON. Disputes are settled by an annual tug-of-war. (It's Canada 3 USA 1)



(Yes! a 1,200 foot rope is strung across the river on July 2nd every year.)

And Chicago had to be stopped from draining Lake Michigan to flush its raw sewage into the Mississippi! To this day, the water in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal is so polluted with fecal coliform colonies that signs warn against 'any human body contact'.

On a lighter note, just over the border from BC on the Alaska Highway, in Watson Lake, Yukon, is:
#2335b (2009) the Signpost Forest (Roadside Attractions I)



Started in 1942 by an American G.I. who put up a sign to Danville. IL, there are now 72,000 signs in the forest - a large proportion of them from foreign soil. (That's 1000 signs a year, almost 3 a day!)
So if you're going up that way... don't forget to steal a road sign from your home town!