• TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
    80·
    9 months ago

    Use the leftover slag to close off the Mediterranean at Gibraltar too while we’re in Simcity God mode here.

  • Izzy@lemmy.ml
    431·
    9 months ago

    Worlds longest water slide. That’s how gravity works right?

  • Everblue
    38·
    9 months ago

    Ocean front property in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

  • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
    27·
    9 months ago

    Ah for just one time, I would take the Northwest passage to the sea.

    Westward from the Potomac, t’is there t’was said to lie The sea route to the orient for which so many died

    • Classy@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      9 months ago

      God I love his songs.

      Goddamn them all! I was told

      We’d sail the seas for American gold

      We’d fire no guns, shed no tears!

      Now I’m a broken man in a Halifax pier

      The last of Barrett’s privateers

    • ArxCyberwolf
      2·
      9 months ago

      Ah, for just one time, I would make the Northwest Passage…

      • Troy
        2·
        9 months ago

        Goddamn, that sentence makes me cry.

        … actually been to the Northwest passage a few times too. One time Franklin’s ghost tried to steal my food.

    • Kbin_space_program@kbin.social
      101·
      9 months ago

      It’s considerably more insane because its doubling an existing massive river from northern Saskatchewan up to the exit point for no reason. Particularly in an area where there isn’t enough infrastructure to support begin to support such an operation.

      Using the same start point you already have the Mackenzie river going to Lake Athabasca. From there you have existing rivers and canals getting you to Lake Winnipeg, albeit somewhat inefficiently and would need expanding to get bigger ships through. Although you might need some locks to be added to get around the dams on Lake Winnipeg.

      Making the only real canal section being Winnipeg to Superior, and then you’re in the great lakes.

      If you want the crazy option, get up to Lake Athabasca then go out through the Peace River to end at Bella Bella Coola, BC. Only have to cross several massive mountain ranges and do the crazy descent from BCs central interior plateau down to the ocean.

    • doingthestuff@lemmy.world
      6·
      9 months ago

      There is some fine white water rafting there though. I don’t know what else, it’s the only reason I’ve ever gone there. Nice curvy backroads too.

  • SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml
    14·
    9 months ago

    Sounds like you should speak with Robert Evans (not the director, the journalist) of Behind the Bastards, he wants to nuke the great lakes, so may as well tie your plan into his.

  • The dogspaw @midwest.socialEnglish
    132·
    9 months ago

    We need to make the northwest passage we have the northwest passage at home this post is northwest passage at home

      • PickTheStick@ttrpg.network
        3·
        9 months ago

        Shoot, one of Alaska’s biggest northern settlements, if not the biggest, is an oil work camp. Look up Deadhorse / Prudhoe Bay. The road up there is totally worth taking if you’re into birdwatching or really rugged roughing it.

    • Kbin_space_program@kbin.social
      2·
      9 months ago

      That canal rips through the heart of the NWT, a hotbed of uranium, gold and diamond mining.

      And gets close to the northern end of the tar sands.