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What is the smallest city in your country that everyone can still instantly recognise the name of? What is it famous for? (lemmy.world)
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In the United States, I'd probably name Oregon City, the famous end of the Oregon Trail and the first city founded west of the Rocky Mountains during the pioneer era. Its population is only 37,000.

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[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

Dildo, Newfoundland.

Not really though.

Off the top of my head I’d say places like Gander, Churchill, Iqaluit - places known maybe for their location as much as their people and unique situations?

Edit: another comment (Aspen) made me want to mention Banff but Alberta isn’t acting Canadian anymore so it no longer counts.

[–] H4CK3RN4M3D4N63R570RM@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Banff is what I was looking for in this list (pop ~8300). Not many places in this country are 'acting Canadian' anymore.

[–] RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The smallest Canadian city that I'd think most people around the world might know about is Niagara Falls, although they might only know about the falls and not know that it's also a city.

Edit: I thought the question meant people around the world but I guess it could also mean just the people in your own country..

[–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Edit: I got it - my bet is Charlottetown, PEI, because those Anne of Green Gables books were wildly popular on the international market, and I imagine fans tried to find Avonlea on a map and learned that Charlottetown exists.

I'm probably still wrong, this is actually kind of a tough question.

Edit 2: Nah I change my mind, maybe Gimli, MB because the Gimli Glider incident did garner quite a bit of attention.

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Charlottetown is a good answer actually. Bigger than I thought though, 40k people.

[–] Today@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Omg...i spent 4 hours in Gander one evening, so it took about 20 hours to go Dallas -> Chicago -> Gander-> Chicago.

[–] JoeDyrt57@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago

β€œA week in Gander one day.”

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yellowknife has a population of 20,000. Is that considered small enough?

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I’d say no in the context of the OP. That’s one of our major cities in our own way. And a territorial capital.