How Good Is Your Geography?? [3]

I'm no Einstein :p :

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Originally Posted by schmenke

I'm no Einstein :p :

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Between that and being a Hab's fan....I dunno....but I guess I can still "talk" to you...lol.

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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa

Drifter...you got it. The Channel Islands consider the British crown to be their "Duke" It explains it all on Wikipedia, but like the Isle of Man, they sort of are connected to Britain but they are not part of the EC and have their own government outside of Westminister. Unlike the Isle of Man tho, the monarch is their Duke...

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The Queen is known as Lord of Mann and as the Duke of Lancaster - both titles held by the reigning monarch of whatever gender.

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Originally Posted by Steve Boyd

The Queen is known as Lord of Mann and as the Duke of Lancaster - both titles held by the reigning monarch of whatever gender.

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Interesting! Why is the British monarch also the Duke of Lancaster? Seems superfluous..

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Originally Posted by schmenke

I'm no Einstein :p :

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I call upon you Schmenkenstein to reveal the truth after all as noone else seems to have a clue! ;)

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Originally Posted by Kristjan

Interesting! Why is the British monarch also the Duke of Lancaster? Seems superfluous..

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It is - kind of. The estate of the Duchy of Lancaster is owned by the royal family & not owned by the state, so the income goes to the Queen who is the head of the estate. The title is really obsolete but is still used occasionally, especially in the Loyal Toast at the end of formal dinners in the County of Lancashire. There's an expalnation here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Lancaster

There's a similar situation with the Duchy of Cornwall, but the income from that estate always goes to the first son of the monarch. So Charles, Prince of Wales, is also Duke of Cornwall.

I thought I had asked an easy one!
Mark in Oshawa came close so come on folks someone must know.

I do recall that name when 'driving' the Alaskan Highway virtually with Google Earth, but I do not recall exactly where it is...somewhere along the Yukon-Alaska border area.

It crosses the border from the ----- Highway and goes to ------ ----.
If nobody has it by tomorrow night I will give the answer.
Hint. 'Chicken' is on it.

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Originally Posted by Easy Drifter

I thought I had asked an easy one!
Mark in Oshawa came close so come on folks someone must know.

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If it isn't the Dempster or Alaska Highway, then you have picked something obscure. I can guarntee you I haven't been down it...

Not that obscure. My ex was over it in her Winnie last summer. It is a summer only highway as it is so exposed to weather.
The Dempster is one of only two highways that go further north.