3866 - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

This card is commemorating Canoe '22 - ICF Canoe Spring and Paracanoe World Championships, which were held at Lake Banook, near Halifax, right across the harbour from Dartmouth.

In International Canoe Federation (ICF) was formed in 1946 and administers all aspects of canoe sport worldwide. There are 157 member countries.

There are four disciplines:

Flatwater - canoe sprint, canoe marathon, dragon boat, canoe polo, paracanoe, and va'a
Ocean - canoe ocean racing, canoe sailing, wave-ski, and surf ski
Whitewater/Wildwater - canoe slalom, wildwater canoeing, canoe freestyle
Flatwater & Ocean - standup paddle-boarding.

Lake Banook was the site for the 2022 Canoe Sprint World Championships from August 3 - 7, 2022. Germany won the most medals with 14 (2 gold, 7 silver, 5 bronze), but Spain won the overall medal table with 8 medals (4 gold, 2 silver, and 2 bronze). Canada finished fourth with six medals (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze). On the paracanoe side, Great Britain was the overall champion with 10 medals (5 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze), while Canada tied for eighth overall with Chile and France with two medals (1 silver, 1 bronze).

Lake Banook is home to three sprint rowing and kayak clubs, two rowing clubs, and a dragon boat club. It also claims to be the birthplace of hockey. Banook is Mi'kmaq for "first lake." Besides the 2022 Canoe Sprint World Championships, it has also hosted canoe/kayak for the 1969 Canada Summer Games, the World Junior Canoe Sprint Championships in 1989, the Senior World Canoe Sprint Championship in 1997, the World Canoe Marathon Championship in 2000, and the Senior World Sprint Championships in 2009.

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3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2352 - Cologne (Köln), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Cologne is home to the twelve Romanesque churches. All are Catholic churches and all are found in Altstadt (old town). All were severely damaged during the 262 Allied air raids on Cologne. All twelves have been restored. St. Andreas was consecrated in 974. The crypt of the church as a sarcophagus that dates back to the third century and it holds the remains of St. Albertus Magnus, who died in 1280. St. Apostein was consecrated in the 800s. St. Cecilia was built in the 800s and it the current home of the Schnutgen Museum for Medieval Art. It still holds Catholic Mass on rare occasions. St. Georg's was built near the end of 1000s. It was extensively restored after the Second World War. St. Gerion's was established in 612. St. Kunibert was consecrated in 1247. Cunibert, the 9th Bishop of Cologne, is buried here. St. Maria im Kapital was built between 1040-1065. It was also heavily damaged during the war and restoration was finally completed in 1984. St. Maria Lyskirchem is the ...

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