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CANADA : pee tree

Posted by jlove August - 31 - 2009 - Monday

Photo from the book Toilets of the World by Morna E. Gregory and Sian James. A pee tree at an Alberta campground, Canada.

No Canadian campsite would be complete without its own pee tree. Usually found wherever a makeshift campsite is set up, pee trees can also occur in official campgrounds when the latrines are an uncomfortable distance away. The purpose of the pee tree is self-explanatory. Using the pee tree promotes the theory behind camping: to exist without the modern conveniences we take for granted in an effort to come closer to nature.

Forestry Trunk Road
Red Deer River
near Sundre
Alberta

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This hugely entertaining tour of toilets around the globe is a source of endless fascination and amusement. From a high-tech cubicle that rises out of the ground in central London to a rickety hut on stilts over the Caribbean, from a toilet in Bolivia carved out of a giant cactus to a solid gold WC in Hong Kong, Toilets of the World provides an irresistible journey around washrooms worldwide.

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