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 PartyPooper
    
Location: Bowmanville, ON
Gender: Male
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|  | | | I know this may seem like a long-shot, but did anyone manage to get a look around Family Kartways in Whitby before they built those cookie-cutter homes? I remember the main building where you paid to get in and got your tickets, and the arcade on the second floor. Another place I really enjoyed as a youth. Hard to believe that what was at one time the world's biggest go-cart track is now gone.
Remember: Wherever you go, there you are.
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fedge
  
Location: Gaud Corners, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
you blight up my life™®
| |  | Re: Family Kartways
<Reply # 1 on 8/16/2009 12:24 PM >
| | | | Where did it used to be?
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43rdstreet
Location: Bowmanville, Ontario
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Family Kartways
<Reply # 2 on 8/16/2009 2:50 PM >
| | | | Posted by PartyPooper
I know this may seem like a long-shot, but did anyone manage to get a look around Family Kartways in Whitby before they built those cookie-cutter homes? I remember the main building where you paid to get in and got your tickets, and the arcade on the second floor. Another place I really enjoyed as a youth. Hard to believe that what was at one time the world's biggest go-cart track is now gone.
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I completely forgot about this until right now. Man, I spent a good chunk of time there when I was a kid. I wish I could remember where it was.
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justakitty
Location: The Dirty 'Shwa, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Female
| | Re: Family Kartways
<Reply # 3 on 8/16/2009 3:15 PM >
| | | | Just asked my dad... he says it was on hwy 12, east side of the road between Brooklyn and Whitby. He also says I was there once when I was young, can't say I remember...
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bandi
  
Lippy Mechanic Bastard
Location: Trent Hills, ON
Gender: Male
A liminal mind is all I've ever known.
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<Reply # 4 on 8/16/2009 7:21 PM >
| | | | I used to race there... awesome, awesome track. It's a cookie cutter subdivision now.
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rainman8889
Location: H.T.S.F.C. Time to gain and a time to lose.
Bye for now.
| | Re: Family Kartways
<Reply # 5 on 8/16/2009 9:35 PM >
| | | | Posted by fedge
Where did it used to be?
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On Brock, north of Taunton. The corner where there is a Petro Can now was where my Dad's first shop was located. I remember going to Family Kartways a lot as a kid. Sad to see it go. The area is pretty much 'terra icognita' to me now. 
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Danno
Location: Newcastle Ontario
Gender: Male
| | Re: Family Kartways
<Reply # 6 on 8/17/2009 11:38 AM >
| | | | That area is now a haven for new immigrants !! In other words, it's now a shit hole..
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PartyPooper
Location: Bowmanville, ON
Gender: Male
...but I'm not the only one.
| | Re: Family Kartways
<Reply # 7 on 8/17/2009 4:52 PM >
| | | | There are still a few abandoned houses in the area, possibly portions of the track overgrown with vegetation. But for the most part, it's now a new 'burb. It's not all that bad, I mean, it was the home of a fun place at one time. I just wished I had taken some pics when I was last there, it closed up and was torn down really quickly.
Remember: Wherever you go, there you are.
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Mr. "D"
Location: East Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
| | Re: Family Kartways
<Reply # 8 on 8/17/2009 6:08 PM >
| | | | Back in the day if someone was having a birthday party, then it was probably at Family Kartways. I have vague memories of it, but i can remember certain layout details of the park. It had awesome water slides and had the the world's largest go kart track during its operational days. I was disappointed to hear of its closing, but it seems to be a common thing in Whitby. Family Kartways Amusement Park will sadly be missed.
I was told it opened in 1962 and after years of financial trouble finally closed its doors in the late 80's/early 90's. If anyone has a confirmed year of closing (i've heard anywhere from 1986-1992) please let me know. Just curious to know how long the park was in operation for.
[last edit 8/17/2009 6:11 PM by Mr. "D" - edited 2 times]
"If you don't believe your country should come before yourself. Ya can better serve your country, by living somewhere else" - Stompin' Tom Connors
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bandi
Lippy Mechanic Bastard
Location: Trent Hills, ON
Gender: Male
A liminal mind is all I've ever known.
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<Reply # 9 on 8/17/2009 7:20 PM >
| | | | I last raced there in the summer of '96, went back to ride in '97 and it was a ghost town.
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PartyPooper
Location: Bowmanville, ON
Gender: Male
...but I'm not the only one.
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<Reply # 10 on 8/17/2009 7:59 PM >
| | | | My 2000 MapArt map book still shows the track there, so my guess would be no later than 2001. When I think about it, Family Kartways, Cullen Gardens, the old Whitby Jail, hell even the old Whitby Psych, this town has had some really cool places that are now gone! Yet I still love Whitby?!!
Remember: Wherever you go, there you are.
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Hlywud
Location: Lethbridge, AB
Gender: Female
| | | Re: Family Kartways
<Reply # 11 on 8/17/2009 8:04 PM >
| | | | There is nothing left of family kartways now. I bought one of the cookie cutter houses in the neighborhood and have dug up many pieces of the track while building my patio and planting gardens.
Ambivalent? Well yes and no |
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PartyPooper
Location: Bowmanville, ON
Gender: Male
...but I'm not the only one.
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<Reply # 12 on 8/17/2009 8:22 PM >
| | | | Posted by Hlywud
There is nothing left of family kartways now. I bought one of the cookie cutter houses in the neighborhood and have dug up many pieces of the track while building my patio and planting gardens.
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That's funny... in an ironic kinda way as I've been looking to buy in that location as well. Still even some exterior shots would be nice, I can't find any on the interweb.
Remember: Wherever you go, there you are.
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Mr. "D"
Location: East Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
| | Re: Family Kartways
<Reply # 13 on 8/18/2009 3:40 AM >
| | | | Posted by bandi
I last raced there in the summer of '96, went back to ride in '97 and it was a ghost town.
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Yeah around then does make sense now that i think about it. Thanks for the info...it's much appreciated.
[last edit 8/18/2009 3:42 AM by Mr. "D" - edited 1 times]
"If you don't believe your country should come before yourself. Ya can better serve your country, by living somewhere else" - Stompin' Tom Connors
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bandi
Lippy Mechanic Bastard
Location: Trent Hills, ON
Gender: Male
A liminal mind is all I've ever known.
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<Reply # 14 on 8/18/2009 12:25 PM >
| | | | I wonder if the same thing is gonna happen when they build houses at Concord Floral... people will be digging up broken glass for the next 700 years.
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PartyPooper
Location: Bowmanville, ON
Gender: Male
...but I'm not the only one.
| | Re: Family Kartways
<Reply # 15 on 8/21/2009 4:24 AM >
| | | | Just in case anybody was wondering...
Remember: Wherever you go, there you are.
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Hlywud
Location: Lethbridge, AB
Gender: Female
| | | Re: Family Kartways
<Reply # 16 on 8/21/2009 5:05 AM >
| | | | Current, although Google earth is about 6 years behind in updating the area so I`ve marked in the missing stuff
Ambivalent? Well yes and no |
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Mr. "D"
Location: East Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
| | Re: Family Kartways
<Reply # 17 on 9/12/2009 8:12 AM >
| | | | Housing and commercial developments are everywhere! Ahhhhh!!!
Damnit...was thinking about family kartways tonight. I was gonna go and do a few laps, but i couldn't get my time machine running.
Ah well next time perhaps...
"If you don't believe your country should come before yourself. Ya can better serve your country, by living somewhere else" - Stompin' Tom Connors
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PartyPooper
Location: Bowmanville, ON
Gender: Male
...but I'm not the only one.
| | Re: Family Kartways
<Reply # 18 on 9/13/2009 5:11 AM >
| | | | Posted by Hlywud
Current, although Google earth is about 6 years behind in updating the area so I`ve marked in the missing stuff
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Thanks Hlywud, I drive by that area often and shake my head at the opportunity missed. Oh well, I'll just hitch a ride with Big Daddy D once he gets his time machine up and running again! ;p
Remember: Wherever you go, there you are.
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hilite
Gender: Male
don't destroy my sweater....
| | | Re: Family Kartways
<Reply # 19 on 9/13/2009 5:32 AM >
| | | | I like how they interpret the Go-Kart track into a map symbol as a whole bunch of random squiggly lines.
My prediction from such a track in simple algebra 
just my 2 cents
[last edit 9/13/2009 5:36 AM by hilite - edited 1 times]
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