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Calgary #448 (Updated 08-01)
Location: In front of Calgary Centennial Planetarium, 12th Street at 6th Ave, SW Remarks: An equatorial dial 49 inches in diameter, made of brass and steel. The dial simulates an armillary sphere with two crossed semi-circles in a modernistic sculpture. There is a slot in the gnomon that corrects for the equation of time. It is turned over at the solstices. Fine adjustments are required near the solstices to show correct clock time (MST). Photo Calgary #197 Location: In front of AGT Tower office building Remarks: Analemmatic inn stone, although laid out in a circle. Monthly markers designate where observer is to stand to act as the gnomon.62 Both standard and DST hour marks included. Edmonton #195 Location: Ft Edmonton (historic reconstruction) Remarks: Varnished wooden octagon, with very thick wedge-shaped gnomon. Roman numerals carved at ends of hour lines. Lloydminster #392 (Updated 05-00) Location: In Bud Miller All Season's Park (29th Street and 57th Avenue) Remarks: One of the largest horizontal dials in North America, 197 feet in diameter. Its location is on the meridian at 110° 0' west, a line that separates Alberta and Saskatchewan and divides the city of Lloydminister in half. (Lloydminister was split in 1905 with the survey that created Alberta and Saskatchewan. In 1930 it again became a single city.) Photo Medicine Hat #495 (Updated 05-03) Location: In front of the Rotary Club Remarks: A large equatorial dial with hour lines for spring/summer on one side and autumn/winter on the other . About 2 meters in diameter, it is supported by its stainless steel gnomon. An Equation of Time plaque is in front of the dial. Compare this dial with MN/Bloomington, TX/Port Arthur, and CO/Boulder. Photo Link |
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Nelson #584 (Updated 05-07)
Location: Oso Negro Café Corner of Victoria and Ward St. Remarks: A 4 foot wide by 6 foot tall armillary dial of mild steel and blown glass. Dial is manually adjustable for standard or DST. Ecliptic ring includes zodiacal symbols. Dial base includes a 12 inch hemispherical time capsule to be opened October 14, 2015. Photo Penticton #240 (Updated 10-03) Location: Skaha Lake, N shore Remarks: An improperly designed "analemmatic sundial", 65 x 35 feet. At the center is a large 15 foot raised wooden platform supporting a flat steel analemma with months/dates pierced through. According to the website, this dial will tell Standard Time. To do this it is assumed that the observer is to stand on the analemma at the current date to be the gnomon. Unfortunately having the "gnomon" stand on the analemma instead of the customary straight central date line (which does not appear in the website photos), will eliminates any chance of the dial being a timepiece at all. The hour markers are short concrete posts. Link Victoria #572 (Updated 05-07) Location: St. Ann's Academy, now BC Gov. Remarks: A 12-inch bronze horizontal dial on a three foot high limestone plinth. "The shaft of this dial is built with stone taken from the ruins of the basilica of Ste Anne de Beaupre, Quebec, destroyed by fire, AD MCMXXII." Photo Victoria #575 (Updated 05-07) Location: Christ Church Anglican Cathedral Quadra St. at Burdett St. Remarks: A 30x20-inch vertical dial declining 7° 33' W made of granite inset in a stone wall. Information on EOT and longitude corrections are available just inside the south door of the cathedral. Photo |
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Pinawa #469 (Updated 12-01)
Location: In a small park near the Winnipeg River in the center of Pinawa Remarks: The Pinawa Heritage Sundial has a 38.5' by 40.5' base constructed of polished granite, rail, and granite stones. The 17.5' tall gnomon is of steel. There are two sets of time markers. An outer ring indicates local apparent time, an inner ring adapts for the dial's position in its time zone. 3 Photos Link |
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Fredericton #397 (Updated 06-00)
Location: Fredericton Military Compound, NW corner of Queen and Carleton Streets. On east wall of Soldiers Barracks Reference: Kennedy, J.E. "Time and its measurement in Fredericton", Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Journal, Vol. 66, pp 311-313, 1972 Remarks: Vertical declining. 7 x 7 feet with cement face and 5 foot wrought iron gnomon. Plaque on wall reads "The sundial at the top of this wall is a faithful reconstruction of the original which Frederictonians used during the 1800s and early 1900s...". Displays local apparent time. An Equation of Time plaque is included. The original date of the dial is unknown, but the Soldier's Barracks were built in 1826. Restored in 1992. Photo Grand Falls #559 (Updated 09-06) Location: 160 Reservoir Street, in a field near the road. Remarks: A horizontal dial using a 12 foot diameter blackened steel ring dial face and 8 foot high blackened steel gnomon. Roman numerals. Photo |
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St. Anthony #169
Location: Grenfell House Museum Remarks: Equatorial in bronze. Dial is a circular plate, mounted to allow adjustment for latitude. Gnomon consists of two vertical pillars, about 6" high, on opposite sides of plate at the 6 o'clock positions. Another adjustable scale permits EoT corrections. It was part of original house from 1909-1939. Not dated, but likely built around 1900. Now on display in museum. In excellent condition, but not set up for use.'Fabricated by Pilking & Gibbs Ltd, Preston England, # 433.' St. Johns #132 Location: Memorial University Campus Remarks: Armillary in bronze. Dial in poor, neglected condition. Gnomon missing, base cracked. This was a beautiful armillary dial when new, but years of abuse and neglect have taken a toll. |
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Amherst #472 (Updated 03-02)
Location: Amherst Town Hall, at corner of Acadia and Tatchford Streets Remarks: A Centennial Dial for Amherst, this is a square horizontal dial about 18 x 18 inches with a clean design. The dial face and trianglular gnomon are cast bronze on a granite pedestal. Hour with and Roman numerals from IIII AM to VIII PM with tick marks for the quarters. The dial is accompanied by a display explaining the Equation of Time and the longitude correction. Photo Halifax #455 (Updated 08-01) Location: The Quadrangle, Dalhouse University, west end of University Avenue Remarks: This bronze horizontal dial is approximately 25 cm across on a one-meter high pedestal. Both the dial and dedication plate have a blue-green patina. The gnomon is slightly bent and appears to have been re-attached to the dial. The orientation remains true. Roman numerals mark the hours from 5 am to 7 pm. Hour lines plus half-hour marks. The concrete base is badly cracked and small pieces have fallen away. 2 Photos Halifax #93 (Updated 06-00) Location: SE corner of the Public Gardens, near the gate at Spring Garden Road and South Park Street. Remarks: Bronze horizontal dial on a granite base. Has Roman numerals showing time noting "Mean solar time in Halifax is 1 hour and 14 minutes behind Atlantic Standard Time." Photo Halifax #337 Location: Seaview Memorial Park Remarks: Circular horizontal dial at ground level, with Roman numerals. It is a memorial to the original black settlers who lived on Campbell Road in Africville and to the members of the Seaview United Baptist Church. The stone sundial, approximately four feet high and eight feet in diameter, rests on a concrete base and points North toward Bedford Basin. Inscribed on the side of the monument are the family names of some of the early Africville residents. Photos Halifax #343 (Updated 07-01) Location: On Spring Garden Road, opposite the public library Remarks: This armillary sphere, made of steel and brass, is approximately 2 meters tall. The dial is the result of a collaboration between students from the 1997 Industrial Engineering class of the Technical University of Nova Scotia (now called DAL TECH) and a local shipbuilding firm who did the construction. The theme of industrial engineering is reflected in the cogwheel-like metal rings used in the construction. Initials of every classmate are punched into the cogs. On the plinth is the Equation of Time. Photo Louisbourg #391 (Updated 05-00) Location: At the Fortress of Louisbourg, in the garden of the Engineer's House. Remarks: A small horizontal dial 28 cm in diameter on a limestone pedestal. The dial shows local hours with half-hour lines from 4 am to 8 pm in Roman numerals. Trefoils are interspersed with the hour numerals. A south-pointing crescent or moon sits across the sub-style and a representational daisy or sun sits below the center of the dial. The dial is located in the Fortress of Louisbourg run by the Parks of Canada. The dial is a modern reproduction of a slate dial excavated at the site. Inscription: "Sum Sin Sol Nil" ("I am nothing without the Sun"). See link to Nova Scotia Sundial Trail above. Mount Uniacke #402 (Updated 06-00) Location: Grounds of the Uniacke Estate Museum Park Remarks: A faithful fiberglass replica of an ornate bronze horizontal dial. The dial is about 40 cm diameter, with a sunburst in the center showing the 16 cardinal points and intricate markings typical of a 19th century dial. Surrounding the cardinal points is a ring engraved "Watch Faster, Watch Slower" with the equation of time. Roman numerals show the hours from V in the morning to VII at evening. This dial was made for Richard Uniacke in 1815, once the Attorney-General of Nova Scotia. The original dial may be in storage in Halifax. The inscribed latitude of 45° 5' N does not match the Uniacke Estate location. Inscribed "Richard John Uniacke", "1815" 3 Photos Link Starr's Point #407 (Updated 07-00) Location: On the grounds of Prescott House, Starr's Point Road, Starr's Point. Near Wolfville. Remarks: Small horizontal, 8-inches in diameter. A fiberglass reproduction with metal gnomon upon a cement pedestal. The original dial dates from the 1820's and judging from the reproduction, is in very poor condition. Roman numerals, but the hour lines do not agree with the gnomon position. Difficult to read. On the grounds of the Charles Ramage Prescott House, built 1814 - 1816. Photo Link Windsor #406 (Updated 07-00) Location: On the grounds of Halburton House on Clifton Avenue Remarks: Small horizontal, a fiberglass reproduction of an original made in 1845. Metal gnomon, Arabic numerals 4 a.m. to 8 p.m. Cast cement base. Located on the grounds of the Haliburton House, built in 1836 by Thomas Chandler Haliburton, a justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia and author of "The Clockmaker" stories. Inscribed "1845" Photo |
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Big Bay #467 (Updated 11-01)
Location: Keppel Croft Farm and Gardens on Bruce Peninsula next to Georgian Bay Remarks: A nicely constructed analemmatic dial made of concrete, stone and ceramic tile. The hour markers are a series of small posts set in a continuous elliptical path with a 6 meter major axis and 4 meter minor axis. The sundial is located in a field next to a modern megalithic henge at Keppel Croft Farm and Gardens. 2 Photos Link Burlington #597 (Updated 07-07) Location: On sidewalk at corner of Brant Street and Lakeshore Road Remarks: A simple steel armillary dial ten feet high overall on a 5x5 foot granite base. Photo Collingwood #333 (Updated 05-04) Location: Oster Bluff ski resort Remarks: A 12 inch equatorial dial made of brass with a thin wire gnomon along the polar axis. The dial is mounted on a stainless steel cube with an engraved Equation of Time correction table on the four sides of the cube. Photo Guelph #370 (Updated 09-99) Location: Sunnyside Estate on the eastern bank of the Speed River. At front entrance on circular driveway Reference: NASS Compendium, Vol. 6, No. 3 - Sept 1999 Remarks: On the Sunnyside Estate front entrance is a small horizontal dial on a white pedestal surrounded by a flower garden. The original of this sundial is reputed to be the one that was mounted on the stump of the tree felled by John Galt in his ceremonial founding of Guelph on April 23rd, 1827. The original dial and pedestal were carved from Guelph limestone, and are in very poor condition. They were moved indoors during renovations in 1979. A replica now stands in the original position. Photo Halton Hills #539 (Updated 04-05) Location: Lucy Maude Montgomery Garden, Highway 7 and Mary Street, Halton Hills (aka Norval) Remarks: A stone analemmatic dial with engraved seasonal dates and brass hour markers. Dedicated in the year of the Hale-Bopp Comet, 1997 Photo Hamilton #492 (Updated 05-03) Location: Terryberry library, at the corner of Mohawk Road and West 5th Street. Remarks: Vertical, declining 18º 6' west on the outside south wall of the library, about 15 feet above the ground. Stone with aluminum gnomon and numbers. The 1pm and 8pm numbers are missing. Photo Hamilton #341 Location: Hendrie Park, The Thyme Garden at the southeast corner of the Rose Garden, adjacent to the Scented Garden Remarks: An analemmatic dial about 25 feet wide with stone markers and metal numbers. Photo Kingston #450 (Updated 08-01) Location: Center of park at Regent and Brock Streets Remarks: A square pillar of limestone rocks 3 feet on a side and 12 feet high with a small bowl and sphere on top holds four vertical dials each 2x2 feet. The pillar faces are not oriented to the cardinal points allowing the four declining dials. The dials are of solid brass with hour lines and Arabic numbers in a modern design contrasting to the rustic stonework of the pillar. The dial commemorates the five hundredth anniversary of the birth of Copernicus, and the founding of the city of Kingston as Fort Frontenac. Photo Kingston #129 (Updated 05-04) Location: In front of City Hall Remarks: As of Nov. 1996 this dial no longer exists. Originally an 18 inch diameter iron horizontal dial with cast raised lettering and sun and sea symbols. All that is left is an old millstone on which the dial was mounted. London #62 (Updated 11-00) Location: University of Western Ontario, in Front of the Observatory / Astronomy Building Remarks: A Pilkington-Gibbs heliochronomter aligned to the celestial equator. Rotate the helioscope until the sun shines from the upper hole to the lower plate, then read the time from an accompanying dial. The Pilkington-Gibbs dials include a patented cam mechanism to adjust for the equation of time. Photo Niagra Falls #468 (Updated 12-01) Location: Niagara Falls School of Horticulture, on the Niagara Parkway (River Rd) between the Niagara Glenn and the Floral Clock. Remarks: A small 18 to 24 inch armillary sphere. Has a traditional arrow for the gnomon. Sits on a pedestal in the center of the herb garden. Ottawa #449 (Updated 05-04) Location: Originally at Rideau Falls Park, now behind the Rockcliffe Park lookout. Remarks: This hemispherium dial is a dramatic modern sculpture. The 32 inch quarter hemisphere is carved into the edge of a 40 inch cube of dark granite, tilted to conform to its latitude of 45.5º: and set upon a rough concrete pedestal of slightly smaller dimension. The gnomon is a thin metal arrow protruding from the top face of the dark granite block to the center of the sphere. Hours are indicated by hewn lines about 8 inches long. Produced as a Canadian Centennial Project in 1967. Photo Ottawa #10 (Updated 11-07) Location: Parliament Hill, NE of parliament buildings Remarks: This small, unassuming 12 inch horizontal brass dial is 175 years old. The dial plate has a compass rose and Roman numerals from 4am to 8pm. The 45 degree gnomon is fluted on its northern edge. On a commemorative light granite pillar approximately 18 inches in diameter and 40 inches high. 2 Photos Ottawa #230 (Updated 05-04) Location: Dominion Observatory Remarks: A large horizontal dial approximately 20 feet in diameter. Large circular area on ground, with gravel and flower-beds forming the dial face. The area between the hour lines is occupied by flowers. Photo Ottawa #127 (Updated 11-07) Location: Mother House of the Sisters of Charity Corner of Bruyere St. and Sussex Drive Remarks: Two vertical declining dials on adjacent sides of the south corner of the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa Mother House. The western dial is approximately 7x8 feet and the eastern dial is approximately 7x4 feet. The dials are of gray plaster with black painted iron gnomons. The dials decline 58.1° west of south and 31.9° east of south. The western dial has hour lines from 10 AM to 7 PM and the eastern dial has hour lines from 7 AM to 3 PM. Designed and built by Father Jean-Francois Allard 1851, these dials predate the use of time zones and show local solar time. 2 Photos Sudbury #359 (Updated 05-04) Location: Science North, 100 Chemin Ramsey Lake Road Remarks: A monumental dial in stainless steel. At one end of 'Polaris Boulevard' which includes Terra, a segment of the globe oriented with Sudbury directly at the top. Link Thunder Bay #466 (Updated 11-01) Location: On Central Avenue near Jade Avenue, across from Craig Plumbing Remarks: A very well constructed analemmatic dial about 24 by 11 feet. The dial may be difficult to find, since it is in the center of a field that is devoted to the wild grasses of the area. Cement markers are used for the hours and for the central area indicating the dates on which to stand. The dial is corrected for the longitude of Thunder Bay. 2 Photos Toronto #596 (Updated 08-07) Location: Air India Flight 182 Memorial: East Humber Bay Park. Remarks: A 210 cm diameter horizontal dial of blue granite with a 56 cm high stainless steel gnomon. In addition to showing local time, the declination line that touches the base of the gnomon traces the path of the shadow on June 23 (date of the 1985 Air India terrorist-bomb air crash) and also marks solar noon at the crash site near Akahista, Ireland where there is a similar memorial sundial. 2 Photos Toronto #435 (Updated 11-00) Location: University of Toronto, Hart House Courtyard, NE corner of Hart House Circle and Tower Road Remarks: A small bronze 8 inch diameter horizontal dial, sitting upon a granite column of equal diameter. The dial plate has simple radiating hour lines and Roman numerals. The gnomon may have broken off at some time and been repaired, since it is now held on by a rather unsightly bronze angle iron. Photo Toronto #433 (Updated 11-00) Location: 4925 Dufferin Street, South of Steeles Ave, between Atmospheric Environmental Services and University of Toronto Press Remarks: A striking 30 inch diameter horizontal dial. The equation of time correction is made by a slight rocking of the gnomon about the polar axis, controlled by a manual date index and a hidden cam mechanism. The octagonal pedestal is ornately covered with six copper plates. Each showing two zodiac signs in relief, forming a frieze 20 inches high arund the pedestal. 2 Photos Toronto #414 (Updated 07-00) Location: Michener Institute of Medical Technology, on Elm Street Remarks: An equatorial dial with rod gnomon bent into a half analemma. Raised Roman numerals along the equatorial arc from V in morning to VII at night. Gnomon held by semi-circular arc with pleasing proportions that match the equatorial arc. Photo Toronto #413 (Updated 07-00) Location: Garden in front of Toronto City Hall Remarks: Armillary dial about 4 feet in diameter. Gnomon rod appears to be missing. Raised Roman numbers show the hours from V in the morning to VII at night. Equatorial strip is about 6 inches wide. Photo Toronto #128 Location: Toronto International Airport, by entrance Remarks: A huge horizontal dial. The gnomon is sunk below the outer level by a series of steps. The hours are marked by stone slab 'seats' spaced around the outer square. There are two seats at the noon position to allow for the width of the gnomon. This dial has been destroyed in the name of "progress". The Administration building (and almost everything else on the airport) has been demolished to build a new mega-terminal and parking building. 2 Photos Toronto #364 (Updated 12-96) Location: University of Toronto Reference: NASS Compendium, Vol. 3, No. 4 - Dec 1996 Remarks: The face of this equatorial dial is an arc of a sphere 2 meters in diameter. A nodus on the polar gnomon casts a shadow indicating solar declination. Aligned with the dial is a 15 meter meridian line which passes through the site of the transit instrument of the former Toronto Observatory. Dedicated to Sandford Fleming, a pioneer in the establishment of Standard Time. 2 Photos |
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See also: La Commission des Cadrans solaires du Québec Québec #87 (Updated 09-02) Location: Laval University on interior courtyard of the old Seminary of Quebec Remarks: Vertical dial on a board, about 1.5m high by 1m wide. White with red lettering. It is placed above a doorway on an interior courtyard of the old Seminary, founded in 1663 by Mgr de Laval The building now houses the architecture school of the Laval University. Although the school and Seminary buildings are private, access is available to the courtyard. Photo Stanstead #65 (Updated 05-94) Location: Colby-Curtis Museum, installed 4 mi. N of 45th parallel of latitude. Reference: NASS Compendium, Vol. 1, No. 2 - May 1994 Remarks: Horizontal in steel. 'Zig-zag' of steel tryptych 8'x15'x13'. Shadow of its highest point will run along the lower horizontal section exactly E-W at the equinoxes. There are hour markers on the horizontal section. By Kate Pond. Trois Rivieres #66 Location: Ursuline church Remarks: Vertical. About 3'x5' on the church wall |
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Humboldt #560 (Updated 09-06)
Location: In a city park Remarks: An equatorial armillary. Photo |
