Halifax  

 Sundial: 337
State/Province:  Nova Scotia Country:  Canada
Dial Type:  Horizontal Dial Condition:  Good
  Latitude and Longitude: 44° 40.519' N  63° 37.000' W
Location:
  • Seaview Memorial Park
    also known as
    Africville Lookof Point

    Dial is just south of the parking lot and boat launch.
 
Description:
  • The dial is 8-ft (2.4m) in diameter, sitting level with the ground, encircled by Roman numerals for the hours. The gnomon is concrete, stone, standing about 4-ft (1.2m) high Unfortunately the dial cannot tell correct solar time as the gnomon is displaced south of the 6am-6pm line. Nevertheless, it is a memorial to the original black residents who lived on Campbell Road in Africville and to the members of the Seaview United Baptist Church. Both town and church were destroyed by the City of Halifax, turning the area into a city dump. The stone sundial, rests on a concrete base and points North toward Bedford basin. Charles L. Armstrong, an architect and community leader, designed the sundial.

    The sundial was created as a monument to remember the black residents of Halifax when their church and town were destroyed. The Africville Apology was a formal pronouncement delivered on 24 February 2010 by the City of Halifax, for the eviction and eventual destruction of Africville, a Black Nova Scotian community that was razed between 1964 and 1967. The residents and their belongings were moved by Halifax garbage trucks.


 
General Information:Inscription:
  • Owner: City of Halifax
  • Inscribed on the side of the monument are the family names of some of the early Africville residents.when the town was razed to the ground.

    Founders William, John & Thomas Brown are listed on The Africville Monument at Seaview Memorial Park..
  • Designer: Charles L. Armstrong
  • Builder: Charles L. Armstrong
  • Construction Date: Dedicated 1988
 
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Last Revised: 2025-10-02 15:371