Calgary  

Sundial: 661
State/Province:  Alberta Country:  Canada
Dial Type:  Horizontal Dial Condition:  Good
  Latitude and Longitude: 51° 3.500' N  114° 5.172' W
Location:
  • Riley Park
    814 10 Street NW
    Calgary
 
Description:
  • A 9 inch diameter horizontal dial of Welsh green slate with brass gnomon. Hour lines show DST with longitude correction. Declination lines are shown for solstices and equinoxes. The gnomon includes a NASS logo. The dial sits atop a stone plinth with 12 inch diameter top.

    The original Sundial of Hope, sponsored by Child Find of Alberta, was placed in 1993 on an original plinth dating to before WW2. The simple dial installed in 1993 had been vandalized and the gnomon was missing. Roger Bailey designed and built this replacement dial to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the founding of NASS. The new dial was unveiled during the 2003 NASS Conference Sundial Tour.
 
General Information:Inscription:
  • Owner: Calgary Parks
  • Brass plaque reads, "Child Find Alberta, serving the Provonce since 1983 dedicates this "Sundial of Hope" for missing children everywhere, September 1993 A missing child is everyone's responsibility."
  • Designer: Roger Bailey
  • Builder: Roger Bailey
  • Construction Date: 1993; replaced 2003
 
References:
  • NASS Compendium, 10-4 "Conference Retrospective.
    "Error Analysis of Garden Variety Sundials" NASS Conference in Banff 2003.