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 9 O'Clock Gun - Vancouver, BC Posted by:  bluesnote
N 49° 17.883 W 123° 07.053
10U E 491453 N 5460595
A cannon that fires every night at 9pm from Stanley Island in Vancouver, British Columbia. It was restored in 1986 for the 100th anniversary of the founding of the city.
Waymark Code: WM1926R
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 11/12/2023
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Taken from Wikipedia, "The 9 O'Clock Gun is a cannon located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, that is ordinarily fired daily at 21:00 (9 p.m.) PT.
The gun is a 12-pound muzzle-loaded naval cannon, cast in Woolwich, England in 1816. The monograms (erroneously referred to as "crests" on the plaque) of King George III and Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave, Master-General of the Ordnance at the time the cannon was cast, are on the barrel. Seventy-eight years later, in about 1894, it was brought to Stanley Park by the Department of Marine and Fisheries to warn fishermen of the 18:00 Sunday close of fishing. On October 15, 1898, the gun was fired for the first time in Stanley Park at noon.
The 21:00 firing was later established as a time signal for the general population and to allow the chronometers of ships in port to be accurately set. The Brockton Point lighthouse keeper, William D. Jones, originally detonated a stick of dynamite over the water until the cannon was installed. The cannon is now activated automatically with an electronic trigger which was installed by the Parks Board electrical department. It is still loaded daily with a black powder charge. The fluorescent lights illuminating the gun from overhead go out exactly ten seconds before it fires, and turn back on a few seconds afterward.
The gun was restored and sheltered by a new pavilion designed by architect Gregory Henriquez in 1986 and built as a centennial gift to the city from Ebco Industries, Chester Millar, First Generation Capital, and the Hudson's Bay Company.
In the past, there was a Texaco floating gas station permanently anchored in line with the gun. On Monday May 18, 1964, someone was able to toss rocks from the beach below into the barrel which then perforated the 'O' in the large illuminated sign above the barge. The barge was moved slightly after that event."
Subject: City
Commemoration: 100 Years
Date of Founding: 1886
Date of Commemoration: 1986
Address:
Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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