Human Sundial - Dawson Creek, British Columbia
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N 55° 45.157 W 120° 14.022
10U E 673604 N 6182012
This Human Sundial is located across the street from the Dawson Creek Public Library in the Peace Park, at 10th Street between McKellar Drive and 108th Avenue in downtown Dawson Creek.
Waymark Code: WM14HN1
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 07/11/2021
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Edna McPhail was a well-known artist and was a driving force behind many of Dawson Creek's major projects such as the moving of the grain elevator that became the Dawson Creek Art Gallery where she taught a Senior's Art Program for 20 years; and was involved in getting the Dawson Creek Public Library established. Edna was a teacher and instrumental in starting the very first Kindergarten in Dawson Creek. Her 1970 honor as Dawson Creek's Citizen of the Year was very well deserved.
The Peace Park is one of Edna and her Committee's main accomplishments. That is why the committee chose to install a unique Human Sundial and dedicate it to the committee's founder Edna McPhail, who decided to take gardening to a whole new level 22 years ago. In the words of Edna: "If you want a place to live and thrive, it starts with the people living there. Every person who lives there needs to contribute and try to add to their community."
Edna McPhail was very much involved in her community.
Human Sundial
How to use the Human Sundial
1. Must be a sunny day
2. Stand on the month
3. Face North
4. Your shadow will cast the time of day
This Sundial location is: Latitude 55.75 degrees north: Longitude 120.23 degrees west
Description:
An analemmatic dial 23 feet 7 inches wide consisting of a simple concrete slab with black painted marking. Shows solar time plus one hour (akin to Daylight Saving Time). Dial is in memory of a local artist and community activist Edna McPhail (1923 - 2008) who championed the development of the Peace Park in which the dial is located.
Incidentally, the time stamp on the photo below was 15:34:45, telling us that the sundial is pretty accurate.