George Pratt's Summertime Sundial, Sechelt, BC,Canada
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N 49° 28.313 W 123° 45.777
10U E 444725 N 5480194
A sundial located outside the Sechelt Public Library and district office building.
Waymark Code: WM16RD2
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 09/24/2022
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This particular sundial is actually a piece of art created by George Pratt.
"Pratt explained that the installation can be used between the spring and fall equinoxes to tell accurate “solar” time. “When the sun is exactly south of you, it is noon, no matter where you are in the world. Your watch does not always tell the correct solar time. This is because we have divided the world into time zones that span a geographic area, as a matter of convenience. British Columbia’s time zone starts somewhere near the Alberta border and ends west of Victoria. Yet, because of the way the sun moves, it can’t be noon in Creston and Victoria at the same time,” said Pratt.
Inscribed on the sculpture are poems, written by Pratt about the community, its people and the area’s wildlife. The wording on the face of the sundial pays tribute to Sechelt as the “land between the water”. Beneath the granite slab and behind the sundial’s face, is a carving of a sleeping bear – an ode to sleeping away the darker days."
Posted by: The Local Weekly October 2, 2019 in Arts & Entertainment, Local Community
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