About Nine O'Clock Gun
The Nine O'Clock Gun in the southeast of Stanley Park in Vancouver is a historic time signal cannon that is fired every night at 9 p.m. The muzzle-loading gun was cast in 1816 at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, shipped to Canada in 1894, and first used near Brockton Point in 1898 as a signal for fishermen. Today it is fired electrically, with a warning light flashing just before the shot. The cannon sits inside a protective cage that was built after a theft in 1969. Visitors can experience the distinctive boom of the shot, which has been interrupted only a few times since its installation, including during World War II and as a result of vandalism.
Based on the article “9 O’Clock Gun” from the German Wikipedia, summarized and rephrased by a language modelLicense CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Stanley Park Dr
V6G 3E2 Vancouver, Canada - Phone
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- www.vancouverhistory.ca
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- 49.29810° N · -123.11760° E
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Built so that mariners could set their chronometers. This gun has marked 9PM every night since 1894. Also a great place to take a picture of downtown Vancouver.
Source: Wikivoyage, „Vancouver/West End“ · authors per page history · CC BY-SA 4.0 · as of 5/31/2022