Nine O'Clock Gun

NINE O'CLOCK GUN is a cannon that has boomed across VANCOUVER harbour nightly at 9 pm since 1894, when it was installed at BROCKTON POINT in STANLEY PARK. It was originally intended as an aid to mariners in synchronizing their chronometers; now it serves as a convenient reminder to Greater Vancouverites to check their clocks. The cannon was moved to its present site, near Hallelujah Point in Stanley Park, in 1954. It fell silent during WWII, and briefly in 1969 when it was stolen by engineering...

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