SS Beaver monument - Fort Langley, BC, Canada
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N 49° 10.140 W 122° 34.390
10U E 531113 N 5446330
This abstract sculpture evokes the Hudson’s Bay Company’s paddlewheel steamship Beaver, the first steamship on the North Pacific Ocean (1835-1888)
Waymark Code: WM18GE0
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 07/30/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member ScroogieII
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Alan Chung Hung (1946-1994) created this sculpture that evokes the stern and sidewheel of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s steamship Beaver.

Alan Chung Hung is better known for his works Spiral (1981, Robson Square, Vancouver, BC), Gate to the Northwest Passage (1980; near Vancouver Maritime Museum, Vancouver, BC), and Twelve Points in a Classical Balance (1981, Ottawa).

Vancouver Public Art registry: Alan Chung Hung (visit link)

Miss 604: Spring sculpture at Robson Park (visit link)

Wikipedia: Gate to the Northwest Passae (visit link)


Beaver National Historic Event (visit link)
Title: SS Beaver monument

Artist: Alan Chung Hung

Media (materials) used: Patinated metal

Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Near entrance to Fort Langley National Historic Site, Fort Langley, BC

Date of creation or placement: 1988 ?
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