Summer Solstice Alignment in Major's Hill Park - Ottawa, Ontario - Outdoor Interactive Science Displays on Waymarking.com

The oval shaped concrete pad is divided into emanating lines from a marked circle with a distinct black line with dashed white lines that points to the north west. If you stand in the centre of the circle and look down that black line, your sightline carries across the park further away to a secondary concrete structure that also contains an odd “runway” that resembles an airport landing strip. This secondary runway area intersects with the stone ruins of Colonel By’s original home.

Once the summer solstice date of June 21 has been computed using the Sun Surveyor app, we can see that the whole structure is in alignment with the setting sun on the date of the Summer Solstice. What this means is that if you are standing in the centre of the circle on the primary concrete pad looking down the black line as the sun sets on the summer solstice you would see the sun disappear in alignment with the pre-calculated and constructed concrete “runway” that stretches across the park.

Now what is really fascinating, is that if you extend that sightline even further, past the secondary runway, the line perfectly intersects with ANOTHER curious structure: The statue of Samuel deChamplain at Nepean point. One alignment match could be coincidence, two is unlikely, but THREE alignment hits makes this a very planned, and deliberate calculated alignment.

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Scientific Principle(s) being demonstrated: That on June 21st (at 6:08 AM in Ottawa, Ontario), anyone standing on or near the north pointing black line on the paving arrangements located within Major's Hill Park, will see the sun rise exactly in front of where the line points and behind the statue of Samuel de Champlain on Nepean Point. Briefly explain if the experiment was effective for you. Could it have been better?: I have not yet seen the sun rise by standing on that black line from within Major's Hill Park, but will be there on June 21 to witness this very interesting alignment. When is the apparatus/experiment available to the public: Majors' Hill Park, located on the East side of the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings and across from the Rideau Canal, is opened 24 hours a day. The actual alignment structures are permanent and can be seen at any time.

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