Sundial 661
- Dial City: Calgary
- Dial State/Province: Alberta
- Dial Country: Canada
- Lat: 51° 3.500' N
- Dial Nr: 661
- Dial Type: Horizontal Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 114° 5.172' W
- Dial Owner: Calgary Parks
- Dial Designer: Roger Bailey
- Dial Maker: Roger Bailey
- Dial Date: 1993; replaced 2003
- Location:
- Riley Park 814 10 Street NW Calgary
- Description:
- A 9 inch diameter horizontal dial of Welsh green slate with brass gnomon. Hour lines show DST with longitude correction. Declination lines are shown for solstices and equinoxes. The gnomon includes a NASS logo. The dial sits atop a stone plinth with 12 inch diameter top. The original Sundial of Hope, sponsored by Child Find of Alberta, was placed in 1993 on an original plinth dating to before WW2. The simple dial installed in 1993 had been vandalized and the gnomon was missing. Roger Bailey designed and built this replacement dial to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the founding of NASS. The new dial was unveiled during the 2003 NASS Conference Sundial Tour.
- Inscription:
- Brass plaque reads, "Child Find Alberta, serving the Provonce since 1983 dedicates this "Sundial of Hope" for missing children everywhere, September 1993 A missing child is everyone's responsibility."
- Other References:
- NASS Compendium, 10-4 "Conference Retrospective.
- "Error Analysis of Garden Variety Sundials" NASS Conference in Banff 2003.
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