Lions Gate Bridge · 88th Birthday · 12 November 1938–2026 · 1938–2026

June

Longest Day

At the summer solstice the sun lingers until after nine, and its reflection runs straight across the water to your feet, with the Lions Gate Bridge beyond.

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Artist’s impression: Low evening sun and its reflection on the water at the summer solstice, with the Lions Gate Bridge and the North Shore mountains seen from Brockton Point in Stanley Park, Vancouver

21 June 2027 · 8:40 pm UTC−7

Brockton Point, Stanley Park

From Brockton Point on the eastern edge of Stanley Park the Lions Gate Bridge lies some two kilometres to the north-west, with the mountains of the North Shore behind it; ships leaving the harbour pass this point on their way to the bridge. The bridge's first deck sections were hoisted into place in June 1938, and on 15 June the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Japan sailed beneath them, a moment photographed by Leonard Frank. In twelve days 174 sections of deck and truss were lifted.

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