This is a permanent cache, it was placed for the CCARF11 event, held October 22-23, 2011 and remains in place. This cache was in the category: “ Dyznee”
IMPORTANT: To find Nemo you do not require to climb over any barriers or get in the way of traffic. You will find Nemo from the safety of the walkway.
It is best to park in the southwest corner of Chinook Mall by the movie theaters.
Nemo, trapped inside a camoed fishbowl containing logbook and pencil only, is observing all the dangers of the traffic ocean surrounding him.
Glenmore Trail features 144 trout. The trouts are placed in a repeating pattern of swimming and jumping fish, created in relief cast concrete and bolted in a strategic pattern along a concrete wave. The wave profile delineates the areas representing the sky and the water. Colour is achieved by strategically applied pigmented sealer to the precast panels. All 144 of the 14-foot-long trout were cast at Lafarge Precast in Calgary, as were the panels, and are created from integrally pigmented Ductal, an Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) which is a lightweight, thin and highly durable material.
The jumping fish on the upper half of the panels are brightly coloured to create the illusion of being lit by sunshine. The fish on the lower section of the panels, beneath the line “wave”, are more muted to suggest being submerged in water. The fish themselves are based on the brown and rainbow trout commonly found in the Bow River.
This public art project was the biggest project in terms of scope to be undertaken through the Public Art Program at the time in 2007. It represented the first project in which the artists were commissioned solely to design the artwork and to consult, while Transportation Infrastructure, the commissioning business unit, retained responsibility for the fabrication and installation.
Congratulations for the FTF to the Group of Sponge Betty, Sharkfinfree and AuntyB