Swale: Veronica & Edwin Dam de Nogales, 2012
In celebration of their brand new store, a local outdoor equipment retailer has partnered with the City of North Vancouver to commission this beautiful new public art work. Located at the entrance to Lynnmouth Park and connected to the Spirit Trail, this site-specific sculpture depicts a long ocean canoe floating over an extension of oars, propelled forward by the efforts of a single young canoeist. Captured within the tension of the moment are our hopes for tomorrow as a new generation takes the oars.
Nearby is the Spirit Circle, which functions as a landscape gateway comprised of seating walls, trees, snags, habitat logs, boulders and grasses. Children can explore the rock 'outwash streams' and balance on the boulders, logs and low walls. Bicyclists, runners, walkers and strollers can pause to enjoy the public art, the view into the park, and read about the Spirit Trail and its context. Cachers can find a refuge to "blend in" while discussing strategy on how to retrieve the container, which can be reached without leaving the path. Feel free to have a seat, take the time to enjoy the art, take some photos, post your comments, and don't forget to tell me what you think of this piece or the cache.
The container is a small metal tin clamped magnetically to the underside of a railing, close to the stone wall/bench structure, and accessible from the sidewalk. You might have to push aside a little thorny vegetation, but there is absolutely no need to cross any bridge or go underneath one. Inside the cache there is a log book and pencil, but no room for swag.
This is a very high-traffic area during the day. There will be muggles passing by on foot, walking dogs, some on bikes, or driving by in cars. (Also be aware there may be homeless muggles around.) Please use stealth so you are not seen accessing the geocache. Please also make sure the lid is on firmly when you are done and place it back in the same way it was originally placed, to prevent it being seen by passers-by. There is no parking allowed on the street right in front of the cache, but available nearby behind the store or on 3rd street east. There is a bike route and also multiple bus routes which pass nearby.
As always have a great Geocache time and I hope you have a chance to visit other public art locations around the North Shore.