The 9 o'clock gun in Vancouver has a long history (for something in North America). It's a British navel gun, made in 1818, and was sent to Canada in 1856 (just before Canada became a country). It's been in Stanley Park since 1898, and has been fired daily for over 100 years, almost without exception (was stolen buy university students in the 1970's, for a few days as a class prank).
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