Sir Sandford Fleming Park, Municipal park in Halifax, Canada.
Sir Sandford Fleming Park is a 95-acre (38 ha) park in Jollimore, Halifax Regional Municipality, fronting the Northwest Arm. Its centrepiece is the ten-storey stone Dingle Memorial Tower, built 1908–1912, with a plain dark masonry shaft, a single opening near the top and a lighter band of trim beneath the overhanging rim. Two bronze lions by Albert Bruce-Joy guard the entrance.
Sir Sandford Fleming, who introduced standard time to North America, bought land here in 1871 and built a summer cottage in 1886. In 1908 he donated the property to Halifax and proposed a tower marking the 150th anniversary of Nova Scotia's first elected assembly on 2 October 1758. The ten-storey Memorial Tower, designed by Sidney Dumaresq and Andrew R. Cobb, was dedicated in August 1912 by Governor General the Duke of Connaught.
The central tower displays plaques and stones from various British Commonwealth nations, marking international participation in its construction. Visitors can see these inscriptions today as a record of cross-border cooperation and shared heritage from that era.
Two walking trails cross forests, heath barrens, saltwater marsh and pass Frog Pond; a small sandy beach sits on the Northwest Arm. Do not swim at the Dingle beach for three days after heavy rainfall, and check the municipality's website for water quality. The Memorial Tower is open to the public in summer months.
The two bronze lions at the tower entrance were donated in 1913 by the Royal Colonial Institute of London and designed by British sculptor Albert Bruce-Joy. They echo Edwin Landseer's lions at Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square. The 2010–2013 restoration refurbished both lions along with 35 plaques inside the tower.
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