Friday, September 25, 2020

An Urban Marker


This structure called an Inukshuk is found on the grounds of the Veterans Centre at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. The Inukshuk is a traditional directional marker used by the Inuit in the Arctic regions to point the way to home or hunting grounds. Today they can be found all over Canada. This one has been given a lovely base of flowers to surround it.

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14 comments:

  1. eileeninmdSeptember 25, 2020 at 9:16 AM

    Hello,

    I have seen the Inukshuk's before, I did not know they were directional markers. It looks pretty with the flowers around the bottom.
    Enjoy your day, have a happy weekend!

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  2. TomSeptember 25, 2020 at 9:49 AM

    ...I've seen a number of them in Canada

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  3. John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"September 25, 2020 at 11:06 AM

    Believe it or not there's one in Cambridge UK. It stands outside the Scott Polar Museum and directs visitors where to park their bicycles!

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  4. KarlSeptember 25, 2020 at 11:15 AM

    They seem to be very popular here too...

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  5. SharonSeptember 25, 2020 at 1:01 PM

    I love finding these in different places. We have one at the Heard Museum located out by the street so it greets people.

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  6. RevrunnerSeptember 25, 2020 at 1:07 PM

    Reminds me of the stone markers on the summit of Cadillac Mountain in Maine.

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  7. William KendallSeptember 25, 2020 at 1:24 PM

    It fits in well with the flowers.

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  8. BillSeptember 25, 2020 at 2:08 PM

    I've seen some like that over here. I like the flowers at the base of this one.

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  9. DentonSeptember 25, 2020 at 3:13 PM

    Thanks for letting us know the traditional use for Inukshuk. I have thought of these as Cairn. Personally I find the process of stacking and balancing the rocks to be a stress reducing and enjoyable past time.

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  10. jennyfrecklesSeptember 25, 2020 at 4:46 PM

    Never heard that name for them, how lovely. We have similar piles of stones called cairns on mountain paths to help guide people in bad weather.

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2020 at 6:48 PM

    While we saw many of them, I assumed they were a kind of a totem and I didn't know they originally had directional properties.

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  12. KaySeptember 25, 2020 at 6:52 PM

    Those that I've seen have been alongside trails in the desert and many seemed more like "I was here" than something pointing in a direction. But that's down here in the U.S.

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  13. s.cSeptember 26, 2020 at 5:38 AM

    Nice.

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  14. PerthDailyPhotoSeptember 26, 2020 at 10:04 AM

    So precisely balanced! Love seeing these Pat, would like to give it a go ✨

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