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Recordist's notes
The sound of Lake Ontario at the newly-rebuilt Port Dalhousie East Pier (St. Catharines, ON). First we hear the Zoom H2n on the surface of the pier, then amid the rock berm below the pier surface but above the water, then we hear the Aquarian Audio H2a hydrophone about a half meter underwater at 2 close locations. The Port Dalhousie Piers, first constructed in the 1840s at the terminus of the second Welland Canal, extend the mouth of Port Dalhousie harbour on both the east and west banks. The piers were closed for safety reasons in 2015 and re-opened in June 2021.
About the place
St. Catharines is a city of about 136,803 people in Ontario, Canada. OttoAnna lists 5 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Zoom H2n and Hydrophones. A compact recorder with five capsules offering X/Y, mid-side and surround modes.
Recorded nearby
The Twelve | Abandoned GM Lands
St. Catharines, Canada
The Twelve | St. Paul Crescent Truss Bridge
St. Catharines, Canada
The Twelve | Under Glendale Bridge
St. Catharines, Canada
The Twelve | Sound of Electricity DeCew 1
St. Catharines, Canada
Hydrophone in Lower Niagara River
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada
Tailrace of Sir Adam Beck II Generating Station
Niagara Falls, Canada
More by Elizabeth Chitty
The Twelve | St. Paul Crescent Truss Bridge
St. Catharines, Canada
The Twelve | Abandoned GM Lands
St. Catharines, Canada
The Twelve | Sound of Electricity DeCew 1
St. Catharines, Canada
The Twelve | Under Glendale Bridge
St. Catharines, Canada
Hydrophone in Lower Niagara River
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada
Tailrace of Sir Adam Beck II Generating Station
Niagara Falls, Canada
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Rasinovo nabrezi, Music on the Boat
Prague, Czechia
Radios on the Vltava beach
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Yokohama, harbour park, announcement
Yokohama, Japan
In the engine room of Tito's boat Galeb
Rijeka, Croatia
Summit of Bernal Hill, Dawn World Listening Day
San Francisco, United States
L'isle sur la sorgue, boat race
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France
Sources & credits
- “Port Dalhousie East Pier terminus, St. Catharines, ON L2N 5V4, Canada - East Pier” by Elizabeth Chitty – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0