Entrance
to the Harbour, from The Vancouver Soundscape 
(following the route from Pt. Atkinson, past Prospect Point,
Calamity Point, Brockton Point into the inner harbour, as
above)
Vancouver
Soundmarks,
from The Vancouver Soundscape 
(O Canada horn, Nine O'Clock Gun, Holy Rosary Cathedral
bells)
The
Music of Horns and Whistles, from The
Vancouver Soundscape 
New
Year's Eve,
Vancouver harbour, 1980-81, from The Vancouver
Soundscape 
Steam
Clock and three Foghorns, from The
Vancouver Soundscape 
Barry
Truax, Pacific Fanfare 
Acoustic Profile of Holy Rosary Cathedral bells in 1972
A half century earlier,
residents in South Vancouver report hearing the bells
clearly, even though they were several miles away. What
had changed?
- rising ambient noise
levels
- tall buildings which now blocked the sound
A century ago, the Holy
Rosary steeples were the highest building in the city and
there was "line of sight" for sound transmission
Video excerpt about the Holy Rosary bells from CBC's The Nature of Things documentary "Sonic Magic"