Before I got to Port Hardy proper I stopped at this roadside Welcome Station which had a large map of the area.
It also included a rather unusual trinket which I have never before seen used in this manner:
THAT, my friends, is a single blade from a wind turbine. It was placed here by the folks at the local Rotary Club.
The purpose of the blade is to help promote the green energy initiative adopted by the folks in Port Hardy. There is a “windmill farm” west of town which now provides much of the electricity for the area.
To give you a better idea of the size of the blade, which most people only see way up in the air, I moved my car around and parked in front of it:
This particular blade was damaged en route to the windmill farm so the Rotary Club arranged to have it placed here. The blade is 161 feet long and weighs 7.5 tonnes (8.27 US tons). I hope it doesn’t topple over onto my car. That would be quite a tale for my insurance company!
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