{"id":194497,"date":"2023-11-15T09:43:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T14:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=194497"},"modified":"2023-12-04T13:28:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T18:28:55","slug":"rare-eclipse-in-spring-2024-equals-increased-tourism-opportunities-for-prince-edward-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/rare-eclipse-in-spring-2024-equals-increased-tourism-opportunities-for-prince-edward-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare eclipse in Spring 2024 equals increased tourism opportunities for Prince Edward County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first total eclipse of the sun since 1349 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asc-csa.gc.ca\/eng\/astronomy\/eclipses\/total-solar-eclipse.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">will happen this spring<\/a> and Prince Edward County is in a unique position to view this rare occurrence.\u00a0 The eclipse will happen on April 8, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Edward County is in the \"path of totality\" where the area will be briefly in total darkness. PEC is in a unique position to provide some of the best viewing of this event in Ontario. This gives the County a unique opportunity for both tourism and education.<\/p>\n<p>The County's Municipal Emergency Control Group and community partners recently discussed plans covering traffic control, safety and communications.<\/p>\n<p>The County itself also plans to explore marketing opportunities as the date draws closer. During the April eclipse, the moon will completely block the sun for 3 minutes and 2 seconds starting at 3:21 in the afternoon. The next eclipse of this magnitude and location will not take place until 2399.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_194859\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-194859\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-194859\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Eclipse-screenshot-PEC-500x248.png\" alt=\"A screen shot of the April 8, 2024 total eclipse map with a location marker showing Prince Edward County.\" width=\"500\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Eclipse-screenshot-PEC-500x248.png 500w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Eclipse-screenshot-PEC-1024x508.png 1024w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Eclipse-screenshot-PEC-1536x762.png 1536w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Eclipse-screenshot-PEC-320x159.png 320w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Eclipse-screenshot-PEC.png 1678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-194859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map showing the location of the total eclipse happening on April 8, 2024, with a marker showing that Prince Edward County is in the area of total eclipse. Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/nso.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Solar Observatory website<\/a>. Creative Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>To hear the radio story, click below:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first total eclipse of the sun since 1349 will happen this spring and Prince Edward County is in a unique position to view this rare occurrence.\u00a0 The eclipse will happen on April 8, 2024. Prince Edward County is in the &#8220;path of totality&#8221; where the area will be briefly in total darkness. PEC is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":194504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,222],"tags":[31391,14026,32814,534],"radio":[13055],"origine":[267,269,13050],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194497"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194497"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200055,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194497\/revisions\/200055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194497"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=194497"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=194497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}