One of the many Burnaby eco-sculptures

Gotta love Twitter: I kept passing this curious car on the drive up to Simon Fraser University and finally stopped long enough to snap a photo and send it out with a query to the Twitterverse.

It took just a few minutes to get the answer: this roadster is modelled after the Cowie Dragster that broke the world speed record at the Mission Raceway in 2007 and is just one of a whole bunch of eco-sculptures recently commissioned by the City of Burnaby (part of Metro Vancouver).

This is public art at its most accessible and I think it would make a fun family outing on a mild fall day to go on a city-wide search for the other sculptures–cranes, salmon, bears, bees, horses and eagles.

Here’s the map; have fun!