"The Queen's Rose" Time Capsule - Winnipeg Airport Level 2 Gate 16/17 - Winnipeg, MB
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N 49° 54.189 W 097° 13.595
14U E 627347 N 5529370
The posted co-ordinates are for the entrance to the terminal.
Waymark Code: WMZ88M
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 09/27/2018
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This Time Capsule, to be opened in 2060,
contains a letter addressed to the youth of Manitoba
written and placed herein
by
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
July 3, 2010.
Cette capsule témoin, qui sera ouverte en 2060,
contient une lettre adressée à la jeunesse du Manitoba,
écrite et placée ici
par
Sa Majesté la reine Elizabeth II
le 3 juillet 2010.
As a key part of this new terminal's dedication ceremony, the Winnipeg Airports Authority commissioned Stantec Architecture to create this time capsule fit for a Queen. The uniquely designed capsule is on permanent display in the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport for future generations as a legacy honouring both the Queen and the Province of Manitoba. The capsule, to be opened 50 years from now, is a 2 foot glass cylinder inside a solid stainless steel housing. The Royal Crest is laser-etched indelibly into the housing’s surface and the entire assemblage measures five feet in length. A cutaway was made in one of the terminal’s concrete structural columns to contain and protect the time capsule as it awaits its unveiling in the year 2060.
It contains a signed letter from Queen Elizabeth II to the youth of Manitoba. In addition to the letter which is itself in a gold plated cylinder, a specially designed vessel in the capsule contains an exquisite hand-blown glass rose within a hand-carved wooden box, engraved with the Manitoba crest given as a gift from the Queen. The design of the capsule itself was inspired by the ceremonial Royal Mace, and the dramatic curves of the roof of the new terminal.
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