Post One Monument
Part of the monument in 2013
43°39′45.7″N 79°23′26.2″W / 43.662694°N 79.390611°W / 43.662694; -79.390611

The Post One Monument in Toronto's Queen's Park commemorates Canada's centennial. Unveiled in 1967, the monument functions as a geodetic survey marker and has a time capsule that is slated to be opened in 2067.[1]

Description and history

The monument is a stainless-steel plate, .97 by 2.29 metres (3.2 by 7.5 ft), mounted on a flat concrete slab.[2] A .96 by 1.46 metres (3.1 by 4.8 ft) bronze map of the country is affixed to the stainless steel plate.[2] Similar memorials are also situated in the capitals of other Canadian provinces, with each of these monuments also having inscribed the distance from the memorials to the various provincial capitals.[2] Surveyor tools such as survey markers were also sculpted onto the plate.[2]

In addition to commemorating the centennial the monument also holds a time capsule scheduled to be opened in 2067.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Explore Queen's Park | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Warkentin 2010, p. 69.

Further reading

  • Warkentin, John (2010). Creating Memory: A Guide to Outdoor Public Sculpture in Toronto. Becker Associates. ISBN 9780919387607.


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