RICHARD ALLEN SCOTT - Through the Years

RICHARD ALLEN SCOTT
THROUGH THE YEARS
This photo shows Dad at the dedication of The Surveyors' Monument located north of
Lakeshore Drive on the banks of Wascana Lake in Regina on March 29, 1968. The monument
is dedicated to the surveyors of Canada and Saskatchewan whose skill and industry contributed
greatly to the exploration, mapping, and development of our nation. The Saskatchewan Land
Surveyors Association proposed this project in recognition of Canada's Centennial.
Along the
stairwell of the
monument are
two plaques
listing the
members of the
Saskatchewan
Land Surveyors
Association as
of 1967 and
1985.
Dad - Regina
The lower
portion of the
monument, a
shelter close to
the lakeshore,
has been
designed to
represent the
campsite that early surveyors and explorers would have made every night of their mapping
expeditions. In the centre of this area is a cairn containing a time capsule which was sealed in
1967. The time capsule contains governmental reports, photographs of buildings, personal
letters from Saskatchewan's 1967 Cabinet Ministers and former Premier Ross Thatcher, a 1967
license plate and telephone book, flags of Saskatchewan and Canada, and samples of wheat
varieties, minerals and oil. Newspapers are also enclosed, including one article headlining the
Saskatchewan Roughrider Grey Cup win in 1966. The time capsule will be opened on
Canada's anniversary in the year 2067, 100 years after it was sealed.
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