Port Credit 175th Anniversary

1835-2010

Time Capsule Project

A great souvenir from the 2010 celebrations will be the Time Capsule to be dedicated after the end of the 175th Anniversary year and lodged securely within the new Lobby of the Port Credit Arena, once it fully re-opens to the public in Spring 2011.

The Official Arena Re-Opening Ceremony and Time Capsule Dedication will be held Sat. April 30, 2011 @ 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  FREE EVENT which will include the official re-opening ceremonies for the newly-renovated Arena.  Free Refreshments, SKATING and entertainment.  Click for full-size FLYER.  Click for City press release.

The Arena underwent extensive renovations during 2010 and early 2011; the City's design team has taken the initiative to incorporate the ► Time Capsule niche (click for PHOTOS, courtesy of the City of Mississauga).

Because the Arena is a designated Heritage site, and soon to become an even more integral part of our community life (with the new meeting rooms), we can't think of a better place to ensure that the Time Capsule has a permanent and visible place in our community.  We also want to be able to find the Capsule for the 200th Anniversary celebration in 2035!

Above: In December 2010, the time capsule was tested in the new niche
built into the renovated lobby of the Port Credit Arena.  Click image for
more PHOTOS, courtesy of the City of Mississauga (3p PDF).

► Size: The stainless steel capsule which will hold all the artifacts from the year 2010 is 12 inches in diameter x 36 inches long.  Think of the possibilities....

► Here are the ideas suggested so far:

- PC175 souvenirs
- top entries from PC175 photo contest
- PC175 theme song entries and winner
- 'flat fish' from the PC175 Santa Claus Parade float
- Port Credit Trivia Q&A
- ads, flyers, posters for PC175 events
- children's writing: what it means to live in 2010
- historical record of people & historic landmarks, e.g.
  homes and buildings
- 2010 coins
- newspaper of the day
- photos or mementos of the old Port Credit Hydro: one of
  Ontario's first municipally run electric utilities
- grocery bill from 'No Frills'
- transit (bus or GO train) pass or ticket
- "What Port Credit means to me," children's drawings
  from July 1, 2011 celebration
- signed scroll from July 1, 2011
- pictures of Port Credit over time, e.g. Yacht Club, St.
  Lawrence Starch, Waterfront, Arena, Pool
- Port Credit Brickyard 'brick'
- gas receipt
- large panoramic pictures, streetscapes of Port Credit in
  2010
- PCMA 50th Anniversary hockey puck
- local architect Michael Spaziani's proposal plan for the
  PC Post Office
- PC175 Commemorative DVD
- Arena plans
- a shirt from the high school (PC) football team  

A Community Effort

What should go in the Time Capsule?
An ongoing list will appear on this project webpage of all the items suggested for the Time Capsule (e.g. a gas receipt).

► Please Contact Us if you have an idea for something that simply must go in (and will fit)! 

Sat. April 30, 2011 @ 11:00 a.m.
PC175 Time Capsule Dedication
PORT CREDIT ARENA
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