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On Tuesday, February 3, 1987 Vice Principal Ray Pavlove and student representatives from William Beatty Public School stood in front of the Parry Sound Town Council and requested that a school project become officially endorsed as part of the Town’s Centennial Celebrations.
William Beatty students, with the support of the West Parry Sound District Museum, the Parry Sound District School Board, the Parry Sound Area Chamber of Commerce, area’s surrounding municipalities and communities, set out to share the Parry Sound of 1987 with the citizens of 2087.
Unlike most time capsule projects at the time, one large vault was not sealed into the ground. Two hundred and twenty-nine small modules were combined together to create one of the largest time capsules in Canada.
The small modules were sold to community members so that everyone would have a chance to participate and preserve the culture of 1987. Students worked together to promote, sell and prepare each module for their one hundred year journey through time.
The modules were buried by the West Parry Sound District Museum with a large monument to mark its location. When the time capsule is opened on April 23, 2087 all artifacts contained within will be donated to the West Parry Sound District Museum.
This digital scrap book honours the 25 year anniversary of the Time Capsule and is an opportunity for the community to reconnect with the project. The scrapbook encapsulates the memories of those that created the Parry Sound Time Capsule, much like the Time Capsule captured the culture of 1987; let’s open it.
