Queen Elizabeth Planetarium Queen Elizabeth Planetarium The Queen Elizabeth Planetarium or Queen Elizabeth II Planetarium is a former planetarium located in Coronation Park in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was the first planetarium in Canada, operating between 1960 and 1983. Designed by Walter Tefler and R. F. Duke, it was named to commemorate the visit of Elizabeth II in 1959. In 1958 a proposal was put before Edmonton City Council to build a permanent civic memorial to mark the visit of Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip in July 1959. Originally there were three projects proposed a 30.8 metre (94 foot) trilon
Queen Elizabeth 2 ship with the words "I name this ship "Queen Elizabeth the Second"," the normal short form of address of the monarch, Elizabeth II herself. The following day, the "New York Times" and "British Times" printed the name as "Queen Elizabeth II", the short form of written style of the monarch. However, when the liner left the shipyard in 1968 she bore the name "Queen Elizabeth 2" on her bow, and has continued to do so ever since. In an authorised history of "Queen Elizabeth 2" published in 1969, various explanations of events occur. These state that, as at the launch