Queen Elizabeth Planetarium the planetarium and grant it full heritage status. 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
HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) attached on 14 March 2013; the aft island was attached in June 2013. The ski jump was added in November 2013, leaving just the elevators and radar to be lifted into place. By September 2013 "Queen Elizabeth" was 80% complete internally. She is two and a half times the size of the "Invincible"-class, and has the ability to carry approximately three times as many aircraft. Despite this, "Queen Elizabeth" has marginally fewer crew than the "Invincible"-class. She is approximately three times as large as . The ship has two superstructures, or islands, one for navigation and ship's operations and the