A Time Capsule From 1864 Was Opened At Peterborough County Court House
/On Friday (August 19th), a time capsule from 1864 sealed in a large glass jar was removed from the site of the Peterborough County Court House—which began construction that same year.
To put this in perspective, at the time this capsule was put in place, John A. McDonald and George-Étienne Cartier were discussing Confederation and the birth of our nation (1867).
Items from the time capsule.
The items in the time capsule will be catalogued and researched with the intent to create a display at the Peterborough County Courthouse.
The time capsule was placed under the cornerstone of the internal jail cell structure in 1864 and was discovered after County staff undertook to find it based on research of the site and assistance from local residents and historians.
Left to right: Daryl Bennett – Mayor, City of Peterborough; Basia Baklinski – Conservator, Lang Pioneer Village Museum; Jeff Leal – MPP Peterborough
The jar was carefully removed from the site and opened by a Conservator from Lang Pioneer Village Museum, Basia Baklinski—along with Warden J. Murray Jones, MPP Jeff Leal and Mayor Daryl Bennett.
Left to right: Jeff Leal – MPP Peterborough; Joe Taylor – Deputy Warden, Peterborough County; Daryl Bennett – Mayor, City of Peterborough
