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Day 140 – The 1939 Royal Tour of Canada Spoon

Chances are, if the British Royal Family traveled somewhere on official business, there’s a spoon dedicated to that trip. And if it has to do with British Royalty taking a trip to Canada, chances are I own a spoon for that.

In this case, it’s a spoon from King George VI and Queen Elizabeth’s royal tour of Canada in 1939, one of my favourites.

From May 17 to June 15, 1939, the King and Queen toured every single Canadian province, plus the Dominion of Newfoundland, mostly by rail, except for June 7-11, when they made a quick detour to the States. 

This spoon has a beautiful enamel maple leaf at the top with silhouettes of George and Elizabeth, and reads “Canada 1939.” It needs polishing, too.

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Day 139 – The Craigdarroch Castle Spoon

Nestled in a quaint neighborhood above the harbor in Victoria, British Columbia is Craigdarroch Castle, a 25,000 square foot mansion built for wealthy coal baron and local politician, Robert Dunsmuir and his family. Completed in 1890, the 39-room castle was home to Robert’s wife, Joan, for 18 years and after her death, served as military hospital and housed Victoria College for 25 years. 

We’ve visited the castle twice now, and although we didn’t see any ghosts, we did manage to find the gift shop, where I picked  up this spoon. 

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Day 136 – The Courtesy Corner Spoon

I’ll admit, I didn’t have a lot of time to research this one today, but I didn’t come up with much. Sure looks like it’s in the shape of Alberta, Canada, but the only “Courtesy Corner” I could find was a gas station with a teepee in the town of Rycroft. Anyone else know where this might be from?