This Friday, April 27 marks the 40th Anniversary of the Official Opening Day of Expo 67 in Montreal. It was the largest world's fair ever at the time and over 50 million people visited the fair site, situated on two existing islands in the middle of the St. Lawrence River, Ile. Ste. Helene and Ile. Notre-Dame, plus the man made Terre des Hommes (Terre means Earth). The Montreal Metro (subway) was built in time for Expo and the earth dug up from construction as well as from all other construction sites in Montreal was used to build the man made island.
You could buy individual day tickets or a "passport" for the entire duration of the fair, which closed in October. I was fortunate to grow up in Montreal and to be able to go visit Expo 67 often, using my Passport.
Join me now on a tour of Expo 67...
Expo 67 was held to coincide with Canada's Centennial Celebration. We were still a young country back in 1967 and only had 20 million people at the time, but we sure knew how to throw a good party!
Please join me on Treasure Island Oldies today, Sunday, April 22nd, for the live show. (If you aren't able to hear the live show, then enjoy the Archive.) I will play the official Expo 67 theme song, Hey Friend Say Friend by Donald Lautrec, which was not without controversy. Some people criticized the song for having no reference to Montreal or Expo itself. Or way or another, it still brings back wonderful memories of one the greatest world's fair in history, Expo 67!
For more wonderful memories of Expo 67, here are two great sites to visit:
Collections Canada
CBC Archives
