Tofino artist Claire Watson has designed the latest commemorative loonie for the Canadian Mint, which features trailblazing engineer Elsie MacGill.
MacGill was known as the “Queen of the Hurricanes” for her role in producing more than 1,450 Canadian-made Hawker Hurricane fighter planes that were used in the Second World War.
MacGill became chief engineer at the Canadian Car and Foundry plant in Fort William, now known as Thunder Bay, Ont., in 1938 and was “the first North American woman, and possibly the world, to design an aircraft that was produced under her direction through to prototype, the Maple Leaf II trainer,” according to the mint.
“I am so pleased that this commemorative coin will honour the legacy of a remarkable champion of women’s rights, and will share her story with a new generation of Canadians,” she said.
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