Mr. PG

Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

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Mr. PG is Prince George's civic mascot, a metal-and-fibreglass figure about 8.14 m (27 ft) tall, described by Tourism Prince George and Exploration Place as standing at the intersection of Highways 97 and 16 (the City's public-art record gives a different address). A 5-foot wooden figure dates from about 1960; sources differ on when the present figure was built and moved.

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53.89668° N, 122.76861° W

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Prince George, British Columbia, has a city mascot, Mr. PG, whom Tourism Prince George gives as 27 feet tall as of 2026 (8.14 metres). Exploration Place, a Prince George non-profit, adds that he contains a time capsule in his chest.

Tourism Prince George says Mayor Harold Moffat decided in 1950 that the city needed a mascot, and that in 1960 Mr. PG stood 5 feet (1.5 metres) tall, originally fully made of wood, in collaboration with sawmill owner Hans Roine. Exploration Place dates the idea to the late 1950s and says the first figure stood outside the former Simon Fraser Hotel on Quebec Street before being placed on permanent display in front of the Chamber of Commerce.

Exploration Place says the City built a larger 11.6-metre (38-foot) version atop a parade float for the 1961 Elks May Day Parade, that he appeared in the 1963 Grey Cup Parade in Vancouver, and that in 2009 he appeared on a stamp in Canada Post's Roadside Attraction series. Tourism Prince George also describes Mr. PG Junior, a 12-foot telephone-booth version created by the BC Telephone Company, which now resides in the Exploration Place's outdoor garden area.

The sources disagree about dates. Exploration Place says he was moved to the intersection of Highways 16 and 97 in 1970 and that the old wooden version was replaced with the current metal-and-fibreglass figure in 1983. Tourism Prince George also gives 1970 for the move but dates no makeover. The City of Prince George's public-art open data, however, says he was built of wood in 1961 as a symbol of the logging industry and was rebuilt in metal and fibreglass and moved to his current location in 2012. The sources read do not settle which dates are right.

Exploration Place notes that Mr. PG is a registered trademark of the City of Prince George.

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Civic mascot figure at the intersection of Highways 16 and 97 in Prince George, according to Exploration Place and Tourism Prince George. The City of Prince George's public-art open data lists the site address as 2626 Recreation Pl and a move to his current location in 2012, so the present position is not reconciled across sources. Parking, viewing arrangements and hours are not stated in the sources read.

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Described as standing at a highway intersection; admission, hours and safe stopping or viewing arrangements are not stated in the sources read.

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