Grab a shovel - turns out there might be treasure buried in Revelstoke.
A 40-year-old treasure map was recently unearthed in the walls of a Columbia Park Elementary during renovations.
“It was placed by a clever lad,” said Andy Pfeiffer, school principal.
The map was found stuffed behind a mirror in the boy’s bathroom, hidden for four decades. Apparently, the map leads to $100, written by Grade 4 student Jimmy Greer.
So our school is getting a huge renovation this summer and a worker finds this in the wall: a time capsule treasure map from a grade 4 student from 1980 named Jimmy Greer. Grab a shovel and follow his direction to $100 !!! There’s buried treasure at CPE!!! pic.twitter.com/uZc0Y83qpW
— CPE (@ColumbiaParkSch) August 31, 2020
“I have been in this school when it first open in 1976. I was in Grade 2 then now if you look carefully at the map you will find 100 dollars,” reads the map.
It states the treasure is by a big tree near the tire swings, buried roughly one metre to the south.
“Good luck,” it reads.
One snag is the tire swings no longer remain; they were removed roughly 20 years ago.
“It will take some leg work to find this treasure,” said Pfeiffer.
Pfeiffer said he’s had a cursory look for the wealth, but found nothing.
Hopefully, there won’t be too many holes to fill from other searchers before school starts, said Pfeiffer.
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Val Bellamy taught Greer in Grade 2 at Columbia Park. She said she remembers him as being a, “very nice little boy.”
“He was very well behaved,” she said.
The school is in the midst of a complete make over. New flooring, walls, ceilings and outside paint job.
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Since there are still some holes to fill from renovations, Pfeiffer said the school might make a time capsule of their own when students return.
“2020 has been a crazy time. I can’t imagine a better year for a time capsule.”
According to the Bank of Canada inflation calculator, $100 in 1980 is equivalent to $310 in 2020.
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