Spock Finally Makes The Journey
Vulcan has invested a lot in the trying to capitalize on the relationship to Star Trek. If you’ve ever seen pictures of those that attend the conventions, it might strike you as odd. But it beats the city up north that spent a small fortune on an Easter Egg.
Vulcan received its name in 1915, from a surveyor of the Canadian Pacific Railway who named it after the Roman God of Fire.
VULCAN, Alta. — Despite a spell of unwelcoming hail, rain and snow, Mr. Spock finally arrived in the small Alberta town of Vulcan on Friday, ending what some say has been a 10-year quest to bring the half-human, half-Vulcan home.
Dressed casually in a grey sweater and black pants, a beaming Leonard Nimoy arrived without his trademark Vulcan ears to hundreds of cheering fans Friday afternoon outside the Vulcan Tourism Centre before joining a parade down the town’s main drag to help celebrate the town’s new status as the Star Trek capital of Canada.
By the time the 79-year-old actor offered his “live-long-and-prosper” handprint and unveiled a bronze bust of his most famous character, the sun was shining and the crowd had surged to an estimated 2,500 people.
“Wait until Bill Shatner hears about this,” said Nimoy. “I have been a Vulcan for 44 years. It’s about time I came home.”
Check out their visitor website here… it’s a one-of-a-kind for a city tourism site. The video below has gotten 35,000 views. Not bad for a small town in Alberta. Plus they made it on the Telegraph in the UK with a photo gallery of the event.
April 27th, 2010 at 7:30 am
I saw a travel show which featured weddings in Las Vegas. You can get married in a room that looks like the Enterprise control room and have a bunch of guests dressed like Trekkies. The groom with the Spock ears looked a little funny.