She will also deliver a stone from Runnymeade to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights before attending a concert in her honour

Last Updated: Friday, July 2, 2010 /10:12 PM CST : The Canadian Press. The Queen's visit to Winnipeg Saturday is expected to be warmer and less eventful than her last in 2002, when her water taxi broke down on the Red River.

"I have people on a weekly basis come down to my boats and ask which boat the Queen got stranded in," says Gordon Cartwright, owner of the Splash Dash water-taxi service.

A warm fall turned cold that day in October 2002 when the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh boarded one of Cartwright's boats for what was to be a short trip across the Red to St. Boniface, the old French-speaking quarter of Winnipeg.

The boat broke down mid-river and had to be towed by another boat carrying her security detail.

The Queen was not in danger, but British newspapers had a royal field day about the indignity, as well as the failure to provide "rugs" to keep her Majesty's lap warm in the chilly weather.

"That was interesting," said the Queen, as she was helped from one boat into the other to reach shore.

Incident remembered

Even Manitoba protocol chief Dwight MacAulay couldn't resist when asked why this year's early estimate of $42,000 for Manitoba's share of the visit's costs was so much less than 2002, when a longer visit hit around $500,000.

"As you've probably seen in the notes, we're not doing any water-taxi bills," he said.

Even if the Queen were eager for a repeat, the water level on the Red River isn't co-operating this year, with most docks submerged after weeks of heavy rains.

Instead, officials are keeping her Majesty on dry land.

She will be the first passenger to land at the new $585-million Richardson International Airport.

Royal cornerstone to be delivered

She will then re-dedicate a 1970 statue of herself by Winnipeg sculptor Leo Mol that's being relocated to the grounds of Government House. She will also deliver a stone from Runnymeade to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights before attending a concert in her honour.

Runnymeade, near the Queen's home at Windsor Castle, was the site where the Magna Carta was signed in 1215.

The Great Charter, as it is known in English, is part of the foundation of constitutional law in the English-speaking world and the royal rock will become a cornerstone of the new national museum, scheduled for completion in 2012.

"We know the importance of the Magna Carta and what that means to human rights," said Stuart Murray, chief executive officer of the new museum and a former leader of the Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party.

Murray said the Queen's visit is fitting for the first-of-its-kind museum.

"We are the first museum in the world to deal with the broad issue of human rights. It makes sense that her Majesty will be with us on this day."

With files from The Canadian Press .


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