The Stanley Cup hasn't been north of the border since 1993, but a monument resembling the iconic trophy was unveiled in Ottawa on Saturday.

The Lord Stanley Gift Monument, situated next to a series of posters detailing how the trophy was gifted to the NHL, was revealed before a series of dignitaries, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

"(The Stanley Cup) has a weight of symbolism and strength of binding our country together that very few material symbols do," Trudeau said at the unveiling, according to The Canadian Press.

In 1892, Canadian governor general Frederick Arthur Stanley, also known as the Lord Stanley of Preston, donated the Cup with the intention that it be rewarded to Canada's top amateur hockey team.

The Montreal Hockey Club of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada became the first team to win the Stanley Cup in 1893.

In 1947, the NHL was granted control of the Stanley Cup.

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