The Las Campanas Observatory was also known as the Canadian Telescope in Chile. The University of Toronto Canadian Telescope was inaugurated on Las Campanas, Chile in 1974. University of Toronto astronomers, Robert Garrison, Rene Racine, and Sidney Venderberg, were responsible for developing and implementing the project. University of Toronto was able to make arrangements to share the site through the cooperation of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. In addition to a dome that houses the telescope, the University built Casa Canadiense, a small residence and operation centre. The telescope was made possible through the National Research Council of Canada. The dome and residence were financed from the C. A. Chant bequest to the David Dunlop Observatory. Las Campanas has provided much research material to astronomers, including Ian Shelton's discovery of the Supernova 1987A. Due to rising costs and decreased funding, University of Toronto closed the Las Campanas operation in 1997 and the Department of Astronomy shipped the telescope to Argentina, where it remains on permanent loan.