“Does this picture of lovely Lake Louise make you feel strenuous?” asks the photo caption. By that they mean “energetic,” but that’s not how I would use the word “strenuous.” Maybe it’s a Canadian thing. Click image to download a … Continue reading
We’ve seen this photograph before on a 1951 dining car menu that was a very different format, which a horizontal fold so that the image could fill more of the cover. This menu, like those of the preceding days, was … Continue reading
Here in all its ugly grandeur is the Chateau Lake Louise in a photo showing just how out of place it was and is in the mountainous Banff National Park. While the Banff Springs Hotel resembles the rustic style of … Continue reading
This menu, which was used at the Chateau, is undated, but it came with others from 1954 so I presume it is from that year. At 7″ by 9-3/4″, it is a little smaller than the 8″x11″ dining car menus … Continue reading
Canadian Pacific proudly began operating the Empress of Australia in 1953, cross-promoting it with these 1954 menus. But the ship was hardly new, having been originally launched in 1924 as the SS De Grasse. For Canadian Pacific, the ship was … Continue reading
Steamship service between Seattle, Vancouver, and Victoria (and later just Seattle and Victoria) was long provided by a series of ships called the Princess Marguerite. The first vessel of that name was pressed into service as a troop ship in … Continue reading
The bridge and tunnel pictured on the cover of this menu are actually part of a series of five tunnels and connecting bridges that CP subsidiary Kettle Valley Railway went through on its route between Hope, British Columbia and Crows … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a 1948 menu with a different photo of the Banff golf course. This one is from four years later, which doesn’t seem to have been enough time to show any changes in hair or clothing styles. Click … Continue reading
Today I’m presenting three menus whose covers we’ve seen before. First is one of the Chateau Frontenac that was used on the Empress of Scotland. We’ve previously seen it on an Empress of France menu. Although today’s menu was issued … Continue reading
Instead of pancakes, the cover art on this menu features beavers serving disks cut from birch logs. A note “for parents only” observes that beavers like to eat the bark of birch and other trees, but doesn’t specifically say that … Continue reading
