At 8×11 inches, this menu from the Chateau Lake Louise is much larger than yesterday’s dining-car-sized menu, but inside most of the extra size ends up being white space. One side of the menu offers five table d’hôte entrées, while … Continue reading
Like the Banff Springs Hotel dinner menus, this one features eight table d’hôte entrées, but unlike the Banff menus, only five of the eight are hot meals. Where the Banff menu had fourteen a la carte entrées (18 with cold … Continue reading
Dated August 27, 1949, this menu has the same exterior format as the Banff Springs Hotel menus dated two days later. The interior seems cheerier and more informal than the Banff menus, but a close examination reveals the main difference … Continue reading
This menu features the controversially named Mt. Eisenhower on the cover. As previously noted, the rocky outcropping was named Castle Mountain in 1858, then renamed Mt. Eisenhower in 1946, then restored to its earlier name in 1979. Click image to … Continue reading
Like yesterday’s menu, this one was used in the Alhambra Room of the Banff Springs Hotel. In fact, the interiors of the menus are identical, both being dated August 29, 1949. Click image to download a 1.9-MB PDF of this … Continue reading
Unlike the previous Indian Days menu, which was used aboard the Mountaineer‘s dining car, this menu is from the Alhambra Room of the Banff Springs Hotel. Today, that room is used as a meeting room rather than a restaurant. Click … Continue reading
The Banff Springs Hotel is just over a mile away from the Canadian Pacific train station in Banff. In between, the town of Banff has numerous tourist shops, restaurants, and outdoor centers. This map shows the town and surrounding environment. … Continue reading
In 1960, Canadian Pacific issued a series of eight-page, four-color booklets describing its major hotels. Though Banff Springs was probably CP’s largest hotel and Lake Louise was also very large, CP presented the two together in one booklet. This and … Continue reading
Built in 1893, the Chateau Frontenac pioneered the chateau-style of architecture that came to characterize so many of Canadian Pacific’s and Canadian National’s grand railway hotels. The original hotel in Québec City was designed by Bruce Price, who had also … Continue reading
Here’s the companion piece to Canadian Pacific’s Eastward Across Canada. The eastward version is dated 1955 and has “highlights” about the railway from 1953. This one is undated but it has highlights from 1960, so it seems reasonable that this … Continue reading
