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Dated July 30, 1952 — just two days after yesterday’s menu — this was no doubt used on the same voyage of the Prince George. Most of the items on the menu are different: lake trout instead of salmon; whitefish … Continue reading
Category Archives: Canadian National
We’ve already seen one Alaska-service menu with a colorful cover like this one. Starting today, I’ll present four more. That previous menu showed St. Andrews Church, built on the shores of Lake Bennett, British Columbia in about 1899. Today’s and … Continue reading
This Alaska steamship dinner menu featured a painting of the same Lion’s Gate Bridge that was shown in a photo on a dining car menu a few days ago. The back cover advertises golfing in Jasper. Click image to download … Continue reading
Tomorrow we’ll be back aboard Alaska steamships, but today we’re in Jasper Park on Canadian National’s Continental. Mount Robson is in the background as, as the back cover of the menu notes, if we get off at Jasper we can … Continue reading
Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia is a very picturesque place. We’ve previously seen a Canadian Pacific menu showing the town on the cover. Now we have a Canadian National menu showing the nearby lighthouse. Click image to download a 1.7-MB PDF … Continue reading
Here’s another in the series of CN Alaska steamship menus. Like the other two that have been presented here, it has an Alaska scene on the front and a Jasper scene (Stuart Lake) on the back. However, I’ve seen one … Continue reading
The bungalow — a one-story house, usually with a wide front porch and often with a peaked roof over the front door — was introduced in England around 1869 and became popular in North America, especially for vacation homes, in … Continue reading
This bridge connecting Vancouver and North Vancouver was practically new when the photo was taken, as it was completed in 1938 and dedicated by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth during their royal visit in 1939. The back of the … Continue reading
Canadian National does a little cross-advertising with the image of the Chateau Laurier, the hotel it owned in Ottawa. The back of the menu discretely describes the nation’s capital, only calling the chateau “one of the finest hotels on the … Continue reading
Hopewell Rocks are in the upper reaches of the Bay of Fundy, which has some of the highest tides in the world.” These tides have eroded the bases of the rocks, leaving behind formations that have long intrigued people’s imaginations. … Continue reading