This 1932 booklet features Jasper Park Lodge, which CN opened in 1923 on the site of a former “tent city.” Probably due to financial constraints, CN didn’t build a gigantic hotel like Banff but a smaller central building that housed … Continue reading
The linen finish on this stationery suggests that it dates to the 1920s or 1930s. According to this history of the CN logo, the railway used the square logo shown on this stationery from 1923 to 1927, after which it … Continue reading
Here’s a 1924 promotional brochure for and map of Canadian National’s Triangle Tour. The map also shows other CN lines in British Columbia and Alberta. The Triangle Tour, of course, consists of CN rail from Jasper to Prince Rupert, CN … Continue reading
This 1924 booklet is about half text and half illustrations. Most of the spreads have several black-and-white photos and the centerfold has a colorful, but busy, oblique aerial view of the park. The cover curiously unfolds to be only about … Continue reading
A Streamliner Memories reader who wishes to remain anonymous has offered these 1961 timetables for the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railways. The covers provide an interesting contrast between the two operations. Click image to download a 26.4-MB PDF of … Continue reading
This 1960 brochure unfolds into the equivalent of 16 8×9-pages, most of which are dedicated to color photos of Jasper Lodge and the scenery around it. In line with the “picture yourself” theme, both the cover and the back of … Continue reading
This menu is undated but shows the Super Continental in Canadian National’s pre-1961 paint scheme so must be from 1960 or a few years before. Jason Shron, of Rapido Trains, says that this paint scheme is the most popular one … Continue reading
This large brochure folds up so that an image of a beautiful wooden Indian bow appears behind the cover scene of a young couple overlooking the Athabasca River in Jasper National Park. This seems like a clever idea except for … Continue reading
This 36-page booklet is extra-large: 11×8-1/2 inches as compared with the 6×9-inch format used in Canadian National’s 1940 Jasper booklet, though the latter’s 52 pages partly made up for the smaller size. Large color photos in this booklet make it … Continue reading
This menu was used on a Canadian National steamship to Alaska in 1956. That date means that the ship was either the Prince Rupert or the Prince George. Prince Rupert would have been the same ship that carried yesterday’s menu, … Continue reading
