Unlike many of CN’s pre-war booklets, the pretty image shown below is on the front cover, rather than the back cover, of this guide. The first half covers what to do in Jasper and the second half describes the Triangle … Continue reading
We saw a Canadian National Jasper booklet from 1946 a few days ago, and one from 1948 several years ago. This one from 1947 looks closer to the 1946 booklet than the one from 1948. Click image to download a … Continue reading
Pyramid Mountain is 9,075 feet high, which makes its summit about 5,600 feet above the town of Jasper, just six miles southeast of the peak. As such, it appears in many photos of the town and the nearby area, including … Continue reading
If Jasper was closed during the war, this was the first CN booklet about the park since 1942. The booklet barely mentions the war except to brag that the entire golf course was rebuilt during that troubled time. Click image … Continue reading
This 1944 menu salutes “the unconquerable breed of Canada,” more than 600,000 of whom were “poised on the battle fronts of Democracy” in World War II. The menu was accompanied by a “sugar and butter rations” notice that “in compliance … Continue reading
Canada declared war on Germany in September, 1939, but that apparently had no immediate affect on Jasper Lodge. CN booklets for 1940 and 1941 don’t mention the war. However, this one, from 1942, has a paper glued to the cover … Continue reading
This 1939 brochure unfolds into a massive 24″x33″ sheet that has slightly more space than one of Canadian National’s 20-page booklets. CN issued many 16- to 24-page booklets covering similar material, including one with the same name as this in … Continue reading
The Tonquin Valley’s “unrivaled” scenery is accessible only on foot or horseback in the summer or by cross-country skis in the winter. This means that few Canadian National passengers ever got to see the view of the mountains, known as … Continue reading
This joint Canadian National/Canadian Pacific brochure advertises “really low summer fares” to seasides and resorts in eastern Canada. However, they don’t appear to be that low to me. The roundtrip fare from Toronto to St. Andrews, for example, is CAN$30.85, … Continue reading
This undated booklet is similar in many ways to the 1926 booklet presented a couple of days ago. It has the same format — a half-page photo and a smaller photo with a few paragraphs of text on most pages. … Continue reading
