Chateau in the Sky Lunch Menu

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 architecture found in so many U.S. parks, the Chateau looks like it would fit better in Victoria or Quebec City.

Click image to download a 1.1-MB PDF of this menu.

This 8″x11″ — the same size used on CP dining cars — lunch menu was used at the Canadian Jewelers Association convention held in June, 1954. The unpriced menu offers a choice of lamb and, well, that’s pretty much it. Of course, the lamb comes with an unspecified appetizer, consomme Madrilene, vegetables, French bread, beverage, and a slice of peach for dessert. A single slice? Perhaps jewelers of the day weren’t very hungry.


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