In 1966, Captain Kirk first called outer space “the final frontier,” but in 1944 the last frontier, according to Canadian Pacific, was air travel. In 1941 and 1942, CP had purchased ten “bush” airlines that served remote parts of northern Canada and merged them into Canadian Pacific Air Lines. When this menu was issued, the infant airline was focused on aiding the war effort, but the menu cover promised that it would begin serving ordinary passengers at the end of the war.
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Lockheed Lodestar, which was also shown on a 1952 steamship menu. CP acquired the planes when it bought Yukon Southern Air Transport in 1941.
The plane shown on the menu cover is an eighteen-passengerThis lunch menu offered a salad (with bread and dessert) for 75¢, fish (with vegetables, bread, and dessert) for 85¢, and beef or pork (with soup, vegetables, bread, and dessert) for $1.00. Coffee, tea, or milk was 5¢ with a meal. Multiply prices by eleven to get today’s U.S. dollars.