Columbia Ice Field Menu Cards

These Jasper Lodge menu cards were used for dinners in 1948. The first shows the Columbia Icefield, which is roughly halfway between Jasper and Lake Louise and thus an attraction for both CN and CP passengers.

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The five-course dinners at Jasper Lodge were included in the price of the rooms. Entrées listed on this menu, which is dated July 28, included sliced eggs on rice pilaff, broiled salmon, chicken fricassee, veal cutlet, roast beef, and cold ham and turkey. The meal also included a choice of three appetizers, three soups, two vegetables, three styles of potatoes, asparagus tips salad, and any of five desserts.

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The second menu, which shows the Athabasca Glacier at the Columbia Icefield, is dated August 3 and is just as filling. Entrées include a choice of whitefish, sweetbreads, turkey, melted cheese on toast, prime rib, cold salmon, and cold capon and ham. Although visitors to Jasper could get lots of exercise hiking, cycling, or boating, they probably didn’t lose any weight during their vacations.


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