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 the Ramparts, shown in this photo. To protect wildlife, no dogs are allowed, so I’ll probably never go either.

Click image to download an 1.2-MB PDF of this menu.

The back of the menu says nothing at all about the cover photo and instead reminds passengers that occupants of rooms and lower berths could direct a fan of “nice, filtered fresh air” at themselves during warm summer days. Apparently, people worried that “drafts” had “cold-developing propensities,” but the menu assures sleeping car customers that the air conditioning provided only “healthful, filtered air.”

The inside menu has a la carte on the left and beverages on the right. It might have been used for either lunch or dinner with an appropriate insert offering table d’hôte meals of the day.