The 14th tee of Jasper’s golf course appears to be located on a small peninsula in Lac Beauvert. If this were a modern golf course, the designer might have sadistically used the peninsula for the green, causing many golfers to earn penalties from losing their balls in the water.

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Today, Jasper’s golf course is rated one of the best in Canada, even better than the one at Banff. Both golf courses and their associated hotels are now owned by the same company, but in 1954, when this menu was issued, they were hotly competitive with one another.

One way to compete was in the dining rooms. While the budget-conscious Canadian National used cards instead of folders for meals in Jasper Park lodge, the meals were still pretty elaborate. These menus are unpriced, indicating that the meals were included in the price of the hotel room.

Dated June 8, this menu offers three appetizers, three soups, eight entrées, two vegetables, three kinds of potatoes, a salad, five desserts, and a beverage. Among the entrées were shirred eggs and sausages, white fish, lamb stew, roast pork with raisin dressing, and a cold chicken sandwich.