In the late 1850s, Irish geographer John Palliser surveyed the boundary between the United States and Canada between Lake Superior and the Pacific Ocean, exploring many Canadian river valleys along the way. Canadian Pacific named its Calgary hotel, which it … Continue reading
Regina, the capital of Saskatchewan, had less than 50,000 residents when Canadian Pacific built the Saskatchewan Hotel in 1927. That population had doubled by the time this booklet was published in 1960, and it has doubled again since then, but … Continue reading
Canadian Pacific opened the Royal Alexandra Hotel in Winnipeg in 1906 and expanded it in 1914. Despite not following the chateau style of other CP hotels, the railway proudly proclaimed the Alexandra to be the most luxurious CP hotel yet. … Continue reading
In 1960, Canadian Pacific issued a series of eight-page, four-color booklets describing its major hotels. Though Banff Springs was probably CP’s largest hotel and Lake Louise was also very large, CP presented the two together in one booklet. This and … Continue reading
Built in 1893, the Chateau Frontenac pioneered the chateau-style of architecture that came to characterize so many of Canadian Pacific’s and Canadian National’s grand railway hotels. The original hotel in Québec City was designed by Bruce Price, who had also … Continue reading
The Pacific Great Eastern Railway started construction in 1912 with the aim of connecting Vancouver with Prince George, a town on the Grand Trunk Pacific route to Prince Rupert. Along with the Grand Trunk Pacific, the PGE railway failed long … Continue reading
This 36-page booklet is extra-large: 11×8-1/2 inches as compared with the 6×9-inch format used in Canadian National’s 1940 Jasper booklet, though the latter’s 52 pages partly made up for the smaller size. Large color photos in this booklet make it … Continue reading
By 1953, Canadian Pacific had Dieselized its transcontinental passenger trains, necessitating a new “Through the Rockies” booklet. This edition contains all or nearly all of the text and maps, and most of the photos (though photos with steam locomotives have … Continue reading
Dated 1953, this curious booklet contains 16 pages of semi-glossy paper filled with color photo in a plain tan wrapper that was probably meant to seem posh, but today just seems cheap. While Canadian Pacific had numerous Rocky Mountain lodges … Continue reading
Here’s CN’s 1952 update to previous editions of the Triangle Route booklet. Typical of CN, this booklet is a step down from Canadian Pacific’s Through the Rockies: only 16 pages instead of 28 and filled with mostly black-and-white photos instead … Continue reading
