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. Click image to download … Continue reading
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This menu cover pictures the Lady Nelson, one of five “Lady” boats the Canadian National had built in 1928 and 1929 to provide service between Montreal and the West Indies. All of them were pressed into troop carrier service during … Continue reading
This beautifully illustrated cover represents the British Columbia timber industry. Logging would become environmentally controversial in a few decades, but in 1946, when this menu was issued, it was a symbol of wealth and industrial power. “British Columbians,” said one … Continue reading
In addition to offering reduced portions at a lower cost than adult menus, children’s menus are often designed to entertain their audiences while they are waiting for food. I’ve noted recently that some don’t do a very good job at … Continue reading
When this menu was issued, agriculture represented “one-quarter the total value of all commodity production” in Canada. I’m not sure if the numbers are comparable, but in recent years agriculture has contributed only 2 percent to the nation’s gross domestic … Continue reading
“Manufacturing is taking an increasingly important place in our economic life,” says this menu. But, when the menu was issued, it was “second only to agriculture.” Today, Canada’s manufacturing sector is several times larger than agriculture. Click image to download … Continue reading
This menu features “fishing,” as distinct from “fisheries.” The latter term implies some sort of sustainable management while the former suggests people are just mining the resource. The text on the back doesn’t give any indication that CN, at least, … Continue reading
Canadian National issued a series of menus featuring wood cuts celebrating various Canadian industries. This one describes “forestry,” by which they mean logging, as I doubt Canada had gotten into “forestry” (meaning planting and growing new crops of trees) when … Continue reading
The prewar Prince George steams slowly by a fisherman cruising on Lynn Canal, the name of the final stretch of the Inside Passage between Vancouver and Skagway. Not a canal in the sense of being artificial, it was named by … Continue reading
According to the back of this menu, one of the crown jewels of Britain is a ring known as the “wedding ring” because it represents the marriage of the monarch to the nation. The menu claims the ring dates back … Continue reading