Canadian Pacific proudly began operating the Empress of Australia in 1953, cross-promoting it with these 1954 menus. But the ship was hardly new, having been originally launched in 1924 as the SS De Grasse. For Canadian Pacific, the ship was … Continue reading
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Steamship service between Seattle, Vancouver, and Victoria (and later just Seattle and Victoria) was long provided by a series of ships called the Princess Marguerite. The first vessel of that name was pressed into service as a troop ship in … Continue reading
The bridge and tunnel pictured on the cover of this menu are actually part of a series of five tunnels and connecting bridges that CP subsidiary Kettle Valley Railway went through on its route between Hope, British Columbia and Crows … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a 1948 menu with a different photo of the Banff golf course. This one is from four years later, which doesn’t seem to have been enough time to show any changes in hair or clothing styles. Click … Continue reading
Today I’m presenting three menus whose covers we’ve seen before. First is one of the Chateau Frontenac that was used on the Empress of Scotland. We’ve previously seen it on an Empress of France menu. Although today’s menu was issued … Continue reading
Instead of pancakes, the cover art on this menu features beavers serving disks cut from birch logs. A note “for parents only” observes that beavers like to eat the bark of birch and other trees, but doesn’t specifically say that … Continue reading
Newcastle Island is located in the Georgia Strait near Nanaimo. Coal was discovered there in 1849 and the island became a source of fuel and the site of limestone quarries. In 1930, the coal was mostly exhausted and Canadian Pacific … Continue reading
Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park is entirely roadless, and the only way to get to the site of the photo on these menu covers in winter was to ski at least 15 miles. Nowadays, helicopter skiing is possible, but wasn’t available … Continue reading
Today we have two menus featuring a photo of a fly fisherman standing in the Spray River just before it dumps into the Bow River. Today, all fishing in Banff National Park rivers is catch-and-release, with no live bait and … Continue reading
This 1951 menu advertises the New Brunswick golf course and, indirectly, Canadian Pacific’s Algonquin resort. The back of the menu says that the Algonquin sported an 18-hole golf course plus a 9-hole course, but only the 18-hole course survives today. … Continue reading