topic:"Hotels" found 4 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Abstract: A Castle in the Wilderness: The Story of the Banff Springs Hotel is the definitive historical record of one of the world’s most famous mountain resorts. The story navigates the hotel’s early history from its construction by the Canadian Pacific Railway to the glittering era of the 1920s through to the changes of modern times. Local author and historian Bart Robinson has been exploring and writing about the Banff Springs Hotel since the 1970s. In A Castle in the Wilderness he combines a complete hotel history with rich anecdotes and snippets of the past that have enriched Banff and indeed Canada, from the hotel’s links to the construction of the transcontinental rail line to the visits of maharajahs and movie stars.How did such a gracious hotel come to be in the wilds of the Canadian Rockies? How much did it cost to build? Who designed it? Who selected its furnishings? Which famous visitors has it hosted? And why is now known as the Fairmont Banff Springs? These and many more questions are answered in the Castle in the Wilderness. (from publisher's website)

Contents: Introduction; Origins of a Hotel; Grand Designs; Vistas and Vendettas; Growing Pains; Towers and Troubles; Princes and Politicians; Out of the Fire; A Brief But Golden Moment; Tribulations and Triumph; A Second Century; Into the New Millenium; Appendix; Bibliography; Index; Credits; Acknowledgements; About the Author

ISBN: 9781926983356

Accession Number: 2019.89

Call Number: 08.5 R55c

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Link to publishers website where publication can been purchased

Websites

https://summerthought.com/banff.springs.htm

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Dining with Canadian Railways : Volume I - Canadian Pacific chinaware

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19845

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2018

Author: Smith, Will

Publisher: [Nanaimo, British Columbia], Canada : David William (Will) Smith and Ralph Beaumont

Call Number: 08.5 Sm5d

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Author: Smith, Will

Responsibility: Will Smith

Publisher: [Nanaimo, British Columbia], Canada : David William (Will) Smith and Ralph Beaumont

Published Date: 2018

Physical Description: [248 pages] : illustrations (some colour), map

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Railways; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels; Restaurants; Travel; Canada; Industry; History; History-Canada; Hotels

Abstract: Pertains to the chinaware used by the Canadian Pacific Railway on affiliated trains, steamships, hotels, restaurants, airlines with focus on history and specific patterns used on ceramics

Contents: Introduction; Chapter 1 - Scope and arrangement of book; Chapter 2 - Research sources; Chapter 3 - Railway; Chapter 4 - Steamships; Chapter 5 - Hotels, resorts and restaurants; Chapter 6 - Airline; Chapter 7 - The evolution of CPR's chinaware logos; Chapter 8 - The scope of chinaware and its movement withing CPR's operations; Chapter 9 - Where did al that chinaware go?; Chapter 10 - Souvenir chinaware; Chapter 11 - Fakes and reproductions; Chapter 12 - Market value; Chapter 13 - Interpreting the individual pattern listing; Chapter 14 - Railway, steamship, hotel and restaurant patterns; Chapter 15 - Affiliated Dominion Atlantic & Quebec Central patterns; Chapter 16 - Airline patterns; Appendix A - Manufacturers and their abbreviation codes; Appendix B - Patterns by manufacturer; Appendix C - Patterns by decade of introduction; Appendix D - Patterns by CPR operations; Appendix E - Hotels, resorts, bungalow camps and rest/tea houses by province; Appendix F - Railway station restaurants by province: 1892, 1907, 1920 & 1956; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Index

ISBN: 9781999382100

Accession Number: 2019.27

Call Number: 08.5 Sm5d

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Credit Valley Railway Company Ltd. distributes publication

Websites

https://www.cvrco.ca/Book_Distributing/2018

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Life goes to Jasper Park in the Canadian Rockies : farthest north resort is tops in scenery

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24917

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1940

Publisher: Life

Call Number: 02.6 L11l PAM O.S.

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Publisher: Life

Published Date: 1940

Physical Description: 84 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Jasper; Jasper National Park; Travel; Tourism; Labour; Edith Cavell, Mount; Hotels; Mountain guides; Hot springs; Skiing; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies; Postal services

Abstract: Pertains to the summer labour in Japser National Park during 1940 and the types of activities and amenities available for staff and tourists.

Notes: In Life, Vol. 9, No. 9, August 26, 1940, pp. 76 - 79

Accession Number: 7889

Call Number: 02.6 L11l PAM O.S.

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Specific volume with article can be viewed online via Google Books

Websites

https://books.google.ca/books?id=iEkEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

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Rails over the mountains : exploring the railway heritage of Canada's western mountains

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25285

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2016

Author: Brown, Ron

Publisher: Toronto : Dundurn

Call Number: 08.3 B78r

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Author: Brown, Ron

Responsibility: Ron Brown

Publisher: Toronto : Dundurn

Published Date: 2016

Physical Description: 156 pages : illustrations

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Railways; History; History of Alberta; History-Canada; Rocky Mountains; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels

Abstract: Ride the rails through Canada’s western mountains to explore the many vestiges of the region’s spectacular and surprising railway heritage. Here is where grand railway hotels were built to attract tourists to the West’s beautiful scenery and bring profit to the railway lines as well. Rustic stations added to the allure. The challenges of conquering the mountains resulted in some of Canada’s most ingenious feats of engineering, such as spiral tunnels and soaring trestles (one of which was featured in The Amazing Race Canada). Relive the days of rail on a steam train, the luxurious Rocky Mountaineer, or one of VIA Rail’s mountain journeys. Outdoor enthusiasts can follow the abandoned roadbeds of Canada’s more spectacular rail trails, like the legendary Kettle Valley Railway. Also included are some of Canada’s most extensive railway museums, which have helped to bring this vanished era back to life. (From publisher's website)

Contents: The rails arrive -- Conquering the mountains : the tunnels and bridges -- The faces of the railways : the heritage railway stations -- Life on the line : the railway towns -- The dream castles : western Canada's railway hotels -- Railway structures : a forgotten heritage -- Celebrating the heritage : the railway museums -- The rail trails -- All aboard.

ISBN: 9781459733596

Accession Number: P2020.07

Call Number: 08.3 B78r

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Publisher's website

Websites

https://www.dundurn.com/books_/t22117/a9781459733596-rails-over-the-mountains

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