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Jasper Park Lodge
The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, formerly and commonly known as Jasper Park Lodge, is a 442-room hotel on a 2.8 km2 (700-acre) site along Lac Beauvert in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. The hotel was established in 1921 by Canadian National Railway and is one of Canada's grand railway hotels.
In the early 1900s, the Government of Canada envisioned a new northern transcontinental railway to complement Canada's first transcontinental railway which ran closer to the Canada–US border. The Grand Trunk Railway under the subsidiary Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was contracted to construct and operate the Western Canadian portion of the new line after legislation was passed by Parliament in 1903. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway followed the original Sandford Fleming "Canadian Pacific Survey" route from Jasper, Alberta through the Yellowhead Pass, which reached the Alberta/British Columbia border in November 1911. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway's lines largely through the Yellowhead Pass were largely duplicated by Canadian Northern Railway shortly after construction. In March 1911, Grand Trunk Pacific Railway president Charles Melville Hays wrote Minister of the Interior Frank Oliver seeking land and the exclusive privilege to build and operate hotels in the Jasper Forest Park. Hays was eager to emulate the success of the Canadian Pacific Railway's grand hotels in Banff, Lake Louise, and Rogers Pass. Hays sought to build the Chateau Miette hotel near the Miette Hot Springs, and gain an exclusive lease for a rail line to the springs. The proposed location was identified later in 1911 by Arthur Oliver Wheeler whom the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway commissioned to map the Jasper Park and Mount Robson region to identify sites for hotels, chalets, and trails. The Government of Canada was not interested in providing an exclusive rights, and instead sought to offer land through a lease system.
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and local government officials were prepared to come to an agreement in 1912, with a design completed by the company, a proposed lease for 42 years, and suggested rent of $500 per year. However, the agreement was delayed by questions concerning school lands, and which department had jurisdiction over the waterways in the park. While the delay continued, the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway developed plans for two additional hotels, one near the Jasper townsite on Snape's Hill with an attached golf course allegedly designed with the assistance of Arthur Conan Doyle, and a second hotel on the south shore of Pyramid Lake. These plans came to a halt in 1914 when the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ran low on funds and was nationalized in 1919 to form the Canadian National Railway. The failure of the railway came when the Government of Canada was finally prepared to approve the Miette lease, and later in February 1915, the Canadian government desperate for any form of accommodation in the area, asked the railways to construct cheap log cabins on the three sites.
Jasper in the early 1900s had a few hotels established during the construction of the railway, with eight listed as established in 1911. The earlies form of tourist accommodation along Lac Beauvert came in 1915 when Robert Kenneth of Edmonton, along with the pioneer outfitters Fred and Jack Brewster established "Tent City". Tent City was established with ten large sleeping tents with wooden walls and floors, and a cooking tent constructed along the lake front. Accommodation at Tent City was set at $2.50 or $3.00 per day, and a weekly rate of $15 or $18 was available and over 260 visitors stayed at the accommodation over the summer. The camp which officially opened on July 15, 1915, with regular attendees and a group from The Canadian Press, was successful in the summer of 1915, but failed to reopen after the end of the 1915 season due to the First World War.
On June 5, 1919, Jack and Fred Brewster returned from the war and purchased Tent City from Robert Kenneth and reopened the site. The 1919 season proved to be a success and the Brewsters expanded the camp in 1920 with a log kitchen, dining room, and dance pavilion.
In 1921, the newly nationalized Canadian National Railways purchased "Tent City" and began plans for a hotel on the site, with the first bungalow opening in June 1922 under the name "Jasper Park Lodge".
The Canadian National Railway's chief architect, John Schofield, envisioned a hotel that altered the Athabasca Valley's view as little as possible, and blended seamlessly into the natural surroundings. Schofield planned for a number of small cabins made of rustic logs and fieldstone sprawling across the landscape, rather than the traditional large resort hotel.
Henry Worth Thornton, the new president of Canadian National Railways, visited Jasper in January 1923, and viewed the development favourably, as he sought to expand tourist developments along the rail line. During the winter of 1922–23, construction began on the new $461,000 Central Lodge and a number of new outlying bungalows designed by English architect Godfrey Milnes. The design of the Central Lodge used peeled logs on a fieldstone foundation, included lounges, dining room, snack room, kitchen, administrative offices, a large stone fireplace mounted animal heads, and was touted as the largest single-storey log building in the world. The Central Lodge was built using logs from the construction site and others cut from the nearby Maligne Canyon, with planed lumber hardwood floors brought from out of the area by train, and western red cedar from British Columbia for upright pillars. By 1925, Jasper Park Lodge consisted of over 50 log structures, and by 1927 there was accommodation for 425 guests.
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Jasper Park Lodge
The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, formerly and commonly known as Jasper Park Lodge, is a 442-room hotel on a 2.8 km2 (700-acre) site along Lac Beauvert in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. The hotel was established in 1921 by Canadian National Railway and is one of Canada's grand railway hotels.
In the early 1900s, the Government of Canada envisioned a new northern transcontinental railway to complement Canada's first transcontinental railway which ran closer to the Canada–US border. The Grand Trunk Railway under the subsidiary Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was contracted to construct and operate the Western Canadian portion of the new line after legislation was passed by Parliament in 1903. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway followed the original Sandford Fleming "Canadian Pacific Survey" route from Jasper, Alberta through the Yellowhead Pass, which reached the Alberta/British Columbia border in November 1911. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway's lines largely through the Yellowhead Pass were largely duplicated by Canadian Northern Railway shortly after construction. In March 1911, Grand Trunk Pacific Railway president Charles Melville Hays wrote Minister of the Interior Frank Oliver seeking land and the exclusive privilege to build and operate hotels in the Jasper Forest Park. Hays was eager to emulate the success of the Canadian Pacific Railway's grand hotels in Banff, Lake Louise, and Rogers Pass. Hays sought to build the Chateau Miette hotel near the Miette Hot Springs, and gain an exclusive lease for a rail line to the springs. The proposed location was identified later in 1911 by Arthur Oliver Wheeler whom the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway commissioned to map the Jasper Park and Mount Robson region to identify sites for hotels, chalets, and trails. The Government of Canada was not interested in providing an exclusive rights, and instead sought to offer land through a lease system.
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and local government officials were prepared to come to an agreement in 1912, with a design completed by the company, a proposed lease for 42 years, and suggested rent of $500 per year. However, the agreement was delayed by questions concerning school lands, and which department had jurisdiction over the waterways in the park. While the delay continued, the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway developed plans for two additional hotels, one near the Jasper townsite on Snape's Hill with an attached golf course allegedly designed with the assistance of Arthur Conan Doyle, and a second hotel on the south shore of Pyramid Lake. These plans came to a halt in 1914 when the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ran low on funds and was nationalized in 1919 to form the Canadian National Railway. The failure of the railway came when the Government of Canada was finally prepared to approve the Miette lease, and later in February 1915, the Canadian government desperate for any form of accommodation in the area, asked the railways to construct cheap log cabins on the three sites.
Jasper in the early 1900s had a few hotels established during the construction of the railway, with eight listed as established in 1911. The earlies form of tourist accommodation along Lac Beauvert came in 1915 when Robert Kenneth of Edmonton, along with the pioneer outfitters Fred and Jack Brewster established "Tent City". Tent City was established with ten large sleeping tents with wooden walls and floors, and a cooking tent constructed along the lake front. Accommodation at Tent City was set at $2.50 or $3.00 per day, and a weekly rate of $15 or $18 was available and over 260 visitors stayed at the accommodation over the summer. The camp which officially opened on July 15, 1915, with regular attendees and a group from The Canadian Press, was successful in the summer of 1915, but failed to reopen after the end of the 1915 season due to the First World War.
On June 5, 1919, Jack and Fred Brewster returned from the war and purchased Tent City from Robert Kenneth and reopened the site. The 1919 season proved to be a success and the Brewsters expanded the camp in 1920 with a log kitchen, dining room, and dance pavilion.
In 1921, the newly nationalized Canadian National Railways purchased "Tent City" and began plans for a hotel on the site, with the first bungalow opening in June 1922 under the name "Jasper Park Lodge".
The Canadian National Railway's chief architect, John Schofield, envisioned a hotel that altered the Athabasca Valley's view as little as possible, and blended seamlessly into the natural surroundings. Schofield planned for a number of small cabins made of rustic logs and fieldstone sprawling across the landscape, rather than the traditional large resort hotel.
Henry Worth Thornton, the new president of Canadian National Railways, visited Jasper in January 1923, and viewed the development favourably, as he sought to expand tourist developments along the rail line. During the winter of 1922–23, construction began on the new $461,000 Central Lodge and a number of new outlying bungalows designed by English architect Godfrey Milnes. The design of the Central Lodge used peeled logs on a fieldstone foundation, included lounges, dining room, snack room, kitchen, administrative offices, a large stone fireplace mounted animal heads, and was touted as the largest single-storey log building in the world. The Central Lodge was built using logs from the construction site and others cut from the nearby Maligne Canyon, with planed lumber hardwood floors brought from out of the area by train, and western red cedar from British Columbia for upright pillars. By 1925, Jasper Park Lodge consisted of over 50 log structures, and by 1927 there was accommodation for 425 guests.