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2. Grand railway hotels of Canada - Wikipedia

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   [1] [page needed] The original Banff Springs Hotel, of wooden construction, was destroyed by fire in 1926 and replaced by the present structure. [2] Situated in Downtown Toronto, the Royal York is the largest railway hotel built in Canada. Canadian Pacific next built the Château Frontenac in Quebec City, which quickly came to be the symbol of ...

3. Banff National Park - Wikipedia

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   The Canadian Pacific Railway built the Banff Springs Hotel and Lake Louise Chalet to attract tourists and increase the number of rail passengers. [8] Banff Springs Hotel, 1902. The Stoney Nakoda First Nation were removed from Banff National Park between the years 1890 and 1920. The park was designed to appeal to sportsmen, and tourists.

4. Rocky Mountaineer - Wikipedia

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   It was designed as an all-sightseeing train pulled by the retired steam locomotive CNR 6060, a Bullet Nose Betty-class locomotive in the Canadian Rockies. Originally, it began as a once-weekly Via Rail Canada daytime service between Vancouver, Calgary, and Jasper. The first departure was on May 22, 1988, with a special train for the travel ...

5. List of Rocky Mountain passes on the continental divide

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   Canadian Pacific Railway (1880s), south branch of the Trans-Canada Highway. Pacific Ocean or Hudson Bay drainage. A: Vermilion Pass: 1,680 m (5,512 ft) Near Banff, Alberta, Highway 93 south to Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia. Pacific Ocean or Hudson Bay drainage.

6. Banff, Alberta - Wikipedia

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   Banff is a resort town in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, in Alberta's Rockies along the Trans-Canada Highway, 126 km (78 mi) west of Calgary, 58 km (36 mi) east of Lake Louise, and 1,400 to 1,630 m (4,590 to 5,350 ft) above sea level. [5] Banff was the first municipality to incorporate within a Canadian national park.

7. Cranbrook History Centre - Wikipedia

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   The Cranbrook History Centre, formerly the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel, or its brand name "Trains Deluxe", is located in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada, a city of about 25,000 on the west side of the Rocky Mountains. The city was developed by the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in 1898, as the administrative centre for the ...

8. Pine Pass - Wikipedia

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   The Pine Pass, in the Hart Ranges of the Northern Rockies of British Columbia, connects the Peace Country of the province's Northeastern Interior. Highway 97 and the Canadian National Railway (CNR) (formerly BC Rail network) traverse this mountain pass, which is the location of the Bijoux Falls Provincial Park, the Pine Le Moray Provincial Park, and the Powder King Mountain Resort at Azouzetta ...

9. Canadian Pacific Hotels - Wikipedia

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   Canadian National: Hotel Vancouver: Fairmont Hotel Vancouver. [106] Timberline Hotel: 1955 [107] Banff: AB: 1963: Timberline Hotel Ltd. [108] Timberline Hotel: 1966 terminated lease; [109] 2005 renamed the Juniper Hotel by Decore Hotels. [110] [111] The Queen Elizabeth Hotel: 1958: Montreal: QC: 1988: Canadian National: Queen Elizabeth Hotel ...