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The Fairmont Hotel Macdonald, formerly and commonly known as the Hotel Macdonald (colloquially known as The Mac), is a large historic luxury hotel in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Located along 100 Street NW, south of Jasper Avenue , the hotel is situated in the eastern end of downtown Edmonton , and overlooks the North Saskatchewan River .
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is a global chain of luxury hotel that operates more than 70 properties worldwide, with a strong presence in Canada. [1] The company originated from two hotel businesses established in the late 19th century, the Canadian Pacific Limited-owned Canadian Pacific Hotels & Resorts, and Fairmont Hotels. In 1999, Canadian ...
The Macdonald Edmonton, Alberta, 1923–1988 – Built for Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and now part of the Fairmont chain as Fairmont Hotel Macdonald; Hotel Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia, 1939–1988 – jointly operated with CP Hotels 1939–1962. Now part of Fairmont chain as Fairmont Hotel Vancouver; Queen Elizabeth Hotel Montreal ...
Operated by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts. Jasper Park Lodge: 1922 Jasper, Alberta George Macdonald Lang (1921 complex); [8] John Schofield (additions after 1924); [9] George Drummond (1952 rebuild) [10] Burned down in 1952. Rebuilt in 1953. Operated by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts. Queen Elizabeth Hotel: 1958 Montreal, Quebec George Drummond [11]
The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, formerly and commonly known as Jasper Park Lodge, is a 442-room hotel on a 2.8 km 2 (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 .
The Fairmont Hotel Macdonald in Edmonton is reported to be haunted, including a spectral horse that dropped dead during the 1914 pouring of the building's foundation. [5] The Firkins House of Fort Edmonton Park is considered to be the home of a ventriloquist doll that suddenly materializes in cupboards, as well as a spectral small boy. [5]
Rule of thumb: Every Oscar speech should start with at least 20 seconds of gleeful hyperventilating. Taking best supporting actress for “The Piano,” 11-year-old Anna Paquin spent most of her ...
In 2001, CPH was renamed Fairmont Hotels and Resorts. [29] Later that year, Canadian Pacific Limited spun off all of its subsidiaries into separately traded companies, which included Fairmont Hotels and Resorts. [30] In 2006, Kingdom Hotels International and Colony Capital, which also owned the Raffles and Swissôtel chains, bought Fairmont. [31]