@prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:subject "Travel and tourism on the C.P.R."@en, "Canadian Pacific Railway Company"@en, "Travel"@en, "Tourism"@en, "Tourism--Canada"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection"@en ; dcterms:creator "Canadian Pacific Railway Company"@en ; dcterms:issued "2016-03-07"@en ; dcterms:created "1936"@en ; dcterms:description "Pamphlet advertising destinations in the Canadian Rockies."@en, ""@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/chungtext/items/1.0229206/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ CANADIAN PACIFIC CANADIAN PACIFIC HOTELS IN THE ROCKIES Banff Springs Hotel Banff, Alberta Altitude 4,625 feet Chateau Lake Louise Lake Louise, Alberta Altitude 5,680 feet Emerald Lake Chalet Near Field, B.C. Altitude 4,272 feet In the heart of Banff National Park. Alpine climbing, motoring and drives on good roads, mile-high golf, bathing, hot sulphur springs, tennis, fishing, boating, hiking and riding. Open summer months. Special weekly and monthly rates. European Plan. Facing an exquisite Alpine lake in Banff National Park. Alpine climbing with Swiss guides, pony trips, swimming, drives or motoring, tennis, boating, fishing in neighbouring waters. Open summer months. European Plan. Situated at the foot of Mount Burgess, in picturesque Yoho National Park. Roads and trails to the Burgess Pass, Yoho Valley, etc. Boating and fishing. Open summer months. American Plan. CHALET-BUNGALOW CAMPS REACHED BY CANADIAN PACIFIC Radium Hot Springs Altitude 3,456 feet Mount Assiniboine Altitude 7,200 feet Moraine Lake Altitude 6,200 feet Lake O'Hara Altitude 6,664 feet Wapta Altitude 5,219 feet Yoho Valley Altitude 5,000 feet Hotel Vancouver Vancouver, B.C. Empress Hotel Victoria, B.C. Hotel Palliser Calgary, Alberta Hotel Saskatchewan Regina, Sask. The Royal Alexandra Winnipeg, Man. By motor (92 miles) from Banff or Lake Louise. Motoring, fishing,climbing, swimming in hot radium pools. Open summer months. American Plan. By trail from Banff. Overnight stop in half-way cabin. Camp is at the foot of Mount Assiniboine (11,860 ft.). Open summer months. American Plan. By motor from Lake Louise. Head of Valley of the Ten Peaks. Trout fishing, pony trails, climbs, hikes, etc. Open summer months. American Plan. By trail from Hector, B.C. Riding, mountain climbing, trips to Lake McArthur, Lake Oesa and Opabin Meadows, also to Abbot Pass. Open summer months. American Plan. Near Hector Station. Trips to Lake O'Hara, Yoho Valley, Sherbrooke Lake, Kicking Horse Canyon. Open summer months. American Plan. By motor from Field or Lake Louise, in one of the loveliest valleys in the Rockies. Takakkaw Falls, Summit Lake, Yoho Glacier, hikes, climbs, pony trips. Open summer months. American Plan. Canadian Pacific Hotels on the Pacific Coast Largest hotel on the North Pacific Coast, overlooking the Strait of Georgia, and serving equally the business man and the tourist. Golf, motoring, fishing, hunting, bathing, steamer excursions. Open all year. European Plan. Port for Canadian Pacific Services to Hawaii, the Orient and Alaska. A luxurious hotel in Canada's Evergreen Playground, which by its equable climate has become a favorite summer and winter resort. Motoring, yachting, fishing, shooting and all-year golf. Crystal Garden for swimming and music. Open all year. European Plan. Canadian Pacific Hotels on the Prairies A handsome hotel of metropolitan standard. Suited equally to the business man or the tourist to or from the Canadian Rockies. Open all year. European Plan. Golf and motoring. Open all year. Toronto, Ont. Quebec, Que. McAdam, N.B. St. Andrews-by-the-Sea N.B. Digby, N.S. Kentville, N.S. Yarmouth, N.S. The Pines—Nova Scotia's premier resort hotel, summer months. American Plan. Lakeside Inn—Designed in attractive bungalow style Open summer months. American Plan. Other Hotels and Chalet-Bungalow Camps reached by Canadian Pacific m^Mmm^: In the capital of the Province of Saskatchewan. European Plan. A popular hotel in the Capital of the Province of Manitoba, and the centre of Winnipeg's social life. Open all year. European Plan. Canadian Pacific Hotels in Eastern Canada The Royal York—The largest hotel in the British Empire and ideal convention headquarters. Open all year. European Plan. Chateau Frontenac—A metropolitan hotel in one of the most historic and romantic cities of North America. Open all year. Port for Canadian Pacific "Empress" Steamships to Europe. European Plan. McAdam Hotel—A commercial and sportsman's hotel. Open all year. American Plan. The Algonquin—The social centre of New Brunswick's most popular seashore summer resort. Open summer months. American Plan. © Royal Canadian Air Force. Golf, tennis, swimming pool. Open The Cornwallis Inn—suited equally to the tourist and business man. Centre for excursions to Evangeline Land. Open all year. American Plan. Golf available for hotel guests. CANADIAN ROCKIES Sicamous, B.C Hotel Sicamous Penticton, B.C Hotel Incola Agassiz, B.C Harrison Hot Springs Hotel Cameron Lake (Vancouver Island), B.C. Cameron Lake Chalet French River, Ont French River Camp Kenora, Ont Devil's Gap Camp For further information and reservations apply to hotel management, your local travel agent, or nearest Canadian Pacific office. BANFF • • • LAKE LOUISE • • • Printed in Canada, 1936 E EMERALD LAKE 12} You can see the rolling Bow Valley from Banff's top-of-the-world pool. WHERE MAGIC PEAKS LOOK DOWN ON VERDANT VALLEYS AND FAERY FORESTS Hours before you arrive at Banff you begin to feel the spell of the Canadian Rockies. Then suddenly the peaks grow taller and wilder, reminding you of fantastic giant architecture, frosted with snow. The air grows perceptibly lighter, keener and fresher. Already you begin to feel the sparkle of living in a rarefied atmosphere ... far above the din and dust of cities, the heavier air of lower lands. You are entranced by the whisper of great spruce forests, growing green and glistening in the rich, rolling valleys and wandering far up the mountain sides. Your arrival at Banff is a thing of glory. Up the great courtyard winds your car to the portals of Banff Springs Hotel, that looks like some great castle. And a castle it is, in its setting . . . with 600 beautifully appointed guest rooms, each with its own modern bath. There are suites of metropolitan elegance . . . drawing rooms, dining rooms and lounges as regal as this mountain kingdom. At Banff there are two pools. The outdoor one filled with warm, health-giving sulphur waters . . . and cool, clear fresh water sparkles in the inside pool. A spacious lawn adjoining the pool is an ideal place to get that mountain sun- tan . . . and fraternize with rew people. ^MsmmK You'll have a "high" time at Banff . . . basking on cool green terraces, splashed with sun ... dipping into the exhilarating waters of the beautiful pools ... swinging your racquet on a fast clay court encircled by mountains ... golfing down the Bow Valley that winds like a ribbon of green from Banff's front door! There are horses to ride . . . and fascinating mountain trails to explore. With such thrilling scenery all around and so many things for every one to do, f m , -"'"-'Mill, it's no wonder Banff has for years been the favorite top-of-the-world vacation spot for smart visitors from near and far . . . where casual outdoor togs, feminine frocks and dinner coats are equally at home all summer long! A mountain paradise invites you to mingle invigorating sports with restful leisure . . . just as you please! A heavenly haven of glamour out under the Alpine sun, and under a silvery mountain moon! Tennis is another sport that reaches its high peak at Banff ... on fast clay courts with thrilling views on every hand. Spectators enjoy it, too, in this picturesque setting. I 3 1 THE BOW VALLEY IS YOUR FAIRWAY. ... THE CIANT PEAKS YOUR GALLERY Every turn of the course reveals new hazards! And the fairways are like velvet from green to green! It's the golfer's dream . . . come true, up on top of the world! .^grr If golf is your game then Banff is your vacation spot! A course that's matchless in beauty and golfing thrills! 300 yards from Banff Springs Hotel its wide, double fairways begin . . . winding for 6,640 yards down the verdant Bow Valley, with fascinating views of the silvery Spray and Bow rivers. It's a course that thrills professionals . . . yet a course even the beginner can play with enjoyment! There are three sets of tees . . . making, in reality, three courses . . . long, medium and short. Its variety of plays, its backdrop of majestic mountains and spruce forests put zip into your game! Soft-eyed deer peer out from the brush to watch you. Interesting new people for your foursomes and informal gatherings in Banff's turreted club house at the end of the eighteenth hole add to the enjoyment. The tang of the mountain air, the fragrance of spruce-clad forests combine to make this top-of-the-world golf an experience you'll never forget. Qolfi^ Cup presented by His Majesty, King Edward VIII, when Prince of Wales Trophy presented by Viscount Willingdon, when Governor- General of Canada An annual event of keen interest to every golfer. Participants play under club handicaps. Tournaments open to amateurs in good standing at any recognized club. MILE-HIGH GOLF THAT EVEN "PROS'CAN NEVER FORGET I -•> "- i ,,f-% . \\.ft f W *£m Bryon Harmon Majestic Mountain Peaks Inspired the Noble Lines of Baronial BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL YOU RE LAVISHED WITH HAPPY LIVING INDOORS OUT - * BANFF All the deft courtesies and gracious services that the Canadian Pacific is so famous for . . . all the comforts that make a vacation utterly carefree . .. are yours at this castle- hotel. Wouldn't you like to live in a castle... for the romance of it? With the conveniences of this modern world ... for the comfort of it? That's what you do at Banff where the spectacular scenery of this land, a mile nearer heaven, makes every moment dramatic. Your home here is baronial Banff Springs Hotel . . . with its high-vaulted, massively-beamed ceilings, its spacious public rooms, brilliant ball room, beautiful suites and charming individual rooms. In this massive 14-story castle are 600 guest rooms each with private bath. A background of snow-topped peaks, a view of the Bow and Spray rivers at their meeting point. . . forests below and about you . . . glorious top-of-the-world pleasures on every hand. Your palate gets a vacation too ... from everything ordinary. For Banff's famous chefs make even breakfast a banquet for the gods. Copper-skinned braves, cowboys in chapps and four-gallon hats and Royal Canadian Mounties in their vivid scarlet coats add to the colorful character of this heavenly spot a mile above the rest of the world. Here are facilities for all of summer's outdoor sports . . . and entertainment when you're in a leisurely mood! Musical programs by a skilled concert orchestra ... a nature guide to lecture on the mountain lore of flowers, birds, glaciers and mountains. Interesting companions at bridge! There's glamour from the rise of the Alpine sun to the hours when a silvery moon rides over peaks that soar towards the skies! 161 YOURS FOR GLORIOUS LEISURE SUITES DESIGNED FOR GRACIOUS LIVING Restful beds . . . gracious period furniture . . . spacious rooms and suites where life has the comforts of a luxurious home! And you'll feel at home at Banff Springs Hotel . . . where courtesy is the order of the day. It is wise to make your reservations for these beautiful suites well in advance. Cz^^iA WHERE GIANT PEAKS BECKON TO SKYWARD TRAILS ! . . . A snake-like switch-back on a smooth, modern mountain highway is one of many dramatic moments when motoring through the Canadian Rockies. An unforgetable drive! Live in a cosy bungalow with its own veranda, tasteful furnishings, hot and cold running water, bathrooms, stove ... and chalet close at hand for delight ful meals and gay companionship. Two miles of trail were hewn through a vast spruce forest to bring you to this gem of the Rockies . . . Emerald Lake. Often as green, as glittering as its name . . . often a mysterious, milky jade color, typical of the moods of glacier waters! What marvels of scenery you see when motoring down Snow-Peak Avenue and beyond! The foaming, wild running waters of the Kicking Horse. Emerald Peak and Mount Vaux, soaring skyward. An adventure into a mountain wilderness where only loveliness reigns! A beauty spot set in the heart of Yoho National Park I 12 | . . . one of the six great national parks to which the Canadian Pacific brings you. It is fitting that Emerald Lake Chalet should be rugged in character . . . charming in its simplicity! Yet the delightful accommodations, the wholesome, appetizing food prepared for you and the variety of entertainment always at hand, assure you of the comforts of civilization that we of the twentieth century are loath to leave behind. And here they have an extra tang . . . contrasting with the unspoiled pleasures of nature at her most dramatic. Modern buses transport you smoothly over fine mountain roads to rustic Emerald Lake Chalet . . . with its convenient central chalet and bungalows. Enjoy the simplicity and charm of a hide-away hunting lodge!' You'll love the informality of life at Emerald Lake . . . with its central chalet of great squared timbers, its spacious rooms and overhanging balconies. Just like a Swiss village! And at easy distances from your cosy headquarters you'll see some of the most talked-about mountain spots in North America . . . the shimmering peak of the great Wapta pinnacle, Emerald Peak and the shining President Glacier! Delicate orchids growing in the wilds! Seen in a stroll around Emerald Lake: dozens of easy PLACID WATERS AND MASSIVE MOUNTAINS BLEND IN A. SETTING OF INFINITE. . . .PEACE. . trails . . . steeper ones, too, for the veteran Alpinist! Austere mountains capped with snow and veiled with soft hazes of mingled blue, gold and purple! A land of endless contrast. Open fires glowing hospitably at night. . . and tales of adventure going the round. Card games. And plenty of good books in the library when you'd like to be alone with an interesting volume. Just the right diversions for every mood . . in a paradise for rest or play. I 13 1 (Top) Fish fight and bite in the cool mountain waters. (Centre) Lake Wapta Chalet-Bungalow Camp. (Lower left) Radium Hot Springs Chalet- Bungalow Camp. (Lower right) Arriving at Yoho Valley Chalet-Bungalow Camp. SERENE IN ITS SETTING OF MOUNTAINS AND FORESTS Have you ever dreamed of what fun it would be to live deep in the heart of the wildwoods ... cloistered from the world by lofty peaks . . . with every trail leading to new adventure . . . right from the door of your own cosy bungalow? And a rustic Chalet is right at hand for playing and dining in carefree style! That's part of the fun of Canadian Pacific Chalet-Bungalow Camps in the Canadian Rockies! There's Lake O'Hara . . beloved spot of John Singer Sargent, painter of renown. And Yoho Valley Camp, in sight of the Takakkaw Falls (Yoho is the Indian name for wonder!) . . . Then Radium Hot Springs Camp on the Banff-Windermere Highway, noted for its curative waters. Moraine Lake in the awesome Valley of the Ten Peaks. Wapta Camp (Hector, B.C.), standing near the Great Divide at Wapta Lake. And Mount Assiniboine Lodge (owned and operated by Mr. Erling Strom) reached by several trail routes, 35 miles from Banff with overnight stop at a half-way cabin. Here are "back to nature" delights for dreamer and adventurer alike! I 14 1 TRAIL RIDERS SKY LINE HIKERS 0$ z£$£- "&2#lcu£uu>l.