Canadian National Hotels was a hotel chain under control by Canadian National Railways. In addition to their own hotels, it acquired some from predecessor railway companies like the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, Grand Trunk Railway and Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway. Some of their assets were later acquired by rival Canadian Pacific Hotels after 1988.
Surviving hotels
Fairmont Hotels and Resorts
- Château Laurier Ottawa, Ontario, 1923–1988 – Built for Grand Trunk Railway and now part of the Fairmont chain as Fairmont Château Laurier
- Jasper Park Lodge Jasper, Alberta, 1923–1988 – Built for Canadian National Railway and now part of the Fairmont chain as Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge
- 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
Demolished hotels
- Highland Inn, Algonquin Provincial Park 1923-1932 – Built for Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway and later owned by CN Rail (1923–1931) and last owned by Government of Ontario; dismantled and burned 1957; area was reforested with red pine
- Grand Beach Hotel, Grand Beach, Manitoba, – built by Canadian Northern Railway, opened 1916. Operated by lessee in later years of Canadian National ownership until 1961; hotel gone sometime after 1961 and area known as Grand Beach Provincial Park. The site is now a wooded area of Point Grand Marais.
- Minaki Lodge, Minaki, Ontario 1923-1950s; Built for Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and later sold to Government of Ontario; main lodge burned down 2003 and site is now subject to future re-development
- Prince Edward Hotel, Brandon, Manitoba 1916–1949 – demolished, later used for parking and now site of Kristopher Campbell Memorial Skateboard Plaza
See also
- Canada's grand railway hotels
- Canadian Pacific Hotels 1886-2001
- Grand Trunk Railway Hotels 1912-1923
- Fairmont Hotels and Resorts 2001–present
References
- https://pictoulodge.ca^