“18th century”?? The 1700s? I don’t think so. 19th century, maybe.

grew up in winnipeg. we got one of these bad boys right next to the forks. went there for a really overpriced beer the day I turned 18 classy af

No pics of most of these?

Built with a population of <10m people. Show me a building built since that rivals even half these hotel's magnificence. I blame the downfall of Canada on Trudeau Sr and his familial delusion; Who do you blame?

thanks for making this

Great video, stayed in quite of for of these hotels and they are all very cool!

oh wow, i always thought the castle in Quebec had been there since the colonies, and was some kind of actual fortified castle... how wrong have i been. thank you for the great history lesson. just more reasons to love trains, really :)

digested rail roiad is The Trans-Siberian Railway,[a] historically known as the Great Siberian Route[b] and often shortened to Transsib,[c] is a large railway system that connects European Russia to the Russian Far East.[1] Spanning a length of over 9,289 kilometers (5,772 miles), it is the longest railway line in the world.[2] It runs from the city of Moscow in the west to the city of Vladivostok in the east.

The video was very informative but the music in the background of this video is way too loud and not necessary…very annoying.

Thank you for the great video about a subject that I love. I've only stayed in five (so far). Q: Is the narrator from Nova Scotia?

These hotels were majestic during their heydays in early and mid 20th century but not anymore. They are impressive from the outside but from the inside, the rooms are small, with small windows and some with just 2 electrical outlets so you have to power your phone in the bathroom outlet. Because they have the Fairmount luxury brand, their prices are really high and guests say it is not worth it.

I cooked in the kitchen the famous Hotel Fort Garry in downtown Winnipeg, very near the train station. Fantastic place, totally refurbished around 1990, right before i was hired. I loved every minute of it

Is the Lord Nelson hotel in Halifax really considered a railwsy hotel? It is located on the very edge of the central business district, quite far from passenger rail service. In contrast, the Hotel Novascotian is located directly adjacent to the railway station (and much closer to Downtown). After a few rough decades, both establishments are now doing well. They are holding their own against some newer luxury hotels like the Sheraton.

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I live in Quebec City since I was 4 and dreamed to spend a night in the chateau Frontenac. Too expensive for me however so I resort to just going in the Starbucks that found its way inside

Every modern big name hotel is made of glass, designed to cram as many condos in the top floors as possible, and all look generic. I miss innovative architecture like this.

Nice history...I and my family have stayed in many of the hotels. They are wonderful places to spend time in many Canadian cities...well done!!

My grandfather was in the 20's and 30's the western general manager for the CPR hotels. My mother was raised in them and has many fond memories and stories.

Great video. Thank you. A real history lesson of Canada through the lens of the railways and hotels.

Seems really interesting but can you redo the audio? The sounds is not balanced and hard to listen to.

No mention of CP's Château Champlain, built in 1966?

prince of wales (waterton) should be on this list

I worked at the Chateau Lake Louise as a bellman and it will forever be one of my fondest memories. One of my most favourite duties was going out to the front of the hotel at 7 a.m. and raising the Canadian flag, as the Victoria Glacier reflected off the lake.

1:10 There were no railways in Canada in the 18th century (nor anywhere else in the world).

Possibly Vancouver's greatest architectural loss was the demolition of the Hotel Vancouver (mark2). It's pictured briefly in this video (the "Italian Rennaissance" example). What aren't visible are the large, terra cotta moose and bison heads that graced its upper exterior. What character it had!

Although a very informative video, the author ruined it with the loud "background" music. It should be remixed with more subtle music and more accurately represents the chapters.

Eighteenth century? If we're talking about the first railroad ever, then yes. That's accurate. But in Canada? I'm afraid not.

That was a great little piece of history I never knew thank you

Thank God we brought civilization to North America

Aside the Château Frontenac, it was difficult to follow which of these hotels are still standing since you used almost exclusively old footage. Indeed, this is a great video, and the old footage is awesome, I just would have liked to know which are still around with some modern photos/footage

“The Tipton” from Suite Life of Zach and Cody = Hotel Vancouver

That's really inspirational

Prince of wales hotel?

my great great grandfather, harry sills, used to go back and forth along that line from ontario to alberta. he’d do it on a regular basis for work. in those days, customer service was a little different, in that train companies would hire black coach attendants for bare wages, forcing them to work 24/7 without breaks for the entire multi-day journey. remember, these are still the days in which employees were expected to take care of a customer’s crying child because “they paid for a vacation”. every time he would return to alberta, he would offer a spare bed and some food to a few poor souls unfortunate enough to have been employed in that hellish condition. strive to be like harry, i guess.

The only beautiful building in Edmonton 😊

Place Viger is stunning; I rode my bike around it for awhile when I lived in Montreal

I work in Ottawa, meer minutes away from the Chateau Laurier and the hotel, due to it's high level of luxury and being very close to the Canadian Parliament, prime minister's residence, Global Affairs Canada's headquarters and many more place foreign dignitaries visit, the Chateau Laurier now often get's used for diplomatic events, hosting multitudes of foreign dignitaries when they come to Ottawa. I also remember a while ago they wanted to add a box addition to the hotel that really didn't fit with the rest. Fortunately it was denied

"The story of the beginning of Canada is the story of its railways" You could say "The story of modern Canada begins with the railway", but the beginning of Canada starts a few centuries before that...

AMAZING video. I love your telling of the pressures of construction, and destruction of the hotels with the economic pressures. I walk by the Hotel Vancouver everyday and love that it's such a beloved part of our city. There's an office tower across the street that is taller, but emulated the Hotel Vancouver style as a shout out to the Hotel Vancouver's significance.

The best hotel's in Canada no doubt

What are the songs you used here.

An enjoyable and quite informative video, thank you. Just one suggestion: please don't plug these cheesy classics into the sound track; they are not connected to the visuals in any way, distracting and way too loud. Other than that, nice work.

I've stayed at the Fort Gary in Winnipeg. Nice hotel but the room was terribly uncomfortable. The humidity was so high in the room that we thought maybe the bed was wet.

If you're at the Banff Springs Hotel, don't forget to check out 'the haunted stairway'. "Arrrrroooooo!, It's scary kids."

What about the Fairmount Mont-Tremblant? It looks chateau style.

Loved the music you chose for the video. I stayed at the Frontenac (for work, as we were doing a convention in the grand hall). I didn't get much time in the suite and mostly napped, but the room service was amazing. I once stayed in Vancouver at a CP hotel, again for work. That was great.

Charles Melville Hays died on the titanic, on his way to Jasper to over see the building of grand trunks new hotel being planned there. Fun fact!

Labradour wasn't part of NFLD until the 1990s

What about the Royal York?

My parents and sisters and I got to stay in the Royal Alex around 1962. My wife and I got married in the Fort Garry and, a few years ago, spent a couple of nights in the Algonquin. I can't see us ever affording the Banff Springs but it is on my major want-to-dos. Maybe we could walk around the lobby