- Prince of Wales Hotel
The Prince of Wales Hotel is located in
Waterton Lakes National Park inAlberta ,Canada , overlooking Upper Waterton Lake, near the Canada-United States border. Constructed between 1926-1927, the hotel was built by the American Great Northern Railway to lure American tourists during theprohibition -era south of the border. The hotel was named after thePrince of Wales (later King Edward VIII), in a transparent attempt to entice him to stay in the hotel on his 1927 Canadian tour, but the Prince stayed at a nearby ranch instead .The Prince of Wales Hotel enjoys the distinction of being the sole establishment among Canada's grand railway hotels to have been built by an American, as opposed to a Canadian, railway company. The hotel was designated a national historic site by the Canadian government in 1995.
ee also
* Monarchy in Alberta
External links
* [http://www.princeofwaleswaterton.com/ Official site]
References
*Chisholm, Barbara, ed., "Castles of the North: Canada’s Grand Hotels". Toronto: Lynx Images Inc., 2001. ISBN 1-894073-14-2.
*Djuff, Ray. "High on a Windy Hill: The Story of the Prince of Wales Hotel". Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books, 1999. ISBN 0-921102-71-2.
*Djuff, Ray, and Chris Morrison. "View with a Room: Glacier's Historic Hotels and Chalets". Helena, Montana: Farcountry Press, 2001. ISBN 1-56037-170-6.
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