Prince of Wales Hotel

Prince of Wales Hotel
250px Prince of Wales Hotel in Alberta, Canada
Location	Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada
Founder	Great Northern Railway
Built	1926–1927
Governing body	Parks Canada
Website	Glacier Park Inc.
National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	1995

The Prince of Wales Hotel is located in Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada, overlooking Upper Waterton Lake, near the Canada-United States border. Constructed between 1926 and 1927, the hotel was built by the American Great Northern Railway to lure American tourists north of the border during the prohibition era. The hotel was named after the Prince 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 of Canada by the Canadian government in 1995.

See also

• Lake McDonald Lodge at West Glacier, Montana within Glacier National Park
• Many Glacier Hotel at Babb, Montana within Glacier National Park
• Glacier Park Lodge at East Glacier Park, Montana just outside Glacier National Park

Gallery

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  The hotel entrance with welcome sign

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  The hotel on a foggy day

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  View of the hotel from across the water

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.

External links

• Official site