I found this in a 1955 newspaper and did you know they still offer child care services?? Amazing!
So I decided to see if there were other things we did not know.
April 20, 2020 ·
If you are running out of movies to watch while isolating your self, Glenn Clark has a Lost Ottawa suggestion for you, and here is a screen grab.
Explains Glenn:
“This is a shot extracted from the movie ‘The Iron Curtain’ at 8 minutes and 15 seconds showing a bit of Lost Ottawa. The two stars Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney arrived in Ottawa for filming on November 26, 1947 and left on December 6th and December 2nd respectively. Gene Tierney had stayed at the Roxborough Apartments while Dana Andrews had stayed at the Lord Elgin Hotel.
Many may remember that Hull Electric had a streetcar terminus at the Chateau Laurier. There were two stairways descending from the bridge immediately west of the Chateau Laurier. On March 29,1946, a fire at E.B. Eddy seriously damaged the north end of the Interprovincial bridge and permanently ended Hull Electric streetcar service to Ottawa and the Chateau Laurier.
This picture captures the recently lost entrance to the Hull Electric terminus, boarded up and marked ‘CLOSED’ and between the two actors, the stone pillar reads ‘Hull Electric’. The actress had just previously walked by the other entrance.”
August 28, 2019 ·
Gord Mills shares a picture of the last time Ottawa’s Chateau Laurier got a new wing …. way back in 1927. It matched!
If I remember correctly, the new wing didn’t actually open until 1929.The limestone came from the Ritchie Cut Stone company.
July 20, 2014 ·
Bar list for Ottawa’s Lord Elgin Hotel, which opened in 1941.
Some interesting drinks on this list — although I’m not sure I remember the Laurel Lounge — and what a “Flip?” For 70 cents, however, I might just stay with Scotch.
Teacher’s was my Grandfather’s favorite. But then he was Scottish.
February 6, 2016 ·
Ottawa’s other “railway hotel” the Lord Elgin under construction in 1941. It was originally built by the Ford Hotel chain (no relation to the car company) in response to the shortage of hotel rooms in the city.
Read the early history at: http://lordelginhotel.ca/lord-elgin-hotel-celebrates-75…/
July 20, 2014 ·
Joel shares a fact sheet for the Lord Elgin Hotel, dated 1975.
It appears to say the room rates for downtown Ottawa were an outrageous $18.90 for a double bed! On the other hand … you could walk to a church of any denomination.
The National Tourist Brokers Association no longer seems to exist according to a quick check of Google.
February 5, 2014 ·
Here’s an old newspaper ad from the Ottawa Journal on December 2, 1940.
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Humans Of The Lord Elgin – part 1
Clippings of the Old Albion Hotel
Not Hogwarth’s —- It’s Hoggards of Ottawa! Besserer Street History
The Brunswick Hotel — The “dollar-a-day” Huckell Hotel — (Murphy-Gamble Limited)
From Carleton Place to “the Laff” — The Life and Times of Peter Prosser Salter
British Hotel Pakenham –Mrs. McFarlane
Hotels of Early Carleton Place
Did You Know we Once Had a Grand Hotel? The Grand Central Hotel
A Piece of Almonte History for Sale –A. H. Whitten- Almonte Hotel
The Almonte Hotel — 1990s More history
Community Memories of the Almonte Hotel
The Almonte Hotel –Need Community Help!
Meeting Your Neighbours — Paul Latour and The Almonte Hotel
Food Review of the Smorgasbord at The Queen’s Royal Hotel 1947
What is Heritage? — The Old Hotel in Almonte
Cool Burgess — Minstrel Shows at Reilly’s Hotel
Documenting Some Queen’s Hotel Photos
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