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Shelley Dziedzic
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Username: shelley
Post Number: 681
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, May 11, 2002 - 4:11 pm: | 
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The Allsion and Hays families have been much on my mind since the visit to Ottawa last week. Have put together a little page for you on Hays' last project, the Chateau .
http://www.revdma2.c om/chateau.html |
Andrew Williams
Member
Username: andreww
Post Number: 219
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, May 11, 2002 - 8:17 pm: |
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Shelley, thanks for allowing us all a peep into this fine and manificent building. The Chateau Laurier for me, brings alot of memories back!
Best wishes
Andrew W. |
Randy Bryan Bigham
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Username: rbigham
Post Number: 871
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Sunday, May 12, 2002 - 6:10 am: |
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Shell,
The page is great. Thanks for putting it up so we can share in that day. That hotel is gorgeous.
Randy |
Alan Hustak
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Username: ahustak
Post Number: 15
Registered: 3-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 14, 2002 - 11:44 pm: |
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Shell - an amazing souvenir of a great weekend. |
Kate Bortner
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Username: katebort
Post Number: 345
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 5:07 pm: |
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Beautiful Shell. Thanks! |
John Clifford
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Username: hjca
Post Number: 35
Registered: 11-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, May 16, 2002 - 6:23 am: |
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Wonderful pictures. Thank you. (:-))
BTW, when did the Canadian Pacific (now Fairmont) take over the Laurier?
The pictures reminded me of two of the other grand hotels, both owned by Fairmont, the Chateau Frontenac and the Chateau Lake Louise.
I was able to stay at both of these hotel resorts; for a future trip, to Canada, I will have to stay at the Laurier.
Thank you, again, Shelly.
John Clifford |
Gavin Murphy
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Username: gavin
Post Number: 97
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, May 16, 2002 - 3:59 pm: |
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J,
CP bouught the CN hotel chain in 1988 (was Hays rolling in his grave?). There are other chateau-style hotels across Canada (Fort Garry, Macdonald, Banff Springs, etc.) and it is a unique Canadian railway hotel-style architecture.
Just as a follow-up to S's excellent piece on Hays and the Chateau, you may want to go to
http://www.nepeanmus eum.on.ca/cmhays.htm l for further details.
This article is 10 years old and has 1989 instead of 1988 as the CP purhcase date, but may shed some additional light on this subject. It was originally presented to the THS 1992 convention in Boston.
G |
Andrew J.M. Maheux
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Username: joseph
Post Number: 280
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 29, 2002 - 8:57 pm: |
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http://www.vehiculepress.com/montreal/titanic/hays.html |
Andrew J.M. Maheux
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Username: joseph
Post Number: 281
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 29, 2002 - 8:58 pm: |
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I dont know why it does that, but if you type this address in the box at the top then it will work.
Andrew M. |
Charles Provost
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Username: charles_provost
Post Number: 51
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, September 3, 2006 - 12:39 am: |
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Well, I finally paid a visit today at Château Laurier, and I must say it was pretty impressive. The first portrait hanging in the picture gallery there (which traces the evolution and history of the Château throughout time, from it's building in 1909 to present day) is that of our very own C. M. Hays. It was great! |
