The Windsor Hotel was a hotel located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is often considered to be the first grand hotel in Canada, and for decades billed itself as "the best in all the Dominion".
The Windsor Hotel circa 1890
The hotel's lobby rotunda in 1878
Windsor Hotel and expansion in 1906
The grand dining room in 1916
Grand railway hotels of Canada
Canada's grand railway hotels are a series of railway hotels across the country, each a local and national landmark, and most of which are icons of Canadian history and architecture; some are considered to be the grand hotels of the British Empire. Each hotel was originally built by the Canadian railway companies, or the railways acted as a catalyst for the hotel's construction. The hotels were designed to serve the passengers of the country's then expanding rail network, and they celebrated rail travel in style.
Banff Springs Hotel is one of several grand railway hotels built across the country.
Interior rotunda view of the Royal Alexandra Hotel in Winnipeg
The Château Frontenac is an early example of a Canadian Châteauesque-styled hotel. The style was used for many of Canada's railway hotels.
Situated in Downtown Toronto, the Royal York is the largest railway hotel built in Canada.