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In celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday, the Citizen is rolling out one fact each day for 150 days until July 1, highlighting the odd, the fascinating and the important bits of Ottawa history you might not know about.
It’s clear Ottawans consider the iconic Château Laurier to be our very own palace. Constructed by the Grand Trunk Railway as a fanciful take on a medieval French château at a cost of $2 million – when inflation means those dollars would now buy goods worth $42 million, according to the Bank of Canada – it was a world-class cousin of the Canadian Pacific Railway’s Château Frontenac in Quebec City and the Empress Hotel in Victoria.
— Megan Gillis
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It’s clear Ottawans consider the iconic Château Laurier to be our very own palace. Constructed by the Grand Trunk Railway as a fanciful take on a medieval French château at a cost of $2 million – when inflation means those dollars would now buy goods worth $42 million, according to the Bank of Canada – it was a world-class cousin of the Canadian Pacific Railway’s Château Frontenac in Quebec City and the Empress Hotel in Victoria.
— Megan Gillis
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