In this two-part series, we compile images of winter activities and attractions from Open Collections. You can view Part I here.
Winter destinations
Banff National Park is a signature travel destination both in summer and winter. This menu from the Canadian Pacific Railway in the Chung Collection advertises winter sports in Banff on the cover.
Winter sports at Banff, Jun 29, 1928
Be sure to check out Lake Louise. This scenic lake is especially nice in the snow.
[Lake Louise], [between 1925 and 1935?]
Lake Louise, [between 1910 and 1919?]
Quebec: summer and winter, 1924
Quebec: summer and winter, 1897, p. 19
This Canadian Pacific Railway Company pamphlet promotes winter sports in Quebec City:
Chateau Frontenac: the wintersport capital of wintersport land, 1924
Located to the north-east of Quebec City, Montmorency Falls are also a must-see.
Canadian pictures: drawn with pen and pencil, 1884, p. 144
These two illustrations depict Niagara Falls in winter:
Our own country, Canada: scenic and descriptive, 1889, p. 8
Our own country, Canada: scenic and descriptive, 1889, p. 349
Montreal also had winter carnivals in the 1880s (Source: Wikipedia). These carnivals featured Ice Palaces, which were described in an illustrated book:
In the evening of the inauguration of the Ice Palace, everybody came to Dominion Square, where there was every sort of light but sunlight. The Ice Palace looked like glass; and I never saw anything so beautiful as when they burned blue, green, crimson and purple fires inside.
– Our own country, Canada: scenic and descriptive, 1889, p.253
Our own country, Canada: scenic and descriptive, 1889, p. 246
Canada: a memorial volume. General reference book on Canada; describing the dominion at large, and its various provinces and territories; with statistics relating to its commerce and the development of its resources. Maps and illustrations, 1889, p. 222
We hope you have a warm and wonderful holiday season!
