Photograph depicts the Banff Springs Hotel in Fairmont, Alberta, showing a summer view of the hotel and surrounding Rocky Mountains.
The hotel was commissioned by Cornelius Van Horne, the general manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Designed in the Late Victorian chateau style by New York architect Bruce Price, the hotel opened on June 1, 1988 and was rebuilt in 1928 after a fire destroyed much of the original structure.
Photograph depicts Jasper Park Lodge, viewed from Lac Beauvert.
Small trees and canoe labeled "JASPER LODGE 6" in foreground of image with placid lake surface behind; row of cabins on lake-shore with obscured mountains in background.
Foliage in front of placid lake surface in foreground of image; rocky slopes with glacial deposits culminating in ridged, rocky peaks with partial snow cover in background.
Photograph depicts a mountain and trees reflected in water.
Mountain and trees reflected in placid lake in foreground of image; foliage and trees extending off bank and into water; rocky, jagged, snow capped mountain in background.