For sale: Canada's railway hotels
Buyers attracted by the 'story' behind the properties built to resemble castles
[OTTAWA] The age when rail travel dominated in Canada has long passed. But the railway-built hotels that era left behind have retained much of that period's glory and glamour.
Now a decision by Ivanhoé Cambridge, which is owned by Quebec's largest investment fund, to largely eliminate hotels from its holdings has put a handful of Canada's most famous landmarks on the market.
First to go last year was the Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, a turreted, stone-clad castle that was home to some prime ministers and which is often assumed by some tourists to be part of the neighbouring Parliament buildings.
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