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57566 La Chaine NL vol 6 iss 1 ENG:E603-La Chaine NL vol 6 iss 1 4/4/07 11:26 AM Page 10 Photos provided courtesy of Calgary Tourism. 10 Bailliage du Canada - Chapitre du Canada 2007 Calgary skyline. There’s a place in the rolling foothills of Canada’s Rocky Mountains where each Golf as you have never experienced it before. year nearly five million visitors come from across Canada and around the world to explore, experience and enjoy. This place is Calgary, The Heart of the New West — a safe, clean and vibrant city that offers the best of all worlds: a place where uncommon energy transforms ideas into action and dreams into reality; where people from around the world come to experience adventure, rich western heritage, pioneering traditions and the majestic Canadian Rockies. A spectacular city to visit any time of year, Calgary’s small – town warmth coupled with the vibrant urban ambience makes it a metropolis of wonderful contrasts. Known for its sunny skies, Alberta receives more hours of sunshine yearly than any other province in Canada. Calgary provides a unique combination of adventure, spirit and legendary western hospitality that makes it one of Canada’s top destinations to visit. Downtown is a cosmopolitan dreamscape with numerous skyscrapers, massive shopping centres and sophisticated restaurants. A winding river separates downtown from Kensington Road, where you Join Us in Calgary! (October 4 4-6, - 6, 2007) Rockies are only an hour away. will find quaint shops, thriving arts and lovely cafes. Sit back on the outdoor benches and enjoy the warm Chinook winds when they roll into town. Stroll along riverside pathways, or visit one of the many area attractions: • The Calgary Tower provides a panoramic view of Calgary and the mountains, 630 ft. (190.8 m) above the ground. The Glenbow Museum focuses on Canadian heritage and features exhibits of Native and pioneer culture, Canadian artists and military history. Both are within easy walking distance of the host hotel. • The world-class Calgary Zoo features over 1,500 animals in natural habitats. It is particularly noted for its superb Destination Africa pavilion (featuring Canada’s only underwater hippo viewing pool); the Botanical Garden; the Prehistoric Park (with 27 life-sized dinosaur models) and the Canadian Wilds area, which is a safe place to view grizzlies, cougars and many other mammals and birds native to Canada. • Canada Olympic Park has many activities, including skiing, bobsled and luge in the winter, and bungee jumping in the summer. Shopping Calgary is a shopper’s paradise: specialty shops and upscale districts, Inuit art and designer western wear. And the best news of all — Alberta does not have a provincial sales tax, making it a shopping haven! Just one block north of The Fairmont Palliser, “Downtown on 8th (Stephen Avenue)” is Calgary’s largest and most popular shopping area with a pedestrian zone lined with boutique shops, restaurants, and coffee houses leading to a shopping complex encompassing five city blocks with the Bay, Calgary Eaton Centre, TD Square and Penny Lane. Chapitre du Canada Schedule of Events Official Hotel for the Chapitre — The Fairmont Palliser Thursday, October 4, 2007 Early Bird Special Dinner & Reception Meet the Jeunes Commis Rôtisseurs! TBA Friday, October 5, 2007 National Jeunes Commis Rôtisseurs Competition Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Not open to the public. Welcome Reception Hotel Arts 1900 hrs Saturday, October 6, 2007 Breakfast The Fairmont Palliser 0730 hrs Annual Meeting – The Fairmont Palliser 0830 hrs (Jacket & Tie with Chaîne) National Council and Baillis only Lunch The Calgary Petroleum Club 1300 hrs (Jacket & Tie with Chaîne) Inductions & Chapitre Dinner The Fairmont Palliser Hotel 1730 hrs (Black Tie with Chaîne)
57566 La Chaine NL vol 6 iss 1 ENG:E603-La Chaine NL vol 6 iss 1 4/4/07 11:26 AM Page 11 Your Host Hotel Calgary’s most elegant Grand Canadian Heritage Hotel (and Brigitte Fritz, General Manager, Chargée de Missions, Bailli Régional Honoraire) welcomes visitors who are enticed back year after year by the hotel’s impeccable service and hospitality. Set in the heart of the city, The Fairmont Palliser is a historical landmark, offering distinctive accommodation in each of its 405 luxuriously decorated guest rooms. It is a reminder of the golden era of travel — an age of elegance and charm in classic surroundings, where white-glove service was customary and grand hotels defined a country. Built in the Edwardian Commercial style, The Fairmont Palliser opened as The Palliser on June 1, 1914. The public areas were fitted with oak paneling, candelabras, marble columns and floors, handmade rugs and public art. Ice water, along with hot and cold running water, was available in the 350 guest rooms, which featured mahogany doors, brass beds and windows. Named after Captain John Palliser, who explored the area in the 1850s, the eight-floor building was enlarged in 1929, with another $30 million in renovations and restoration recently made. The Canadian Pacific Railway Pavilion adjoining the hotel, built to preserve and showcase Canadian Pacific’s history, is a partnership between the hotel and the railway company. The magnificent glass rotunda was inspired by late 19th century railway station design and complements the hotel’s Rimrock Dining Room. architectural detail and provides a home for Canadian Pacific’s vintage train cars. The Grand Lobby, originally known as the Rotunda, is considered Renaissance Revival, with grey Tennessee marble floors and columns finished in Botticino and Sylvian marble, a ticket office, telegraph and telephone bureau, flower stand and elevator hall. On June 2, 1993, the Crown granted the hotel a heraldic badge — a first-time event for any hotel. This ended The Palliser’s rather dubious practice of “borrowing” Captain John Palliser’s family crest. With wild roses representing the provincial flower of Alberta and wavy lines representing the junction of the Bow and Elbow rivers, where Calgary is situated, the badge follows the original Palliser family crest as much as possible. The Tudor-style Rimrock Restaurant, named by Banff artist Charles Beil (whose thirty-eight-foot Oak Room Lounge. Exterior of The Fairmont Palliser. The Grand Lobby. The main entrance marquis. mural depicting a rimrock was installed in 1962), features a heraldic sign above the fireplace with images such as a locomotive and a sickle. R. B. Bennett, prime minister of Canada from 1930 to 1935, lived in the hotel for stretches of time between 1922 and 1938, and had a regular table beside the fireplace. In the 1960s, architect Earl Morrison wanted to remove the fireplace for kitchen access, but adamant Calgarians persuaded the hotel to save the “landmark.” Renamed the Palliser Room in 1954, the Louis XIV-style Crystal Ballroom held dances for decades, but because of strict liquor rules, the hotel did not serve alcohol, and people resorted to hip flasks or bottles hidden under formal gowns. Long tablecloths hid the forbidden substance during supper and waiters served ginger ale and turned a blind eye while guests mixed their own drinks. 11
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