Hotel
Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise
Turreted chateau hotel rebuilt after fire, overlooking turquoise glacial water.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Banff follows two fires that gutted the hotel a generation apart: a small cabin that burned in eighteen ninety-three, and a far larger blaze on the third of July, nineteen twenty-four. You will meet the railway president who built here, the staff who made a split-second call as flames spread, and the architects who rebuilt from the ashes. Look for where the old stone meets the new.
This audio guide was created using AI.