The Hotel Frontenac or, Le Chateau Frontenac as it is commonly known, opened in 1893 and sits atop Cap Diamant making it an extremely prominent landmark in Quebec City.
The Canadian Pacific Railway was completed in 1885 officially linking the province of Ontario with British Columbia, a promise made to her upon her entry into Confederation. The task now fell to the marketers of the day to draw the wealthy tourists to the trains and to the vast Canadian territories opened up by the CPR.
One of the ways they sought to do this was to build exquisitely grand “chateau” hotels at the most picturesque spots along the railroad. The first of these hotels was the now famous Banff Springs Hotel in Banff, Alberta.