The Hotel Saskatchewan is a historic hotel in downtown Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, overlooking Victoria Park. Opened in 1927, it is one of Canada's grand railway hotels. It was the fourteenth hotel in a nationwide chain constructed and owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway,[1] and today operates as part of the Marriott International chain.
History
Chateau Qu'Appelle
A prior attempt at construction of a grand railway hotel for Regina, the Chateau Qu'Appelle, failed when its builders, the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway went bankrupt in 1919. The partially constructed hotel, at the corner of Albert Street and College Avenue remained derelict for years, until Canadian Pacific purchased the disused girders for use in the construction of the Hotel Saskatchewan, and the large excavation was finally filled. The foundations remained, however, substantially accounting for the positioning of the Provincial Museum (now the Royal Saskatchewan Museum