Château Prince Rupert
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| Château Prince Rupert | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Unexecuted |
| Groundbreaking | November 1913 |
| Owner | Grand Trunk Pacific Railway |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Francis Rattenbury |
54°18′46″N 130°19′40″W / 54.312766°N 130.327778°WThe Château Prince Rupert was an unexecuted hotel to be built in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The hotel was planned by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and was designed by Francis Rattenbury. The architect's first sketches were made in September 1911, and he completed the final plans in June 1913. Work on the foundations began in late 1913, but halted shortly thereafter and never resumed.
The hotel project was part of the Grand Trunk Pacific's plan to make Prince Rupert a west coast port city to rival Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco. If built, the structure would have been the focal point of the town and one of the largest hotels in the country. However, the railway's financial problems, combined with the onset of World War I, prevented its realisation. By 1923 the GTP had been absorbed into the new Canadian National Railway, which chose Vancouver as its western terminus.[1]