The Château Laurier: A by-the-numbers history of Ottawa's legendary hotel
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5 April 2020
Jacquie Miller- The Ottawa Citizen
Publishing date:
July 9, 2019 • 3 minute read
Various shots of the Chateau Laurier at the end of the day for feature stories on the venerable hotel. Photo by Wayne Cuddington/ Postmedia / jpg
Chateau Laurier Played a Central Role in the Wartime in the Capital
amarrihal
5 April 2020
DON BUTLER, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN 05.31.2012
The day the shooting stopped in The War to End All Wars, a large electric sign on the pinnacle of the Château Laurier flashed a single word —“Victory” — to the 25,000 ecstatic citizens who’d poured onto the streets of Ottawa to celebrate.
Until then, the sign had conveyed a rather different message — “Buy Victory Bonds” — but an intrepid hotel electrician managed to disable the first and final words.
