Canadian Pacific Railway Pavillion

The Palliser Hotel seems to be the location of choice for our family weddings. Over the years they have never let us down, and the trend continues.
This wedding and reception was in the Atrium of the Pavillion, a soaring 3 story glass rotunda on the west side of the hotel, built on the train overpass over 1^st St. Adjacent to the spectacular room is a vintage collection of the luxury CP train cars that the Queen, Churchill, JFK and King George used for their Canadian travels.
Between the wedding and the reception we had several Palliser employees give us a little tour and then we were given the opportunity to hang out in the train cars. Throughout the evening, freight trains passed slowly within a couple of feet from the glass faced south side of the room, but we could hardly hear them.
The food was fantastic. The hors d’oeurves, salads and dessert were delicious but the beef tenderloin entrée was outstanding. It speaks volumes about their banquet service when they can simultaneously serve all of those perfectly cooked pieces of tender beef.
Service was first rate and in keeping with the elegant surroundings. Everyone was left wanting for nothing.
What made this experience so impressive was the fact that parts of the Palliser hotel had only had it’s electrical power restored for 1 hour prior to the start of the wedding due to the horrendous flooding of the previous week! The Wednesday prior to the wedding the Palliser had assured the bride and groom that they could pull off the wedding come hell or high water (literally!), and they did so seamlessly.

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Canadian Pacific Railway Pavilion
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With late 19^th-​century/​early 20^th-​century railway stations of the British Commonwealth and Europe being the inspiration for the architectural design, the centre piece of the Pavilion is the 12-​metre-​high glass rotunda, the Grande Atrium, on the railway overpass. At the west side of the Grande Atrium is the Great Hall, a 152-​metre-​long wing that houses the Royal Canadian Pacific fleet of eight vintage rail cars and up to three 1950s-​era passenger locomotives.
The Pavilion can accommodate up to 80 people for sit-​down dining and 220 people for receptions. Events in the Pavilion are held in the Grande Atrium with the Palliser Hotel providing the spectacular catering.
For further information or to book a function in the Canadian Pacific Railway Pavilion, please contact:
The Fairmont Palliser Hotel
403−260−1220

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This is also the gateway after your one night stay at the Fairmont Palliser Hotel (part of the packaged tour) to board the Royal Canadian Pacific (comparable to the famous Orient Express).
ROYAL CANADIAN PACIFIC: There are 4 tours (the Royal Canadian Rockes, Royal Clubhouse Golf, Royal Flyfishing Excursion, Royal Culinary Experience and Private Charters). I had opt for the Royal Canadian Tour which had the following itinerary — Banff, Lake Louise, the top of the peak at Kicking Horse Resort in Golden, the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel in Cranbrook, the UNESCO World Heritage site Head-​Smashed-​In-​Buffalo-​Jump in the foothills of the Rockies, and the Homeplace Ranch in the Alberta Prairies.
— Cached
Timing was on my side since the Executive Director had came along the tour and there were only 8 passengers (usually at least 32 persons). We were taken back to the 1921 era where the staff on the train and town people were dressed in their social structure and food were presented throughout the tour. We received gifts everyday, from the RCP terry cloth robe, CDs from the performers that came on board, vintage wine, RCP stationery, etc. My stateroom was where British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had slept in (1943) and it was «simply grande» to experience it all!