Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Canadian National Railways (France).

A wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian National Railways company. Incorporated on December 29, 1923.
HEAD OFFICE - Paris,France. de la Rue Scribe
History: On December 29, 1923," Societie Immobiliere de la Rue Scribe" was incorporated under the laws of France, according to Deed, under private signature and constituted for a period of 99 years, to own and operate the Hotel Scribe property which had then been acquired by the Canadian National Railways, also to own and operate a traffic agency. (Note: During the year 1995, Federal Minister Doug Young sold the Scribe Hotel. The CNR should have owned the 5-star hotel for 99 years---from 1923 until 2022.)
     On December 24, 1924 the name of the company was changed to "Canadian National Railways (France"). The cost to Canadian National Railways of acquiring the property was 42,182,161 francs.
The Scribe Paris Opera Hotel, a wholly-owned property asset of the CNR for 99 years.
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More CNR properties:
Police Building - 453 Cherry Street, Toronto. The City of Toronto Heritage committee saved the building.
Pointe-Saint-Charles AMF shops, Montreal were divested during the year 1995.
Midtown Plaza Shopping Centre, Saskatoon. A CN Tower office building with a Canadian Maple Leaf Flag can bee seen behind the shopping centre.(Photo from Julia Adamson).
Amos station - Abitibi-Temiscaminque, Quebec.
Place Bonaventure Montreal.


Owned by the CNR from 1943-2007.
The 300-acre Moncton shops.

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