The NILM includes "the national shrines, the river and canal banks, the Confederation Boulevard, the Gatineau Park and the Greenbelt in the National Capital Region...Land forming part of the NIML will be retained on behalf of the government in perpetuity." (Google:1988-09-15-TB.)
The federal government has an obligation to save the Chateau Laurier Hotel from a modern addition---the Chateau is a National Historic Site of Canada; it is protected by the Ontario Heritage Act; it is adjacent to the Rideau Canal UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the NCC Mission Statement includes the following:
- to use the Capital to communicate Canada to Canadians;
- to make the Capital a meeting place for Canadians; and
- to safeguard and preserve national treasures in the Capital. (from: 1993-94 NCC Annual Report, page 9/36.)
The expansion of the Chateau Lake Louise in Alberta is a replica of the original hotel.
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| Chateau Lake Louise. The Glacier Wing was built between 1988-92. |
Below-a video that I created:
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