Here's a photo I took on August 27, 1976, FORTY-SIX YEARS AGO, when I made a one-week trip to British Columbia and Alberta.

After completing a round trip on the British Columbia Railway from North Vancouver to Lillooet on the 26th, I lodged for the night at the Plaza International Hotel in North Vancouver and took this photo of it the next morning. This was probably the poshest hotel I stayed at on the trip and, believe it or not, I did take a few general, touristy non-railroad photos. While it was a hotel in 1976, it has since been converted to high-priced apartments and a Staples stationery store has been built next to it along with an underground garage. Here's a recent Google streetview image of it:

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While doing some Internet research on the hotel, I discovered I was three years too early to experience disco dancing at one of the hotel's nightclubs! Just my luck.

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In the coming days the last two photos closing out this presentation of my Canadian trip will feature a CP Air 727 and an aerial photo of downtown Los Angeles while on final approach to LAX. After that I'll post some more train pictures.