First Hotel 1903

The King Edward Hotel was built before the arrival of the first excursion train and was located at the NW corner of Railway Avenue and Robinson. By 1906, the three-story Alexandra Hotel was being built at the SW corner of Prospect and Park. It boasted 396 feet of verandas on each floor, covered with mosquito netting, a dining room accommodating 100 patrons, and a dancing room. The Alexandra obviously tried to cater to the “better classes” since it established, in 1909, a Manitoba Free Press box for cottagers to drop off society notes (signed). The Boundary Park Hotel, later called the Waldorf, had also been built. It provided deluxe service, a 20-passenger bus to meet the trains and pick up guests. The new Beach Hotel was built in 1935 by Sam Kelly, replacing the old hotel which burned the previous fall. Two stories high with 33 rooms, it had hardwood floors, a fireplace in the rotunda and baths and showers throughout the building.

Source: Heritage Manitoba

Research by: Wally Johannson