All aboard for a trip to the magnificent castles and cabins of the Canadian Rockies! Christine Barnes, author of the award-winning Great Lodges of the West, brings to life one of the boldest political and engineering feats in North American history in Great Lodges of the Canadian Rockies. This extraordinary illustrated history describes how the Canadian government and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company created a travel adventure unequaled to this day, featuring architectural landmarks set in North America"s most spectacular mountain scenery. Stunning color photographs by Fred Pflughoft and David Morris, blended with Barnes" extensive research, architectural drawings and historical pictures (some never before published), create a vivid, historically accurate journey from the past to the present.