The Fairmont metropolis Springs Hotel is a past railway hotel constructed in Scottish Baronial style, settled in metropolis National Park, Alberta, Canada. The hotel, designed by architect doc Price, was built between spring of 1887 and 1888 by the Canadian Pacific Railway, at the instigation of its President, William Cornelius Van Horne. The hotel was publicly opened on June 1, 1888 and rebuilt in the 1920s after a fire.
The hotel is within a spectacular setting in the Rocky Mountains, just above the Bow Falls, close to thermal springs. It is within walking distance of the resort accord of Banff. The important view from the hotel is across the depression and towards Mount Rundle, frequently cited in geology books for its unclothed and tilted ancient seabeds.
Halfway up the internal staircase closest to the Bow Falls may be found a noted painting of William Davidson felling trees on the Miramichi River in colonial times. Davidson was the first European settler in that area, and grew up in Moray, close to Banff, Scotland.
GPS coordinates: 51° 9′ 52.2″ N, 115° 33′ 47.7″ W
