Minaki Lodge

Minaki Lodge (/mɪˈnæki/ mi-NAK-ee), formerly part of the chain of Canadian National Hotels, was originally built in 1914 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR).

The CNR president, Sir Henry Thornton, rebuilt the hotel on a more lavish scale, but it burned down as it was about to open in 1925.

Thirty trainloads of soil were brought from a farm in Manitoba to build a golf course on the rock of the Canadian Shield.

Minaki Lodge remained a luxurious resort until after the Second World War, but travel patterns changed and the railway, emphasizing freight and no longer interested in attracting passenger traffic, sold it in the early 1950s.

The local cottagers' association opposed the development, expressing concerns about the project's sewage treatment facilities.