Plaque on Beach Road, across from 348 Beach
Originally named Cascade House, after the small waterfall just west of MacNider Road, it was built circa 1870 on a bluff overlooking the St. Lawrence River. The hotel was the second of the Metis hotels to be built, after Turriff Hall, which you can find out more about on the West Trail. The Cascade Hotel was built and run for many years by the MacNider family, descendants of the first Seigneur of Metis. You can find out more about the MacNiders at the next point of interest.
Rumor has it that a member of King George V of England’s close family stayed in the hotel in the early part of the 20th Century.
Having lived close to the hotel, Pen Dobson remembers a key role it played, even for people who were not guests there.
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