Large properties in Canada described here as buildings: where they stand, what they are attached to, what can be seen from outside, and which of their public rooms are open to a visitor who is not staying.
A property of this kind is best read as a site rather than a single structure. There is a lodging block, one or more public buildings, a hall for performances, dining rooms, parking, and ground between them; and the way these are attached to one another usually reflects what stood there before.12
Sometimes the earlier structure is the reason for everything else. Pavilions built for an exposition, a slope cut into for a road, a stretch of riverbank left over from industry: the site comes first and the property is fitted to it, which is why two such places in one province can look nothing alike.
Standing on Île Notre-Dame in the Saint Lawrence, within pavilions raised for the world exposition of 1967 and afterwards rebuilt for other use. Lodging occupies its own building beside them. Parkland and water surround the whole site, which is reached from the city by bridge.
StandingExposition pavilions on an island, with lodging attached
From outside, what shows is mostly circulation. Approach roads, a covered entrance, a parking structure, a service yard, and then the public front. Where the ground falls away, as it does above a gorge, most of the building can sit below the level of the street behind it, and a visitor arriving from that side sees a low frontage and little else.13
Set into the slope above the Niagara gorge on the Canadian side, so that much of the structure lies below the level of the streets behind it. A theatre, a spa, shops and dining rooms occupy the levels; the viewpoints over the falls lie immediately outside.
StandingCut into the gorge slope, with theatre and lodging on the levels
The public rooms are the part of such a property a visitor is most likely to meet. Concert and theatre halls take touring performers and sell admission for the evening rather than the stay; dining rooms, shops and spas keep their own hours. A walkway along water, where there is one, is usually open ground.14
Standing on flat ground beside the Fraser River in Richmond, with a marina, a walkway along the water and a concert hall belonging to the property. The airport lies close by, and rail into Vancouver runs near the site.
StandingRiverside ground with marina, concert hall and lodging
Whose land a property stands on is a matter of record, and where the record is clear it belongs in the description. One of these properties stands on the lands of the Chippewas of Rama First Nation, which is how the operator and the published material describe it, and that description is repeated here without extension or gloss.15
Standing on the lands of the Chippewas of Rama First Nation in central Ontario, near Orillia and Lake Couchiching, in open country rather than in a town. An entertainment hall, a spa and dining rooms belong to the property alongside the lodging.
StandingOpen country on Chippewas of Rama First Nation lands
Descriptions on this page concern buildings and their public rooms. Nothing here is a reservation or a recommendation, and admission arrangements belong to the operator.
Provincial thresholds for entry are published as nineteen in Ontario and British Columbia and eighteen in Québec. Gambling is not a way to make money. Help lines are published for each province: ConnexOntario 1-866-531-2600, Québec 1-800-461-0140, British Columbia 1-888-795-6111. This site is not an operator and offers no play of any kind.