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Land is purchased to construct Hotel Macdonald. Two other hotels on the site were demolished to make way for the new Grand Trunk Pacific Railway hotel.
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Construction begins on the hotel, built and furnished for around $2,250,000, the equivalent of around $35 million today.
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Hotel Macdonald, named after Canada's first prime minister, is seen 1915. It was opened on July 5, 1915.
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Grand Trunk Pacific Railways defaults on federal government loans, company becomes nationalized on March 7, before coming under the control of Canadian National Railways (CN) in 1920.
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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth stay at Hotel Macdonald. Well-wishers gathered below main balcony hoping to see the royals cause Edmonton’s first traffic jam.
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A four-year, $10,000 upgrade to the Hotel Macdonald completed.
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American soldiers stationed in Edmonton during World War II stay in Hotel Macdonald’s Wedgewood Room between 1942 and 1946.
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A 16-storey, 300 bedroom addition is constructed, but the architectural style is not in keeping with the hotel’s Chateau style and locals nickname it ‘the Mac and the box it came in.’
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Upgrades to rooms improved plumbing and brought air conditioning.
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American soldiers again stationed at Hotel Macdonald for construction of Distant Early Warning (DEW) line, part of a system of radar stations.
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Hotel Macdonald closes its doors after falling into disrepair.
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City of Edmonton designates Hotel Macdonald a Municipal Heritage Resource, the first designation of its kind in the city, to save historic hotel from destruction.
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Canadian Pacific Hotels purchases CN hotels, commits to restoring Hotel Macdonald.
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After extensive restoration at a cost $28 million, Hotel Macdonald is reopened to the public.
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Rolling Stones stay at the Hotel MacDonald.
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Bono, front man for U2, stays at the Hotel Macdonald.
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Former President of the United States Gerald Ford stays at the Hotel Macdonald.
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Canadian Pacific Hotels merges with Fairmont Hotels, creating Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, the largest luxury hotel management company in North America.
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Chevy Chase stays at the Hotel Macdonald.
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Hotel Macdonald officially renamed the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald.
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Bruce Springsteen stays at the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald.
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Queen Elizabeth II stays at Fairmont Hotel Macdonald, blocking two floors of the hotel for security reasons.
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Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and a U.S. investment firm buy Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. in an all cash $3.98-billion US deal, purchasing all 87 Fairmont Hotels worldwide, including Fairmont Hotel Macdonald.
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Former US president Bill Clinton stays at the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald.
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Paul McCartney stays at Fairmont Hotel Macdonald
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Oprah Winfrey stays at Fairmont Hotel Macdonald
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Pink stays at the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald
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Justin Timberlake stays at the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald.
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Fairmont Hotel Macdonald boardroom rededicated to honour former Edmonton Mayor Terry Cavanagh, who helped save the hotel from destruction by helping designate it as Edmonton’s first municipal heritage resource.
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Fairmont Hotel Macdonald turns 100.
