shore of Pyramid Lake. These plans came to a halt in 1914 when the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ran low on funds and was nationalized in 1919 to form the Canadian National Railway. The failure of the railway came when the Government of Canada was finally prepared to approve the Miette lease, and later in February 1915, the Canadian government desperate for any form of accommodation in the area, asked the railways to construct cheap log cabins on the three sites. Tent City, 1915 Jasper in the early 1900s had a few hotels established during the construction of the railway, with eight listed as established in 1911. The earlies form of tourist accommodation along Lac Beauvert came in 1915 when Robert Kenneth of Edmonton, along with the pioneer outfitters Fred and Jack Brewster established "Tent City". Tent City was established with ten large sleeping tents with wooden walls and floors, and a cooking tent constructed along the lake front. Accommodation at Tent City was set at $2.50 or $3.00 per day, and a weekly rate of $15 or $18 was available and over 260 visitors stayed at the accommodation over the summer. The camp which officially opened on July 15, 1915 with regular attendees and a group from The Canadian Press, was successful in the summer of 1915, but failed to reopen after the end of the 1915 season due to the First World War. On June 5, 1919, Jack and Fred Brewster returned from the war and purchased Tent City from Robert Kenneth and reopened the site. The 1919 season proved to be a success and the Brewsters expanded the camp in 1920 with a log kitchen, dining room, and dance pavilion. Early years, 1921-1930 In 1921, the newly nationalized Canadian National Railways purchased "Tent City" and began plans for a hotel on the site, with the first bungalow opening in June 1922 under the name "Jasper Park Lodge". The Canadian National Railway's chief architect John Schofield envisioned a hotel that altered the Athabasca Valley's view as little as possible, and blended seamlessly into the natural surroundings. Schofield planned for a number of small cabins made of rustic logs and fieldstone sprawling across the landscape, rather than the traditional large resort hotel. Henry Worth Thornton the new president of Canadian National Railways visited Jasper in January 1923, and viewed the development favorably as he sought to expand tourist developments