<p>Caption on mount:  Park Hotel, Beacon Hill
PH Coll 1496.4a</p>
<p>Emily Carr (1871-1945) was born in her family home bordering Beacon Hill Park and lived most of her life near the Park. According to Emily Carr, her father, Richard, bought ten acres next to the Park between Toronto and Simcoe. One acre was sold at the northwest corner of Simcoe St. and Catherine St. and a hotel built on it. It was called the Park Hotel in 1882, as listed on the Blair Plan of 1889, but later renamed the Colonist Hotel. This hotel sold liquor to the men watching cricket matches and horse races in the adjacent Park. The Carr family was appalled and Emily called the inn a “horrid saloon.”</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Hotels--British Columbia--Victoria</li>
<li>Subjects (LCSH): Park Hotel (Victoria, B.C.); Beacon Hill Park (Victoria, B.C.); Victoria (B.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.</li></ul>
Charles Macmunn
between 1893 and 1900 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1893-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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