Arlington Beach House
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Arlington Beach House was one of the first hotels built in Saskatchewan
and was one of the first buildings constructed along Last Mountain Lake
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. It was built by the William Pearson Land Company as a center of operations in Saskatchewan along the Last Mountain Lake
and was a popular vacation destination for people all across central Saskatchewan.
As the CPR railway changed transportation patterns across the region, the land was sold to the Canadian Sunday School Mission in 1942. In 1960, Arlington Beach was purchased for a total of $14,000.00 by the Canada West Conference of the Free Methodist Church in Canada
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The main floor of the hotel has four rooms. There is a large lounge that still contains much of the original furnishings and other period pieces. It also features large dining room, a bedroom, and a double kitchen. The second floor contains six medium sized rooms, and a two room suite. The third floor had two large rooms and a long hallway.
Camp and Conference Centre. It is available to be rented out to groups or by individual rooms and can host up to 20 people.
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
and was one of the first buildings constructed along Last Mountain Lake
Last Mountain Lake
Last Mountain Lake, also known as Long Lake, is a prairie lake formed from glaciation 11,000 years ago. It is located in south central Saskatchewan, Canada, about 40 km northwest of the city of Regina adjacent to the Qu'Appelle Valley, which it flows south into through Last Mountain Creek...
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History
This once luxury hotel was built in 1910 at Arlington Beach, SaskatchewanArlington Beach, Saskatchewan
Arlington Beach is a hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located on the eastern shore of Last Mountain Lake, northwest of Regina. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 39 in the Canada 2006 Census....
. It was built by the William Pearson Land Company as a center of operations in Saskatchewan along the Last Mountain Lake
Last Mountain Lake
Last Mountain Lake, also known as Long Lake, is a prairie lake formed from glaciation 11,000 years ago. It is located in south central Saskatchewan, Canada, about 40 km northwest of the city of Regina adjacent to the Qu'Appelle Valley, which it flows south into through Last Mountain Creek...
and was a popular vacation destination for people all across central Saskatchewan.
As the CPR railway changed transportation patterns across the region, the land was sold to the Canadian Sunday School Mission in 1942. In 1960, Arlington Beach was purchased for a total of $14,000.00 by the Canada West Conference of the Free Methodist Church in Canada
Free Methodist Church in Canada
The Free Methodist Church is a denomination of Methodism, which is a branch of Protestantism. It was founded in 1860 in New York by a group, led by B. T. Roberts, who was defrocked in the Methodist Episcopal Church for criticisms of the spiritual laxness of the church hierarchy...
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Design
Like most buildings built in the early part of the 20th century in Saskatchewan, the hotel was stick built and features a large two story veranda.The main floor of the hotel has four rooms. There is a large lounge that still contains much of the original furnishings and other period pieces. It also features large dining room, a bedroom, and a double kitchen. The second floor contains six medium sized rooms, and a two room suite. The third floor had two large rooms and a long hallway.
1910 Prices
The prices for the Arlington Beach House (and surrounding out buildings) in 1910 were as follows.- First Floor - $3.00 per day, $17.50 per week
- Second Floor - $2.25 per day, $12.50 per week
- Furnished Cottages - Containing two bedrooms, living room, and small kitchen. $3.00 per day or $17.50 per week, per person, including board to be furnished at the hotel.
- Furnished Cottages - Without meals at the hotel. $15.00 per week.
- Furnished Tents - Cot in tent and board at hotel $2.50 per day or $14.00 by the week per head.
- Furnished Tents - Containing two cots, washing utensils, small amount of furniture, $1.25 per day or $7.00 per week.
- Unfurnished Tents - $0.85 per day, $5.00 per week.
Today
Arlington Beach House today is part of the conference facilities of Arlington BeachArlington Beach, Saskatchewan
Arlington Beach is a hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located on the eastern shore of Last Mountain Lake, northwest of Regina. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 39 in the Canada 2006 Census....
Camp and Conference Centre. It is available to be rented out to groups or by individual rooms and can host up to 20 people.