Thursday, September 4, 2025

Got This Stuck Halfway In My Memory Hole

 



When the wife and I were kids we scrimped and saved for a motorcycle trip to Banff. We stayed at a hotel like this one right on the Transcanada through town. Rates were dirt cheap but it was still clean. We had a ball despite the lack of lavish funds. 

I’m not sure if that hotel was the Highlander or something else. I seem to remember going by on business and they tore it down later…? I haven’t been to Calgary in 100 years… if this rings bells with anyone please let me know…

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  1. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM

    They tour it down in 2004 to make room for the weird homedespot. Back in the 90's it was popular with the more mature SAIT crowd. It played music a little quiter and drink prices were cheaper than going to Jesabells (now locolous) which was right across from campus and had much pricer drinks. There also used to be a gas station kitty corner from dorm that would sell booze from under the counter at 3am if you were desperate enough.

    Exile1981

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    1. FilthieSeptember 5, 2025 at 5:01 AM

      Okay… and was there an old style hamburger joint just a little further west of it…?

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    2. AnonymousSeptember 5, 2025 at 6:39 AM

      If your talking about Peter's drive in that did burgers and shakes that was east of campus a bit, its still there. There was an old burger place west of the highlander right beside motel village but it was closed in the early 90's when I lived in the area. It was gone by the late 90's.

      That was a lifetime ago Glenn,

      Exile1981

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  2. TexsonSeptember 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM

    Reminds me of Howard Johnsons.

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  3. Mad Rabbi 57September 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM

    The Highlander was my fave in the mid 70's, back when the bars were enormous 200 or more seats, had great vibe, good live local bands. It had a weird mix of the University crowd, the SAIT guys and just regular folk. Mandatory stop after Trade school when I went.

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