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Unbuilt Projects
- Thread starter Surrealplaces
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darwink
Senior Member
Looking for this now:
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DougB
Senior Member
Thanks for the LL info. I used to spend hours in U of A's Cameron library looking up unbuilt projects across Alberta and remember finding some info on the LL proposal, but this is better.
Another unbuilt ski resort is the Vacation Alberta proposal from the early 90's to expand Westcastle (now known as Castle Mountain) with two golf courses and a small village. At one time, I had photo-copies of an Alberta Report article about it. Can't find anything online.
Finally, there is the original Spray Lakes proposal for a resort called Assiniboia from the late 60's / early 70's. The Alberta Provincial Archives in Edmonton had a large document on it with very 70's looking renderings for buidings with steep roof pitches and lots of stonework and cedar
Another unbuilt ski resort is the Vacation Alberta proposal from the early 90's to expand Westcastle (now known as Castle Mountain) with two golf courses and a small village. At one time, I had photo-copies of an Alberta Report article about it. Can't find anything online.
Finally, there is the original Spray Lakes proposal for a resort called Assiniboia from the late 60's / early 70's. The Alberta Provincial Archives in Edmonton had a large document on it with very 70's looking renderings for buidings with steep roof pitches and lots of stonework and cedar
darwink
Senior Member
Spray Lakes Resort:
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1973 (West Castle and Spray Lakes)
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Fortress:
Spray Lakes:
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1973 (West Castle and Spray Lakes)
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Fortress:
Spray Lakes:
darwink
Senior Member
Spray Lakes 1979:
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darwink
Senior Member
In 1982 it gets REALLY ambitious:
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The project officially dies as another project approved in 1991:
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The project officially dies as another project approved in 1991:
DougB
Senior Member
Wow. Great effort in finding all that info. Too bad this never happened 
Joborule
Active Member
Probably for the best it didn't. But that was a really ambitious proposal.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Would have been so much better if this happened, instead we got crappy Nakiska!
darwink
Senior Member
From what I can find, Westcastle died because of the continued fight over establishing a provincial park in the area. This fight continues to this day and pits off highway vehicle users and a subset of hunters against most everyone else.
This quote in opposition summed it up best:
Westcastle
This quote in opposition summed it up best:
Westcastle
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Castle (glad they got rid of the west part) has some pretty ambitious expansion plans now finally. The rustic atmosphere kept it a hidden gem for a really long time, but it's just as busy as most big hills these days.
https://www.skicastle.ca/masterplan/
https://www.skicastle.ca/masterplan/
Abstract&Unity
New Member
It sucks we aren't hearing anything regarding these 4 towers. These are really amazing designs and would make the eastern end of downtown more densed.
YourBoy007
Active Member
It would be the highest-end development in the city next to a homeless shelter. I'm not saying it's the main reason that it hasn't been built, but it's certainly a factor.
FriendlyDrunks
Active Member
It's gorgeous but let's be honest, those renders were never going to be reality.
artvandelay
Active Member
What a missed opportunity in not building this! Alberta has good skiing but we are sorely lacking on-slope accommodation which means skiers go to BC and we lose out on those tourism dollars. With how busy Banff is these days a new village on Spray lakes would be fantastic.