Historical Perspective - BC’s First Sod Farm?

Story and photos (below) submitted by Syd Pickerell P.Ag (Ret.) Life Member of the BC Farm Museum Association and Life Member of the WCTA.
When the Hotel at Lake Louise (Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise) was going through one of its expansions in 1918, the CPR who owned the Hotel, wanted green turf grass laid at the entrance for the official opening.