Trams on St. James NE corner Peel. George Carlslake's Hotel on St. James (aka St. Jacques) just east of Peel, north side, where a Canada Post facility now stands. Carslake came to Canada in 1873 and made money on sweepstakes, apparently a gambling system on European horse races. He ran the hotel for about 37 years and then sold the structure to a consortium of miners and returned to England to retire in 1910. That ownership group soon sold it to the feds at an inflated price, which led some to suspect that kickbacks were going on, leading to an inquiry. The feds used it as a postal warehouse and it was demolished in late 1944 as Canada Post
built the large facility that still sits there today.
Trams on St. James NE corner Peel. George Carlslake's Hotel on St. James (aka St. Jacques) just east of Peel, north side, where a Canada Post facility now stands. Carslake came to Canada in 1873 and made money on sweepstakes, apparently a gambling system on European horse races. He ran the hotel for about 37 years and then sold the structure to a consortium of miners and returned to England to retire in 1910. That ownership group soon sold it to the feds at an inflated price, which led some to suspect that kickbacks were going on, leading to an inquiry. The feds used it as a postal warehouse and it was demolished in late 1944 as Canada Post built the large facility that still sits there today. 
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