MORE THAN A CENTURY OF STORIES
Rooted in Pemberton.
Since the beginning.
About 1914, when the Pacific Great Eastern station had been located near the existing station site, Bob McLauchlan built the shell of the original section of the present Pemberton Hotel.
It began as a fair-sized shell, without partitions, warmed by a potbellied stove. In the 1940s a lean-to became the men's section of the beer parlour, followed by a storage shed in 1948.
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The owner's family lived in the upper rooms, dined in the kitchen, and used the lobby as a living room. Some bedrooms had running water, but the only bathrooms were on the main floor and were used by customers during opening hours.
The beer parlour was divided into “men only” and “ladies and escorts.” On busy nights, tables from the mixed side overflowed into the men's section; on Friday pay night, often the reverse. On weekday afternoons, the place was quiet.
PART OF ITS STORY.
