The Charles Hays Suite at the Chateau Laurier on the 100th Anniversary of the Titanic Sinking
Channel: Brian Ridgway
Date: 2012-04-20

This video taken on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic is of the Charles Hays Suite. The Chateau Laurier has several "Royal or Presidential" Suites but "The Hays Suite" is the largest.

It is known that furniture for the hotel and presumably this room went down with the Titanic. If Charles Hayes had not gone down with the Titanic he undoubtedly would have been at the hotel for the opening on May 1, 1912. Due to the sinking of the Titanic the opening was quietly delayed to June 1, 1912. The Chateau Laurier hotel will be celebrating it's 100th anniversary throughout 2012.

Noteworthy is the clock behind the reception desk at the hotel. This clock was to be on the Titanic but for some reason missed the boat.

Many hotel guests have reported sightings of the ghost of Charles Melville Hays but a night in his room on the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic was uneventful and quiet.

The Chateau Laurier was built by the Grand Trunk Railway at the same time with the train station across the street. The train station itself is a small replica if Pennsylvania Station in New York. (Penn Station said to be the most impressive station ever) It was Hays intention to make a very grand entrance to the city of Ottawa. He succeeded very very well.