Visiting CASA LOMA. The history of Sir Henry Pellat. Saturday, July 16th
Saturday, the 16th of July, SLP students left at 9 o’clock AM after breakfast, for an exciting tour at two sites in Toronto: Casa Loma and Toronto Island. As usual, a few students were thinking that the buses will leave 15 minutes late and were surprised when the buses stopped at exactly 8:55 A.M. and kept everyone rigorously on time!
We began the visit by Casa Loma, a really beautiful house built Sir Henry Pellat in the beginning of the 20th century. The history of the great building reveals the ultimate power of his builder. He didn’t live inside more than ten years with his lovely wife but he enjoyed being at the top of his generation at that moment. He realized this dream after bringing for the first time, electricity to Toronto city by using the Niagara Falls. He had real prestige at the royal court of the United Kingdom but fell unfortunately into bankruptcy without finishing the construction of the Casa Loma or paying all the debts he contracted for building it. Nonetheless, he received very big honours when he died.
After one hour and a half of visiting, all the students were really impressed when it was time to leave at 11: 15 for Toronto Island.
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