St. Eugene Golf Resort and Casino

St. Eugene Golf Resort and Casino is a golf course and casino in British Columbia, notable for being a former Indian residential school converted to a Native-owned casino.

The resort is located on plain of the St. Mary's River, between the Rockies and the Purcell Mountains near Cranbrook, British Columbia.

History

The Kootenay Indian Residential School (composed of the St. Eugene's and St. Mary's schools), run by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate of the Roman Catholic Church, was opened in 1912, operated at the 1897-built St. Eugene Church,[1] and closed in 1970. Between 1912 and 1970, over 5,000 children have attended the school. The school remained closed for the following decades.[2][3]

After renovating the building, St. Eugene Golf Course opened in 2000, followed by Casino of the Rockies in 2002, and the St. Eugene Hotel in 2003.[4]

The resort underwent a multi-million renovation that was completed in July 2019.[5][6]

Property

The resort has a golf course, a casino, two restaurants, a bar, and a spa.[7][8]

The 3-story St. Eugene Hotel has 125 rooms and suites. It is ranked by the AAA as a Three Diamond Hotel.[7]

Casino of the Rockies has 210 slot machines for E-Roulette, E-Baccarat and E-Blackjack, and four table games.[9]

The 18-hole golf course is designed by Les Furber.[2][10]

Ownership

In an unusual case in Canada, the resort was once part-owned by three distant bands, the Samson Cree Nation of Maskwacis, Alberta, the Chippewas of Rama First Nation, of Rama, Ontario, in addition to the Ktunaxa Nation[11][2] Nevertheless, the Ktunaxa Nation regained the whole ownership of the resort in 2017, which it had held originally between 2000-2003.[4][12]

See also

References
  1. "St. Eugene Church, Cranbrook". heritagebc.ca.
  2. "About Us, Culture and Heritage". St. Eugene Resort. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  3. "Ktunaxa celebrate St. Eugene ownership". Cranbrook Daily Townsman. June 24, 2018.
  4. "Ktunaxa regain sole ownership of St. Eugene resort". Cranbrook Daily Townsman. June 27, 2017.
  5. "St. Eugene Golf Resort & Casino". Retail & Food Best Practices. July 19, 2018.
  6. "Newly renovated Casino of the Rockies at St. Eugene Resort reveals new nature inspired redesign". Kootenay Business. July 18, 2019.
  7. "St. Eugene Golf Resort & Casino - Cranbrook BC". AAA.
  8. "Amenities and facilities". St. Eugene Resort.
  9. "Table Games & Slots". Casino of the Rockies.
  10. "REVIEW: ST. EUGENE GOLF RESORT". golfismentalblog.com. May 23, 2014.
  11. "St. Eugene Writers Conference | At St. Eugene, the stories begin anew. At St. Eugene, the stories begin anew". Steugenewriters.ca. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  12. "The Ktunaxa are proud owners of SEGRC". Kootenay Business. July 11, 2017.

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