Rescue Building
In French: Pavillon de sauvetage
Also known as Rescue Building, former Information Centre
Connaught Drive, Jasper
About Rescue Building
The federal government recognizes Rescue Building for its heritage, one of 13 such buildings in Jasper. The register gives 1949–1950 for Rescue Building. Its makers on the record: Engineering and Construction Division. 8 more historic places stand within 400 m of it.
The Rescue Building stands in the centre of Jasper near the railway station, the administration building, and the adjacent bank building. It is a rectangular, one-storey, hip-roofed, building with front and rear gable roofed projections in the Rustic Style. The designation is confined to the footprint of the building.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Rescue Building · Open Government Licence – Canada · the register’s own words, unchanged
Recognized is one of two ranks the federal government gives the heritage buildings it owns; Classified is the higher.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes
Jasper · about 600 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Rescue BuildingStart here
- 2Jackman GarageRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 100 m on
- 3Fire HallRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 100 m on
- 4Superintendent's Residence (510 Robson Street)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 100 m on
- 5Canadian National Railway (CNR) StationClassified Federal Heritage Building · 300 m on
6 within 300 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Questions about Rescue Building
What is Rescue Building?
Rescue Building: a federal heritage building, Recognized in 1991.
Is Rescue Building protected?
While the federal government owns it, changes go through its heritage review.
When was Rescue Building built?
Rescue Building went up in 1949–1950, by its record.
Can you visit Rescue Building?
From outside, yes; going in depends on who owns or runs it.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).