Greenwood was just one of dozens of mining towns which sprang up in the boundary country of southern BC in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Some of the first buildings to go up were several wood frame hotels, such as The Pioneer, The Imperial, The Windsor and this one, The Pacific. All had eating establishments of varying size and quality. This hotel was built with a café of the same name, the Pacific Café. It was built the first time around 1896, the second time in 1899 and the third time in 1907. Third time must have been a charm, as it is still with us today.
Today it still holds artefacts from its time as a World War II Japanese internment building but is no longer operate as a hotel. On the ground floor is the Pacific Grille, a country style restaurant which has gotten a mess of rave reviews at
Trip Adviser. It continues the tradition of more than a century of catering to the hungry traveller and local alike.
309 S. Copper - Pacific Hotel
ca.1907 (Pacific Grill Restaurant)
Twice the Pacific Hotel was nearly destroyed by fire, in 1899 and 1907 and rebuilt each time. The building was never as elaborate as the Windsor. During World War II it housed over 200 Japanese-Canadians and was known as Internment Building #1. It was known as the Harbor Hotel in the movie"Snow Falling on Cedars:' It is now home to the Pacific Grill, one of the Boundary's finest restaurants.
From the Greenwood Heritage Walk