In February of 1930 the site where Fairmont Le Château Montebello now stands was a clearing in the woods. Just four months later the massive cedar Château was complete, a building feat which captured world-wide attention, inspiring newspaper features across North America and attracting crowds of onlookers. The Finnish master-builder, Victor Nymark, supervised the skilled construction, woodworking and craftsmen teams, working in overlapping shifts around the clock and using electric lighting at night. Over 10,000 red-cedar logs, all cut and set by hand, were used to build the resort’s three main buildings.