Author: Harold Adams InnisPublisher: London, McClelland
ISBN:
Category : Canadian Pacific Railway
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A History of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Author: Harold Adams InnisPublisher: London, McClelland
ISBN:
Category : Canadian Pacific Railway
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Pacific Railways and Nationalism in the Canadian-American Northwest, 1845-1873
Author: Leonard Bertram IrwinPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512817139
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
The Last Spike
Author: Pierre BertonPublisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 038567354X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
In the four years between 1881 and 1885, Canada was forged into one nation by the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Last Spike reconstructs the incredible story of how some 2,000 miles of steel crossed the continent in just five years — exactly half the time stipulated in the contract. Pierre Berton recreates the adventures that were part of this vast undertaking: the railway on the brink of bankruptcy, with one hour between it and ruin; the extraordinary land boom of Winnipeg in 1881–1882; and the epic tale of how William Van Horne rushed 3,000 soldiers over a half-finished railway to quell the Riel Rebellion. Dominating the whole saga are the men who made it all possible — a host of astonishing characters: Van Horne, the powerhouse behind the vision of a transcontinental railroad; Rogers, the eccentric surveyor; Onderdonk, the cool New Yorker; Stephen, the most emotional of businessmen; Father Lacombe, the black-robed voyageur; Sam Steele, of the North West Mounted Police; Gabriel Dumont, the Prince of the Prairies; more than 7,000 Chinese workers, toiling and dying in the canyons of the Fraser Valley; and many more — land sharks, construction geniuses, politicians, and entrepreneurs — all of whom played a role in the founding of the new Canada west of Ontario.
The Canada Year Book
Author: The Railways of Canada for 1870-1
Author: John Malcolm TroutPublisher: Published at the office of the Monetary times
ISBN:
Category : Railroad companies
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
The Quebec Railway Statutes
Author: Québec (Province)Publisher: A. Côté
ISBN:
Category : Railroad law
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
Bibliographical List of References to Canadian Railways, 1829-1938
Author: Canada. Dominion Bureau of Statistics. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Canadian Railway Cases
Author: Sessional Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of LordsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Author: Canada