We have almost come to the end of the series but before we reach that last spike, I wanted to look at the lives of the workers who spent their time on the railroad to see what it was like for them. Obviously, depending on where a person worked their...
It is one of, if not the most difficult portion of the Canadian Pacific Railway construction. The Kicking Horse Pass, which as we saw last episode, was chosen because it was closer to the US border, presented a huge challenge for the construction of...
The route through the prairies for the Canadian Pacific Railway may seem as though it’s a natural path to take, along the southern part of the country, close to the United States border but that was not the original plan. When plans were first put...
With the Pacific Scandal in the past, work would slowly begin on the transcontinental railway. While the majority of track would be built following Sir John A. Macdonald coming back into power in 1878, there was still some progress made prior to...
One of the most influential individuals in the early history of Alberta and the prairies was a man by the name of Albert Lacombe. From his arrival in the area after becoming dissatisfied with Eastern Canada, to the day he died, he would work with...
It had taken some time but by 1890, the Calgary and Edmonton Railway Company was incorporated and ready to begin laying down track between the two communities. At the time, it was taking five days by stage coach to travel between the cities but with...