You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at It is said that for every mile of track of the Canadian Pacific Railway, there is one dead Chinese immigrant who helped build that line.The CPR was an important part of the nation building of...
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...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at When the plan was put in place for the construction of the transcontinental railway, the sheer cost of the venture had many worrying if it would bankrupt the country. One of the biggest costs...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at There have been several dark chapters in Canadian history, from our own slavery history, to our treatment of the Indigenous, the internment of those we deem to be enemy aliens. One of the worst...