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Early History of the C.P.R. Road
| Content Provider | Faded Page |
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| Author | Walter Moberly |
| Description | In the brief early history of Canada’s first transcontinental railway which I am about to outline, and to accomplish the ultimate construction of which I took the first active steps, the important objects I had in view were as follows: 1. To discover that a practicable line could be obtained through the mountains of British Columbia. 2. To be certain that it was the best obtainable line. 3. To find where the best western terminal point on the Pacific Coast would be. 4. To build up a large commercial city at such western terminus. To accomplish the above objects I had for many years a long, very difficult and often most disheartening road to travel, but by sticking tenaciously to my purpose I found: 1. The way for the railway. 2. The best commercial line to adopt. 3. The western terminal point I selected was Burrard Inlet. 4. The large commercial city I had in view is now the City of Vancouver, and the transcontinental railway I proposed is the Canadian Pacific Railway.--introduction |
| Page Count | 36 |
| File Size | 416241 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1909-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Canada Canadiana history non-fiction railway |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Book |
