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Dominion : the railway and the rise of Canada Cover Image Book Book

Dominion : the railway and the rise of Canada

Bown, Stephen R. (author.).

Summary: In the late 19th century, an idea emerged to connect the disparate British colonies into a single entity that would stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific. With over 3,000 kilometers of track, much of it driven through wildly inhospitable terrain, the CPR would be the longest railway in the world, but it came at a terrible price. Stephen Bown again widens our view of the past to include the adventures and hardships of explorers and surveyors, the resistance of Indigenous peoples, and the terrific and horrific work of many thousands of labourers.

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  • ISBN: 9780385698726
  • Physical Description: 400 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
    regular print
  • Publisher: [Toronto, Ontario] : Doubleday Canada, [2023]
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    • Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 3 / 5.0

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Subject: Canada -- History -- 1867-1914
Railroads -- Canada -- History -- 19th century
Railroads -- Canada -- Design and construction -- History -- 19th century
Canadian Pacific Railway Company -- History -- 19th century

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Salt Spring Island Public Library 385.097 BOW (Text) 33123009859902 Non-fiction Volume hold Checked out 2024-06-12
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