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

Dominion : the railway and the rise of Canada / Stephen R. Bown.

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
  • Publisher: [Toronto, Ontario] : Doubleday Canada, [2023]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Canadian Pacific Railway Company > History > 19th century.
Railroads > Canada > Design and construction > History > 19th century.
Railroads > Canada > History > 19th century.
Canada > History > 1867-1914.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Salt Spring Island Public Library.

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